Rabbi Prof. Moses Moyzis Stark

Rabbi Prof. Moses STARK: b. 2 Jan 1843, Dolni Kubin - d. 4 March 1933, Prague

Some details from the actual IKG-Horazdovice marriage registration courtesy of the following website:

1877.05.22 - Moses STARK & Sofie DUSCHNER MR: Badatelna.eu | Matriky židovských náboženských obcí v českých krajích

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000141875122524

Groom: Moriz (Moses) STARK, "Rabbiner in Horazdiowitz", son of Mathias STARK, "Handelsmann in Kubin, Ungarn"

Bride: Sofie DUSCHNER, daughter of Jakob DUSCHNER, "Handelsmann in Horazdiowitz" married 22 May 1877, Pilsen by Rabbi Dr. H. VOGELSTEIN

Witnesses: Dr. Rudolf DUSCHNER, "Advokat in Pilsen", & Ignatz STARK, "Kaufmann, Prag"

Details from actual IKG-Prag death registration, viewable courtesy of:

1933.03.04 - Moyzes STARK - IKG-Prag, Vinhoradhy DR: Badatelna.eu | Národní archiv - Židovské matriky

https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000141875122527

Moyzes STARK, Rabbi & teacher, b. 2 Jan 1843, Dolni Kubin

Plus ...

cf. death notices for Rabbi Moses STARK in Prager Tagblatt of 5 March 1933

1933.03.05 - Moses STARK DN: ÖNB/ANNO AustriaN Newspaper Online

http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?apm=0&aid=ptb&datum=19330305...

and also ...

cf. obituary for Rabbi Moses STARK which appeared in the Prager Tagblatt of 5 March 1933

ÖNB/ANNO AustriaN Newspaper Online

http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=ptb&datum=19330305&seite...

Prager Tagblatt, 5 March 1933, obituary for Rabbi Prof. Moses STARK: (posted under "Media")

Transcript of original German version:

"Rabbiner Stark gestorben. Im 91. Lebensjahr starb hier gestern der ehemalige Professor Moses Stark, der Rektor der Prager Rabbiner.

Stark wurde 1842 in Kubin (Slowakei) geboren und studierte an der Pressburger Rabbinatschule. Er gehörte zu den Lieblingsschülern des Pressburger Rabbiners Kjas Sofer (Moses SOFER). Nebenbei absolvierte er das Gymnasium. Nachdem er als Rabbiner in Horazdowitz gewirkt hatte, kam er nach Prag als Religionslehrer an die Nikolander-Realschule und an die Talmud-Thora-Schule. Gleichzeitig erhielt er das Rabbinat in Weinberge. Seine Feder entstammen zahlreiche Arbeiten, die sich mit sozialen und kulturellen Fragen auf talmudischer Grundlage befassen. Der letzte Jahresbericht der Nikolander-Realschule brachte einen Aufsatz Starks "Die Schriftgelehrten". An der Bahre des Verstorbenen, der vor zwei Monaten, anläßlich seines 90. Geburtstages, Gegenstand große Ehrungen war, trauert sein Sohn, Dr. Julius Stark, Advokat in Bodenbach. Die Beerdigung findet morgen, 2 1/2 Uhr, in Straschnitz statt.

(Unser Bild gibt die letzte Zeichnung wieder, die Robert Hofmann kurz vor dem Tod Starks von ihm angefertigt hat.)"

English translation.

"Rabbi Stark has died. Former rector of the Prague Rabbinate Council and teacher Professor Moses Stark died yesterday in his ninety-first year.

Stark was born in Kubin (Slovakia) and studied at the Pressburg School for Rabbis. He counted among Pressburg Rabbi Kjas Sofer's (Moses SOFER's) favourite students. During this time he also achieved matriculation at grammar school. After a period spent in the role of Rabbi at Horazdovice he came to Prague as a teacher of religious studies at the Nikolander-Realschule and the Talmud-Thora-Schule. At the same time he was appointed as Rabbi of the Vinhoradhy district in Prague. He penned several works dealing with social or cultural issues based on the Talmudic principles. The last end-of-year report from the Nikolander-Schule featured an article written by Stark "The Holy Scribes". Mourning beside the bier of the deceased - whose 90th birthday, two months ago, gave rise to great celebratory tributes - was his son, Dr. Julius Stark, lawyer in Bodenbach. The funeral takes place tomorrow at 2.30 in Straschnitz.

(Our picture shows the last sketch by Robert Hofmann of him made shortly before Stark's death.)"

And "last but not least" just a nice little detail:

- From Friedrich "Fritz" GUTH's*** memoir (re. end-of-year examinations in secondary school in Prague):

"There were other guardian angels during these written tests. Rabbi Stark stood behind those boys who were bogged down in translations. He corrected and completed - and couldn't have cared less whether the sufferer was Catholic, Protestant, or Jewish."

• ** cf. Friedrich "Fritz" Guth (1888 - 1972) - Genealogy

Friedrich "Fritz" Guth

And N:B:

NEPHEW of the following:

Geni - Ignaz Ignatz Stark (c.1805-1895)- Prague

Ignaz Ignatz Stark

cf. Ignaz STARK's obituary in Prager Tagblatt: Mention is made that Rabbi Moses STARK, who presided over the funeral ceremony and made a speech, was a nephew of Ignaz ...