Avraham Yehoshua Heschel

For the American philosopher see Abraham Joshua Heschel. For the Hasidic rebbe see Avraham Yehoshua Heshel.

Avraham Yehoshua (or Abraham Joshua) Heschel (died 1663) was a renowned rabbi and talmudist in Kraków, Poland.[1]

In 1654 Herschel became chief rabbi of Kraków, succeeding Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller upon his death.[1]

Subsequent to the Chmielnicki massacres, Heschel was lenient in allowing agunahs (women whose husbands were only presumed dead) to remarry.[2]

Heschel's second wife was Dina, the granddaughter of Saul Wahl, who according to folklore was king of Poland for one day.[1]

Heschel is buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków, also known as the Remuh Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Valley, Eli (1999). The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest. Jason Aronson. p. 331. ISBN 9780765760005.
  2. ↑ Eisenberg, Ronald L. (March 20, 2014). Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 175. ISBN 9780765709950.
  3. ↑ Sherwin, Byron L. (1997). Sparks Amidst the Ashes: The Spiritual Legacy of Polish Jewry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195355468.


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