and mines developed into a center of jewish scholarship but above all it was rabbi i guess from ben yehudawho really put mines on the map. he drew students from across europe. during his tenure gash them introduced modern laws forbidding bigamy and making it a sin to open and read other people's mail. he also decreed that a woman had to agree before her husband could divorce her. after mines vons became another center of jewish learning on the rhine. vom synagogue this study will and share serve as reminders of the famous rabbi rushdie as does this modern sculpture in the in a courtyard rushy studied here in the 11th century. in the city of speier bishop boudicca settled trees near the city's famous cathedral around the year 1048 he said he did it to increase the place a standing a 1000 fold. along with mine. and forms spieth became the 3rd important center of jewish culture on the rhine but the jews peaceful existence here was short lived time and again there's a pub grahams i'm doing the nazi era as the jewish community was completely obliterated him. you can spice of these atrocities je