Jehezkel Katzenellenbogen

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Jehezkel Katzenellenbogen , also Ezekiel Katzenelbogen (* around 1668 in Lithuania , † July 8, 1749 in Altona ) was a Polish-German rabbi .

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Jehezkel Katzenellenbogen came from a well-known family of rabbis and initially worked as a rabbi in Settel , Rushany and Kėdainiai . In 1714, on the recommendation of Rabbi Issachar Kohen from Altona, he was appointed chief rabbi of the local community. During his time in Altona he got increasingly into conflict. He recommended Moses Hagiz to ban Nehemia Hayyun from Amsterdam. In the great synagogue he himself pronounced a ban against the Sabbatians in 1726 .

Due to questions about Halacha , Katzenellenbogen got into a dispute with Jakob Emden . The conflict lasted until the end of his life. Emden described Katzenellenbogen after his death as a person with a dubious character. According to the scholar in his autobiography Megillat Sefer , he could not preach and was ignorant .

Katzenellenbogen wrote rules for the order of the Kaddish prayer , which can be found in the Altona edition of the great Mahzorim. His grave is in the Altona Jewish cemetery . His descendants had it restored a few years ago.

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