Gertsa

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–: Herța

Town in Ukraine, close to the Romanian border; now part of the region of Chernivtsi. Jews settled in Gertsa (Rom., Herța) in the second half of the seventeenth century, the result of a privilege granted in 1672 by Prince Gheorghe Duca (renewed in 1817 and 1824). A yeshiva had been founded there in the eighteenth century. In the first decades of the nineteenth century, Rabbi Eli‘ezer Volf, a Hasid, settled in the town.

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Gertsa

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has abstract: Town in Ukraine, close to the Romanian border; now part of the region of Chernivtsi. Jews settled in Gertsa (Rom., Herța) in the second half of the seventeenth century, the result of a privilege granted in 1672 by Prince Gheorghe Duca (renewed in 1817 and 1824). A yeshiva had been founded there in the eighteenth century. In the first decades of the nineteenth century, Rabbi Eli‘ezer Volf, a Hasid, settled in the town. @en
title: Gertsa
alternative label: Herța
preferred label: Gertsa
has related: Bessarabia
has related: Bucovina
has related: Chernivtsi
has related: Dorohoi
has related: Galicia
has related: Romania
has related: Transnistria
has related: Ukraine
has related: About this Article (Yeshiva)

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