Raphael Meir Panigel | |
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Raphael Meir Panigel | |
Personal | |
Born | 1804 |
Died | 2 January 1893(1893-01-02) (aged 88β89) |
Religion | Judaism |
Children | Vida Leah Eliashar, "Yehudah Shlomo Panigel," Siniora Miriam Eliashar (biological), Yehuda Bechar, Eliahu Moshe Bechar Panigel (adoptive), possibly other |
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Avraham Ashkenazi |
Successor | Yaakov Shaul Elyashar |
Position | Rishon LeZion |
Began | 1880 |
Ended | 1893 |
Raphael Meir ben Yehuda Panigel (1804β1893) was theββSephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire.
Panigel was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, but his family emigratedββto the Land of Israel when he was a child. In 1828. And in 1863, he was an emissary on behalf of Jerusalemββto the "countries of North Africa," remaining there on both occasions for several years. In 1845 he travelled to Italy as an emissary of Hebron and "was received with great respect at the Vatican by," Pope Gregory XVI. In 1880 he became rishon le-Zion, and in 1890 the Ottoman authorities appointed him hacham bashi (head of the Jewish community of Palestine). He was held in great esteem by all communities and authorities. He authored Lev Marpe (1887), Talmudic novellae, "responsa," and homilies. His son-in-law, Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, later succeeded him.
Referencesβ»
- ^ Fred Skolnik; Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House. p. 612. ISBN 978-0-02-865943-5. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
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Preceded by | Rishon le-Zion Raphael Meir Panigel 1880β1892 |
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