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"Tin minte cand mergeam la sil cu Zeida Leon Argintaru si erau acolo, cred ca au vreo 80-90 ani" | RINEL ENGHELBERG

< TWO AUTHENTIC STANDS [STENDERS] OF THE MOINESTI'S LAST SYNAGOGUE, CIRCA, 1950. NOW IN PRESERVATION IN MOINESTI,. 2012

Solomon Sapira: "Those little stetlah in Moldavia, forgotten by God, have always been a well of culture."

In this page, with the time, we will add resources and address issues in reference to the Jewish Life in MOINESTI, Bacau Department, Moldavia Province, Romania and Europe in general.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT MOINESTI JEWISH CULTURE OR ITS HISTORY, PICTURES, STORIES, DOCUMENTS, PLEASE SEND YOUR MATERIALS TO HEDI@ENGHELBERG.COM IN ORDER TO GET VETTED AND INCORPORATED INTO THIS SITE. By submitting your material, you have granted LEOLAM and its affiliates a gratis, non-exclusive unlimited license to use in all media in perpetuity worldwide.

> Recommendation for an Immigrant to Rosh Pina - Moineşti (Romania), 1882

Eretz Israel, Settlements | Certificate from Gedalia and Chaim from the city of Moineşti (Romania). Addressed to the rabbis of Constantinople, as recommendation for financial support for R' Chaim son of R' Yosef Zvi, on his way to settle in Eretz Israel. Moineşti, Tamuz 1882.
"To the Rav Hagaon Crown of Israel and its Glory. in the city of Constantinople."; "Since all beginnings are difficult and how much more so such an undertaking where the traveling expenses are so great, and the great cost of moving to settle in the land whose people and their customs and all their dealings are all strange to him, and he is forced to take assistance from people who will support him with money and counsel, therefore I have given him this document to approach Your Glorious Honor.". Rich flowery language, fancy scribal writing.

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In 1882, a group of people in the city of Moineşti prepared to immigrate to Eretz Israel, to settle in Gei Oni, chosen by David Shub. Even HaPina whose name was later changed to Rosh Pina, was inaugurated on December 12, 1882. Leaf 33 cm, fair condition. Tears to margins and folding lines with minor text damage. Original leaf is pasted on a simple leaf of paper.

> 1928 Cadastral map of the City of Moinesti, with the name of the Jewish Families populating the town, at that time.|The map is courtesy of Mr. Viorel Florin Costea, Senior Assistant to the Mayor of MOINESTI.

The map of Moinesti, 1928

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> Document with Jewish people living in MOINESTI, at the appreciative time of the forced evacuation to the Bacau Ghetto, by the Romanian military authorities. | Rosh Pina city archives.

Jewish people of Moinesti, 1941

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> Extrant from Solomon Sapira: O living legend - Moinesti | From the Rosh-Pina City [Israel] Archives, by Josephine KOHLENBERG

Jewish Personalities from Moinesti

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> Article from a romanian language magazine, Revista Familiei, 2012, about Leolam.org organization.

Revista Familiei Article

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> Fundaţia LEOLAM (ETERNITATE) şi un simbol al veşniciei: Cimitirul Evreiesc din Moineşti, Bacău | Autor: Beatrice Kohlenberg, Toronto

Beatrice Kohlenberg, Article

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HISTORIC OLD PICTURES OF MOINESTI, SINCE 1897 UNTIL 1913.

THE JEWISH INVESTMENT WAS PRESENT AT EVERY STEP AND AT EVERY MOMENT, FROM 1800'S UNTIL 1940'S. THESE MAJOR INVESTMENTS BROUGHT TECHNOLOGY, COMMERCE, MANY WORK PLACES AND PROSPERITY TO THE TOWN.


ONE OF THE FIRST OIL DRILL IN ROMANIA AND MOINESTI, ON THE OSOIU HILL, CIRCA 1897	THE STREET CORNET ON THE TUDOR VLADIMIRESCU STREET, NAMED "COLTUL IEFTIN"	ONE OF THE FIRST OIL REFINERIES IN ROMANIA END MOINESTI, THE TELLER REFINERY, IN LUCACESTI, CIRCA 1905	AND OIL DRILLING FAMILY OF MOINESTI, CIRCA 1911.	THE ROTSCHSTEIN CORNER BUILDING, UNDER CONSTRUCTION, CIRCA 1913