Yaakov Gesundheit [SEP] occupation
Yaakov Gesundheit
Rabbi Yaakov Gesundheit (1815-1878) was the chief rabbi of Warsaw from 1870 to ca. 1874.
He conducted a yeshivah for forty-two years; some of his many pupils becoming well-known rabbis. In 1870 he was chosen rabbi of Warsaw and held the office for about four years, when he was compelled to relinquish it on account of not being acceptable to the chasidim.
He finished "Sifte Kohen" at the age of eighteen. At twenty-three he wrote "
MERIP Middle East Report, No. 142, Wealth and Power in the Middle East (Sep. – Oct., 1986), pp. 36–38
External links.
- Yaakov Meridor Irgun