A day of fast and prayer to mourn the desecration of the Holy Scrolls and the synagogues in Transylvania towns was proclaimed by the rabbis of Grosswardein and Clausenburg.
The congregations were called to assemble on Monday to recite the prayers customary on days of fast and repentance.
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