Isidor Haase

His son Berthold wrote, http://digipres.cjh.org:1801/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pi...

My father was a man of firm character, persistent in his views, of straight mind and clear intellect* He raised us children strictly At age v/a he became mild and indulgent* He v/a of small stature, blue-eyed, wore a blond full beard and glasses* Strict religious and God-fearing? with special joy and devotion he has dedicated to the tasks of the Jewish community* In Kurnik v/ar he was the head of the community and had managed the finances of the community carefully and successfully* Also in Poznan, v/where we moved to in 1883, v/he was a member of the board of the "Old Bet School", the oldest and most respected among the Orthodox synagogues, and there he volunteered to blow the shofar during the services on the high holidays* I remember from my youth the deep solemnity that filled the church, my father in his white coat, the T a l l i s over his head, on which the alpine memorial with a high voice filled the festival psalm in its and then, under the assistance of the venerable Rabbi Dr* Feilchenfeld, played the prescribed notes on his own shofar He was open to profane knowledge, besides his Hebrew knowledge, which he cultivated throughout his life, he read a lot, and was fond of reading. historically versed and politically interested* He insisted that we boys fulfill our religious duties, and in Hebrew he read and translated with us the Holy Scriptures on the free day evenings of winter and the sayings of the fathers on Saturday afternoons*.