Raphael Meir Panigel
Raphael Meir Panigel | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1804 |
Died | 2 January 1893 | (aged 88–89)
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 (1804–1893) was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire.
Panigel was born in
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.[1] His son-in-law, Yaakov Shaul Elyashar
, later succeeded him.
References
- ISBN 978-0-02-865943-5. Retrieved 10 May 2011.