The beginning of Jewish Borșa is supported by the splendid story of three brothers who wandered to Maramures. And the story goes like this: Rabbi Yosef, the rabbi of Sighet, had three sons (!!!): Mordechai, Shlomo, and Avraham. On their way to their uncle, Rabbi Shmuel-Shmelke of Nikolsburg to inquire about their future they received the following advice: to hitch a single horse to a wagon and go into exile, and G-d would make their path successful in this merit, and the first should get off where the first wheel weakens. The horse brought them to Maramureș. The first wheel became weak in Sălişte, and the eldest Mordechai, descended. The second wheel slackened in Vișeu and Shlomo got off. When the wagon reached Borşa, the wheel of the youngest, Avraham became unstable, so he got off and settled in Borşa. So Borşa merited this splendid beginning of its settlement having as his first father Avraham, just like the father of the Nation of Israel.