Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas | |
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משה יוסף מרדכי מיוחס | |
Preceded by | Raphael Meyuchas |
Succeeded by | Yom Tov Algazi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1738 Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine |
Died | 1805 Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine |
Nationality | Ottoman |
Occupation | Chief Rabbi (Rishon l’Zion) |
Known for | Chief Rabbi of Israel (1802–1805) |
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (Hebrew: משה יוסף מרדכי מיוחס; Moses Joseph Mordechai Meyuchas) (1738–1805) was Chief Rabbi of Israel (Rishon l’Zion) from 1802 to 1805.
Meyuchas was born in Jerusalem to the Meyuchas family. He is the author of Sha’ar ha-Mayim (Salonika, 1768) Berachot Mayim (Salonika, 1789,) and Mayin Shaal (Salonika, 1799)
References
- Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972
- Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff, 1998, p. 77.
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