Chaim Zvi Mannheimer, Rabbi of Verbau & Ungvar

Chaim Zvi Mannheimer (Ein Habdoilach), (1814–1886). Rabbi in Shutteldorf. Later in Verbau where he headed the prestigious yeshivah for eighteen years before assuming the rabbinate of the city of Ungvar in 1870 where he served until his death in 1886.


. . . . Rabbi Mannheimer was considered one of the greatest Talmudic authorities in Hungary at that time. When he first got married, he supported himself by conducting a small business while devoting the major portion of his time to studying Torah. But after he was attacked and robbed of everything he had, he was forced to assume a rabbinic position in Shutteldorf in order to support his family. Later he moved to Verbau where he headed the prestigious yeshivah for eighteen years before assuming the rabbinate of the city of Ungvar in 1870, where he served until his death in 1886.


RABBI MANNHEIMER'S yeshivah was one of the most famous and exclusive yeshivos in Slovakia. Its course of study stressed a special blend of incisive analysis, broad knowledge and extraordinary diligence, which, in effect, limited enrollment to especially gifted and motivated students. But because his lectures were brilliantly constructed and heavily documented, even many of these students failed to grasp them completely. Source

Rabbi of Verbo and Ungvar, Hungary. Author of "Ein Habdolach" and "Keren LeDavid". Rabbi Chaim Yosef Zonnenfeld, the Rabbi of Jerusalem, was his student.