Mattityahu Strashun

Mattityahu Strashun

Mattityahu Strashun (1817–1885) was a rabbi and scholar of Vilna, the son of Samuel Strashun.

The Strashun Library of rabbinical and other works, often spoken of as the largest library of Jewish learning in the world^[1] and which he gave to the community^[2], became an important landmark in Vilna^[3][4][5].

References

• Herman Kruk, Library and Reading Room in the Vilna Ghetto, Strashun Street 6, in Jonathan Rose, ed., The Holocaust and the Book, 171-200
• Mattityahu Strashun 1817-1885 : scholar, leader, and book collector. - New York : YIVO Institute, 2001

Notes

1. ^ Shep Zitler's Story
2. ^ The City that could not be Vanquished Mann, Stanley
3. ^ Jewish Community of Vilna
4. ^ The Great City Synagogue of Vilna
5. ^ Looted and destroyed from 1941 [1]. Books recovered after 1945 went to YIVO (20000 of them [2]) and the Hebrew University[3].

External links

• Biography at Vilna Stories
• Samuel and Mattityahu Strashun: Between Tradition and Innovation
• Strashun Library history
• Lithuanian Jewish libraries

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Name	Strashun, Mattityahu
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Date of birth	1817
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Date of death	1885
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