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Raphael Meir Panigel

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Raphael Meir Panigel
Raphael Meir Panigel
Personal
Born1804
Died2 January 1893(1893-01-02) (aged 88–89)
ReligionJudaism
ChildrenVida Leah Eliashar, Yehudah Shlomo Panigel, Siniora Miriam Eliashar (biological), Yehuda Bechar, Eliahu Moshe Bechar Panigel (adoptive), possibly other
Jewish leader
PredecessorAvraham Ashkenazi
SuccessorYaakov Shaul Elyashar
PositionRishon LeZion
Began1880
Ended1893
קבר הרב רפאל מאיר פאניז'ל, הראשון לציון, בהר הזיתים

Raphael Meir ben Yehuda Panigel (1804–1893) was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire.

Panigel was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, but his family emigrated to the Land of Israel when he was a child. In 1828 and in 1863, he was an emissary on behalf of Jerusalem to the countries of North Africa, remaining there on both occasions for several years. In 1845 he travelled to Italy as an emissary of Hebron and was received with great respect at the Vatican by Pope Gregory XVI. In 1880 he became rishon le-Zion, and in 1890 the Ottoman authorities appointed him hacham bashi (head of the Jewish community of Palestine). He was held in great esteem by all communities and authorities. He authored Lev Marpe (1887), Talmudic novellae, responsa, and homilies.[1] His son-in-law, Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, later succeeded him.

References

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  1. ^ Fred Skolnik; Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House. p. 612. ISBN 978-0-02-865943-5. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
Jewish titles
Preceded by Rishon le-Zion
Raphael Meir Panigel

1880–1892
Succeeded by