Isaiah Horovitz

Tomb of Isaiah Horovitz in Tiberias

Isaiah b. Abraham Horovitz ( Isaiah ha-Levi Horovitz , also Horowitz ; born 1565 in Prague ; died March 24, 1630 in Tiberias ) was a Talmudist , Kabbalist and for a time chief rabbi in Prague.

Life

He went to Poland with his father . He studied with Meir Lublin in Krakow and with Joschua Falk . He married Chaya Moul, the daughter of Abraham Moul from Vienna. In 1590 he took part in the Jewish council of four countries in Lublin . In 1597 he became rabbi in Dubno , in 1606 in Frankfurt am Main in 1614 he left Frankfurt after the fat milk revolt and went to Prague. There he became chief rabbi .

In 1621, after the death of his wife, he emigrated to Palestine , remarried and settled in Jerusalem as one of the leading figures of the Ashkenazi community. In 1625 he was captured by the Arab ruler and released for a large ransom. He died in Tiberias and was buried there near Moses Maimonides .

progeny

Isaiah Horowitz's son Sabbatai Halewi Horwitz worked as Chief Rabbi in Frankfurt am Main from 1632 to 1642, his grandson Isaiah Halevi Horwitz from 1678 to 1686.

Works

His best-known work is Schene luchot ha-berit ("The two federal tables"), abbreviated SheLaH (this is also his name: Schela ha-Kadosch , the holy Shela), a popular compendium on law and ethics, which he in view of the imminent separation from left his children and grandchildren as a guide and memory book before he left for Palestine.

Horovitz , also Hurwitz a . Ä., was / is a Jewish family from Hořovice in Bohemia . In the 13th century, the lords of the city chose this addition to their name for the first time.

Literature (selection)

Wininger III, 165-166
Jewish Lexicon . II, 1668

Individual evidence

↑ Julia Haarmann: Guardian of Tradition. Memory and identity in the self-testimony of Pinchas Katzenellenbogen (1691–1767). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-57023-4 , p. 81.

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personal data
SURNAME	Horovitz, Isaiah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Horovitz, Isaiah b. Abraham (full name); Horovitz, Isaiah ha-Levi (full name); Horowitz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Talmudist, Kabbalist, Chief Rabbi in Prague
DATE OF BIRTH	1565
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1630
Place of death	Tiberias

[1] Julia Haarmann: Guardian of Tradition. Memory and identity in the self-testimony of Pinchas Katzenellenbogen (1691–1767). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012, ISBN 978-3-525-57023-4 , p. 81.