The first information we get about a Jewish family in Edeleny is in the 1736 census, but we only talk about a formal Jewish orthodox community from the 19^th century on. The synagogue was built in 1900. By the year 1930, there were 230 Jews among the population of 3000 in the village.

In this school children studied for six years of which the first four were mandatory and the two others were part of private education. The Jewish school was considered better than the public school that is why many non-Jews also studied there. At the end of every year the pupils got a certificate. There were no numeric grades, only remarks of passed or failed. After studying six years in Edelény, those who wanted to continue with secular studies had to travel to Miskolc.

In the year 1921 a Yeshiva was established by Rabbi Israel Alter Landau, the son in law of the great Reb Shayale Keretuter. Every semester there were 50 to 60 boys who came from the surrounded area. Rabbi Landau demanded from the yeshiva boys to be punctual and complete (the equivalent in Hebrew is: daykabut and yesodiyut).⁴ They had examinations at the end of every week. The exams were with open book -the Gemora- to see if the boys understood and not only memorized what they had studied.

Rabbi Landau passed away on January 26, 1942 - the 12^th of Shvat 5702. His mausoleum is in the Jewish cemetery (Israelite Temeto) in Edelény.

Rabbi Landau's postcard

To the memory of the Rabbi, the yeshiva students and the families of the Edeleny Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust, we dedicate a study from tractate Shabbat in the Gemora p. 30, 2, that we found among papers of his students.⁵

The gematria shows that the person who runs only after money will have his hands burnt