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Chief Rabbi of Israel
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas
משה יוסף מרדכי מיוחס
Preceded byRaphael Meyuchas
Succeeded byYom Tov Algazi
Personal details
Born1738
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Died1805
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
NationalityOttoman
OccupationChief Rabbi (Rishon l’Zion)
Known forChief 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

  1. Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972
  2. Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff, 1998, p. 77.


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