| RabbiHirschel Ben Arye Löb Levin | |
|---|---|
 Rabbi Hart Lyon | |
| Title | Chief Rabbi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1721 Rzeszów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Died | 26 August 1800 |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Children | Solomon Hirschell, Saul Berlin |
| Parent(s) | Aryeh Löb and Miriam Lowenstam |
| Known for | Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and Berlin |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Senior posting | |
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| Predecessor | Aaron Hart (Great Britain) |
| Successor |
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Rabbi Hirschel Ben Arye Löb Levin (also known as Hart Lyon and Hirshel Löbel; 1721 – 26 August 1800) was Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and of Berlin, and Rabbi of Halberstadt and Mannheim, known as a scholarly Talmudist.
Life
He was born in Rzeszów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to Aryeh Löb and Miriam Lowenstam. His father was rabbi at Amsterdam and his mother was daughter of Rabbi Chacham Zvi Ashkenazi. He was a descendant of Elijah Ba'al Shem of Chelm.
His glosses on the Talmud appear in the Vilna edition under the name of Rabbi Tsvi Hersh Berlin. His son, Rabbi Solomon Hirschell was also Chief Rabbi of the British German and Polish Jewish community, and the first of the British empire. His other son, Saul Berlin, was a Talmudist and notorious forger of the Besamim Rosh.
References
- Hilary L. Rubinstein, Oxford DNB entry ‘Lyon, Hart (1721–1800)’, first published 2004; online edn, Oct 2006, 852 words, with portrait illustration "Lyon, Hart (1721–1800), rabbi"
- The Jews of Georgian England, 1714–1830 Todd M. Endelman – 1999 "In 1801, when the Ashkenazi synagogues of London were discussing the hiring of a new Chief Rabbi, the privileged members of the Hambro ... Hirschell's father, Hirschel Levin, the former Chief Rabbi in London, was then Rabbi of Berlin."
- Adele Berlin, Maxine Grossman – The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion 2011 – Page 123 "BERLIN, SHA'UL BEN TSEVI HIRSCH (1740–1794), German rabbi and Haskalah sympathizer. Son of the chief rabbi of Berlin, Hirschel Levin, he was ordained rabbi at the age of twenty by several distinguished authorities."
External links
Schechter, Solomon; Seligsohn, M. (1904). "Levin, Hirschel ben Aryeh Löb (called also Hirschel Löbel and Hart Lyon)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 39–40.- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Lyon, Hart" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 34. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Roth, Cecil. "The Rabbinate of Hart Lyon, 1758–1764". History of the Great Synagogue.
- The British Chief Rabbinate
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded byAaron Hart | Chief Rabbi of Great Britain 1758–1764 |
Succeeded byDavid Tevele Schiff Meshullam Solomon |