Rabbi Daniel Prossnitz (Prusstitz) (Steinschneider) רב"ד Pressburg

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Rabbi Daniel Prusstitz (Steinschneider)

Hebrew: ר' דניאל פרוסטיץ
Also Known As: "ראב"ד פרעשבורג"
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Birthplace: Dabitshau Near Prosstitz
Death: March 04, 1846 (86-87)
Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Place of Burial: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
Immediate Family:

Son of Rabbi Benjamin-Wolf Steinschneider and Sorel-Sara Mashnitz
Husband of Yittel Steinschneider-Prostitz and Gittel Prostitz
Father of Hendel Hindel Johanna Sussman Sofer; Patcha (Kotendorf) Berger; Binyomin Volf Prustitz; Faigele Hertzfeld; Amalie Bettelheim and 4 others

Managed by: Sruli Sussman
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About Rabbi Daniel Prossnitz (Prusstitz) (Steinschneider) רב"ד Pressburg

Rosh Beis Din Pressburg. Rabbi Prossnitz was the closest colleague and confidant of the Chasam Sofer, he is largely credited with negotiating the appointment of Sofer as the religious leader of the Pressburg community. Considered a foremost authority in matters of Halakha he served the Pressburg community for over 50 years. He is buried in the Rabbinic graveyard that is now known as the Chasam Sofer memorial and his grave is immediately adjacent to Sofer. Rabbi Prossnitz was the great grandson of Rabbi Schmiedl who had come to the area of Moravia in the 17th century from Amsterdam.



Rabbi Daniel Prosnitz, aka "Daniel Steinschneider", was an esteemed Rabbi in both Pressburg [now Bratislava] and in Tobitschau [now Tovacov]. He died in 1846 at the age of 88.

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Rabbi Daniel Prossnitz (Prusstitz) (Steinschneider) רב"ד Pressburg's Timeline

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1759
Dabitshau Near Prosstitz
1761
1761
1796
1796
1801
1801
Pozsony, Slovakia
1816
1816
Pozsony, Pozsonyi kerület, Slovakia
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1817
Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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1818
1846
March 4, 1846
Age 87
Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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