Aaron Hart (rabbi)
Chief Rabbi Aaron Hart | |
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Title | Rabbi of the Great Synagogue |
Personal | |
Born | Aaron Uri Phoebus Hart 1670 |
Died | 1756 (aged 85–86) |
Religion | Judaism |
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Position established |
Successor | Hart Lyon |
Position | Chief Rabbi |
Synagogue | Great Synagogue of London |
Began | 1704 |
Ended | 1756 |
Chief Rabbi Aaron Uri Phoebus Hart (Hebrew: רבי אהרן אורי פײבוש הרט; 1670 – 1756) was the first chief rabbi of Great Britain and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1704 until his death.
He was son of Naphtali Hertz of Hamburg (Hartwig Moses Hart), a prosperous Jewish resident of that city. After studying at a yeshiva in Poland, he married the daughter of R. Samuel ben Phoebus of Fürth, author of the Beit Shmuel, a commentary on Eben ha'Ezer. He was appointed rabbi of the first Ashkenazic synagogue in London in 1692.
In 1707 he published Urim ve-Tummim, the first book in Hebrew printed in London.
Legacy[]
A portrait of Rabbi Hart hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
External links[]
- "Past Chief Rabbis". ChiefRabbi.org. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
- Bernard Susser. "Light and Leading: The Officials of the Community". Jewish Communities & Records UK. Retrieved 17 March 2007.
- "Aaron Hart". Jewish Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 28 September 2008.
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- Chief rabbis of the United Kingdom
- 1670 births
- 1756 deaths
- 18th-century rabbis
- Clergy from Wrocław
- Polish Orthodox rabbis
- Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Silesian Jews
- People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
- British people of Polish-Jewish descent
- English Jews of the Early Modern period
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