Kelme
Encyclopedia
Kelmė is a city
in central Lithuania
. It has a population of around 11,000 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė district municipality
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According to an 1897 census, 2,710 of Kelme’s 3,914 inhabitants were members of the town’s Jewish population, the vast majority of whom were merchants and traders and lived in the town.
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City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...
in central Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
. It has a population of around 11,000 and is the administrative center of the Kelmė district municipality
Kelme district municipality
Kelmė district municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania, located in western part of Lithuania....
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History
Prior to World War II, Kelmė was home to a famous Rabbinical College, the Kelm Talmud TorahKelm Talmud Torah
The Kelm Talmud Torah was a famous yeshiva in pre-holocaust Kelmė, Lithuania. Unlike other yeshivas, the Talmud Torah focused primarily on the study of Musar and self-improvement.-Under the Leadership of Simcha Zissel Ziv:...
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According to an 1897 census, 2,710 of Kelme’s 3,914 inhabitants were members of the town’s Jewish population, the vast majority of whom were merchants and traders and lived in the town.
People
- Aryeh Leib FrumkinAryeh Leib FrumkinAryeh Leib Frumkin was a rabbi, Zionist, a founder and pioneer of Petah Tikva, the first yishuv created in the pre-state of Israel. He also was an author of halachic texts, a teacher, and operator of a wine shop, L. Frumkin and Company....
, Rabbi - Eliezer GordonEliezer GordonEliezer Gordon also known as Reb Laizer Telzer, served as the Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Telz, Lithuania.-Early years:...
, Rabbi 1874–1883 - Yaakov KamenetskyYaakov KamenetskyRabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky , was a prominent rosh yeshiva, posek and Talmudist in the post-World War II American Jewish community....
- Elyah LopianElyah LopianEliyahu Lopian , known as Reb Elyah, was among the most prominent rabbis of the Mussar Movement. As a disciple of the Kelm Talmud Torah method, he was known for his strict keeping of order and strong self-control...
- Alexander Ziskind MaimonAlexander Ziskind MaimonAlexander Ziskind Maimon was a Jewish author and scholar of the Talmud and Mishnah.Maimon was born in Seirijai, Lithuania. His commentaries on biblical literature, Mishanah, Talmud and Halacha were publicized from his younger years and throughout his life...
- Icchokas MerasIcchokas Meras-Biography:Meras was born in 1934 in Kelmė, a town in northwestern Lithuania, which contained one of the country's oldest Jewish communities. His family perished during the fateful and tragic summer of 1941 when the Nazis undertook the liquidation of Lithuania's Jews, but young Icchokas escaped the...
, writer - Zvi Yaakov OppenheimZvi Yaakov OppenheimZvi Yaakov Oppenheim was Chief Rabbi of Kelm, Lithuania, and one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva.Rabbi Oppenheim was born in 1854 in the small village of Yakubowe . He showed extraordinary talents from his earliest youth and at age nine could already study a page of Talmud with commentaries on...
, Rabbi 1883–1926 - Simcha Zissel ZivSimcha Zissel ZivRabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv Broida , also known as the Alter of Kelm , was one of the foremost students of Rabbi Yisrael Salanter and one of the early leaders of the Musar movement...
, the Alter of Kelm
Twin towns
Kelmė is twinnedTown twinning
Twin towns and sister cities are two of many terms used to describe the cooperative agreements between towns, cities, and even counties in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.- Terminology :...
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| City | COA | Country |
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| Biłgoraj |  PolandPoland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... |
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| Hódmezővásárhely Hódmezovásárhely Hódmezővásárhely , Romanian: Ioneşti) is a city in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisza... |
 HungaryHungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
External links
- Official site of Kelmė district municipality
- http://usdine.free.fr/kelmejewishcemetery.html The Jewish cemetery of Kelme