Isaac HaLevy Duke
Rabbi Isaak HaLevy Herzog ( Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog , Isaac Herzog etc .; * December 3, 1888 in Łomża ; † July 25, 1959 in Jerusalem ) was Ireland's first chief rabbi . His term of office lasted from 1921 to 1936. From 1937 until his death he was Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine and, after its founding, Israel .
life and work
Rabbi Herzog was born in Łomża , in present-day Poland , and emigrated with his family to the United Kingdom in 1898 , where they settled in Leeds . His initial training was primarily in the hands of his father, Joel Leib Herzog, Rabbi of Leeds and later in Paris .
After completing his Talmudic studies as a young man , Herzog went to the Sorbonne and then to the University of London , where he received his doctorate.
Herzog was Rabbi of Belfast from 1916 to 1919 and was appointed Rabbi of Dublin in 1919. He then worked as Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Ireland from 1922 to 1936 and emigrated to Palestine to succeed Abraham Isaac Kook as Chief Rabbi of Ashkenazi ; he held this office until his death.
In 1958 he received the Israel Prize .
Descendants of Rabbi Herzog were active in Israel's political life. Chaim Herzog , son of Isaak HaLevy Herzog, was a general in the Israeli army and later became President of Israel. Ja'akov Herzog , his second son, worked in the Israeli diplomatic service. His grandson Yitzchak Herzog held various ministerial posts between 2005 and 2011 and has been the opposition leader in the Knesset , the Israeli parliament , since November 2013 .
Works
Rabbi Herzog wrote numerous books and articles on the Torah and the State of Israel.
- Main Institutions of Jewish Law .
- Heichal Yitzchak .
- Techukah leYisrael al pi haTorah .
- Pesachim uKetavim .
- The Royal Purple and the Biblical Blue .
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- John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 287.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Duke, Isaak HaLevy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duke, Yitzhak HaLevi; Duke, Isaac |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish, later Israeli rabbi of Polish origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Łomża |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1959 |
| Place of death | Jerusalem |