Klaussynagoge Rosenwinkel Halberstadt (around 1700) with Moses Mendelssohn Academy (1998)

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The so-called Klaussynagoge was founded around 1700 [in older accounts usually the year 1703 is mentioned] by the Halberstadt court factor Berend Lehmann (1681-1730) as a Jewish study and teaching house. The prospective teachers and rabbis were to be released from community service in order to be able to devote themselves entirely to Torah and Talmud study "in seclusion". Previously, Berend Lehmann had already financed the first printing of the Babylonian Talmud in Germany (Frankfurt/Oder) in 1696-99.