Ofen (Buda / Budapest)
Hungary
Ofen is the German name for Buda, on the west bank of the Danube (today part of Budapest, Hungary). It was the seat of Hungary's oldest organized Jewish community, with congregations recorded from the medieval period through the Ottoman occupation. Rabbi Ephraim HaKohen, author of the responsa Sha'ar Ephraim, served as rav of Buda (Ofen) in the seventeenth century.
2 teachers · 1 work · 12 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
- 1864
Kitzur Shulchan Arukh
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Ofen (Buda / Budapest). Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Shabbat (The Sabbath)121 passages
- Aveilut (Mourning Laws)114 passages
- Birkot HaNehenin (Blessings on Enjoyment)112 passages
- Niddah (Menstrual Purity)72 passages
- Kavanah (Intention)64 passages
- Tefillah (Prayer)54 passages
- Birkat HaMazon (Grace After Meals)49 passages
- Yom Tov (Festival Day, Halachic Institution)47 passages
- Pikuach Nefesh (Saving Life)45 passages
- Keriat HaTorah (Public Torah Reading)42 passages
- Shiva (Seven Days of Mourning)41 passages
- Shemoneh Esrei (The Amidah)41 passages