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Chief Rabbi
רב ראשי he
Title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community
Overview
title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish communityWikidata record description. Read Chief Rabbi in the Wikipedia reader.
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Everyone recorded as holding it
Its tenures overlap throughout — a roll of holders, not a line.
- 24 holders
- 20 overlapping pairs
- 7 undated
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March 1626 CE – 1627 CE Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller Czech rabbi Recognised by Vienna - 1627 CE – 14 August 1629 CE Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller Czech rabbi Recognised by Prague
- 1642 CE – 9 August 1654 CE Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller Czech rabbi Recognised by Kraków
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1789 CE – 24 August 1844 CE Aaron Chorin Hungarian rabbi Recognised by Arad -
1836 CE – 1854 CE Zecharias Frankel Bohemian-German rabbi and historian (1801-1875) Recognised by Dresden -
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1841 CE – 1846 CE Samson Raphael Hirsch Jewish theologian, Germany 19th century (1808–1888) -
1916 CE – 1919 CE Isaac HaLevy Herzog 1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959) Recognised by Belfast - from 1919 CE Isaac HaLevy Herzog 1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959) Recognised by Dublin
- 1922 CE – 1936 CE Isaac HaLevy Herzog 1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
- 1936 CE – 1948 CE Isaac HaLevy Herzog 1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959)
- 1948 CE – 1959 CE Isaac HaLevy Herzog 1st Chief Rabbi of Ireland and Israel (1888–1959) Recognised by Israel
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1948 CE – 1968 CE Shlomo Goren Israeli military officer and rabbi (1917–1994) -
1949 CE – 1958 CE Immanuel Jakobovits British rabbi, styled Baron Jakobovits (1921-1999) - 1966 CE – 1991 CE Immanuel Jakobovits British rabbi, styled Baron Jakobovits (1921-1999)
- from 1968 CE Shlomo Goren Israeli military officer and rabbi (1917–1994) Recognised by Tel Aviv
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1991 CE – 1 September 2013 CE Jonathan Sacks British rabbi (1948–2020), Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (1991-2013) and Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal (2009-2020) -
2010 CE – 2016 CE Rafi Peretz Israel Defence Forces Chief Rabbi
No dates recorded 7
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Dates unrecorded Moses Sofer Austro-Hungarian rabbi (1762–1839) -
Dates unrecorded Judah Loew ben Bezalel Czech rabbi Recognised by Prague - Dates unrecorded Pinchas of Koretz Polish rabbi
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Dates unrecorded Menasseh Ben Israel Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher -
Dates unrecorded Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport Galician and Bohemian rabbi and Jewish scholar (1790–1867) -
Dates unrecorded Eliezer Melamed Israeli rabbi -
Dates unrecorded Yechezkel Landau 18th century European rabbi & halachic authority
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