Levi ben Abisha ben Phinehas ben Yitzhaq; (1920–23 May 2001), served as the Samaritan High Priest from 1998 until his death. In his secular work prior to his retirement, he was chief clerk in the Nablus bus company. Before and after his retirement from secular work he was a genial and well-known teacher. He petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to grant Samaritan priests equality in law with rabbis; the petition was still pending at the time of his death. He lived in Nablus in the West Bank and is buried in the cemetery of Kiryat Luza on Mount Gerizim. He was succeeded as high priest by his second cousin Saloum Cohen.
| Preceded byYoseph ben Ab-Hisda ben Yaacov ben Aaharon | Samaritan High Priest 1998–2001 |
Succeeded bySaloum Cohen |
Sources
- The (London) Independent, 4 June 2001.