Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel

Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel
רפאל מיוחס בן שמואל
Preceded byIsaac HaKohen Rapoport
Succeeded byHaim Yosef David Azulai
Personal details
Bornc. 1695
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Died1771
Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
NationalityOttoman
ChildrenMoshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas
RelativesAvraham ben Shmuel Meyuchas (brother)
OccupationChief Rabbi (Rishon l’Zion)
Known forChief Rabbi of Israel (1756–1771)

Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1695?-1771) served as Chief Rabbi of Israel (Rishon l’Zion) from 1756 until his death in 1771.

Meyuchas was born in Jerusalem to the Meyuchas family. His brother was Avraham ben Shmuel Meyuchas. His son was Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas.

Meyuchas attempted to negotiate a reconciliation between the Karaites and other Jews, and tried to gain admission to Jewish schools for Karaite children. His books include Minchat Bikkurim (Salonika, 1752) a commentary on the Talmud, and Peri ha-Adamah, (Salonika 1752–57, 4 volumes) a commentary on Maimonides's Mishneh Torah.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972
  2. ^ Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff , 1998, p. 122 ff.


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