Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi (Hebrew: רב ראשי‎ Rav Rashi) is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel, Israel has had two chief rabbis, one Ashkenazi and one Sephardi.^[1]

Cities with large Jewish communities may also have their own chief rabbis; this is especially the case in Israel but has also been past practice in major Jewish centers in Europe prior to the Holocaust. North American cities rarely have chief rabbis. One exception however is Montreal, with two—one for the Ashkenazi community, the other for the Sephardi.

Jewish law provides no scriptural or Talmudic support for the post of a "chief rabbi." The office, however, is said by many to find its precedent in the religio-political authority figures of Jewish antiquity (e.g., kings, high priests, patriarches, exilarchs and gaonim).^[2] The position arose in Europe in the Middle Ages from governing authorities largely for secular administrative reasons such as collecting taxes and registering vital statistics, and for providing an intermediary between the government and the Jewish community, for example in the establishment of the Crown rabbi in several kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, the rab de la corte in Kingdom of Castile or the arrabi mor in Kingdom of Portugal, likely influenced by the expectations of their Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican governments and neighbors.^[3] Similarly, in the 19th century there was a Crown rabbi of the Russian Empire.^[4]

By country / region[]

Albania[]

Joel Kaplan (2010–present)^[5] disputed^[6]

Argentina[]

Sephardi[]

^[7]

Ashkenazi[]

Gabriel Davidovich (2013–present)

Austria[]

, "Or Sorua" (ca. 1200–1270)
Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, "Tosfos Jomtov" (1578–1654)
(1561–1619)
(ca. 1612–1693)
Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724)
(1727–1793)
Isaak Noah Mannheimer (1824–1865)
Lazar Horowitz (1828–1868), chief rabbi of Vienna
Adolf Jellinek (1865–1893)
Moritz Güdemann (1894–1918)
Zwi Perez Chajes (1918–1927)
David Feuchtwang (1933–1936)
(1936), provisional chief rabbi
(1946), preacher at the Stadttempel
(1948–1983)
(1983–2016)
(July 2016)

Belgium[]

Eliakim Carmoly (1832–1839)
Élie-Aristide Astruc (1866–1879)

Bulgaria[]

Gabriel Almosnino (1880–1885)
Presiado Bakish (1885–1889)
(1889–1891)
Moshe Tadjer (1891–1893)
(1893–1895)
Presiado Bakish (1895–1898)
Moshe Tadjer (1898–1900)
Mordecai Ehrenpreis (1900–1914)
(1914–1918)
(1920–1925)
No Chief Rabbi (1925–1945)
(1945–1949)^[8]
(1990–2012)
(2012–2015)
(2015–Present)

Chile[]

Ashkenazi[]

Rab Jaim Waissbluth

Sephardi[]

Rab Eliahu Tamim

Colombia[]

Ashkenazi[]

(1946-1957)
(Early 1950’s^[9]^{[circular reference]})^[10]
Alfredo Goldschmidt (1974–Present^[11]) (appointed 1991)^[12]

Sephardi[]

(1948-Early 1950)
David Sharbani (Early 1950’s-1978)
(1978-1986^[13])
(1986-2000)
(2000-2010)
(2010-Dec. 2020)

Chabad[]

(1980-Present^[14])

Cuba[]

Meyer Rosenbaum (Son of Isamar of Nadvorna, Elected 1948: left Cuba in 1956, a little more than two years before Fidel Castro came to power in the Revolution)
(1956–1959)
Shmuel Szteinhendler current Chief Rabbi of Cuba and regional director for Masorti Judaism in Latin America.^[15]^[16]^[17]

Croatia[]

Kotel Da-Don (1998–2006) from 2006 rabbi of the Bet Israel community Zagreb
Luciano Moše Prelević (2006–)

Cyprus[]

Arie Zeev Raskin (2005–present) representing Chabad-Lubavitch

Czech Republic[]

Karol Sidon^[18]

Denmark[]

^[19]

(1687–1700)
(1700–1728)
(1729–1739)
(1741–1775)
(1778–1793)
(1793–1827)
Abraham Wolff (1828–1891)
David Simonsen (1892–1902, 1919–1920)
(1903–1910)
Max Schornstein (1910–1919)
Max (Moses) Friediger (1920–1947)
Marcus Melchior (1947–1969)
Bent Melchior (1970–1996)
(1996–2014)
(2014–present)

Egypt[]

Refael Aharon Ben Shimon (1891–1921)
Masoud Haim Ben Shimon (1921–1925)
Chaim Nahum (1925–1960)
Haim Moussa Douek (1960–1972)

Estonia[]

(1995–1996)
(2000–present)

The Far East[]

Aharon Moshe Kiselev (1937–1949)

Finland[]

Simon Livson (2013)

France[]

David Sintzheim (1808–1812)
Abraham Vita de Cologna (1808–1826)
Emmanuel Deutz (1810–1842)
Marchand Ennery (1846–1852)
Salomon Ulmann (1853–1865)
Lazare Isidor (1866–1888)
Zadoc Kahn (1889–1905)
Alfred Lévy (1907–1919)
Israël Lévi (1920–1939)
Isaïe Schwartz (1939–1952)
Jacob Kaplan (1955–1980)
(1981–1987)
Joseph Sitruk (1987–2008)
Gilles Bernheim (2009–2013) (elected 22 June 2008, resigned 11 April 2013)
Haim Korsia (2014–)

Galicia*[]

Edgar Gluck

Galicia in Central/Eastern Europe, as a political entity, ceased to exist in 1921; the title of its Chief Rabbi had already been abolished 1 November 1786 as part of the Josephinism Reforms.^[20]^[21]

Due to its being a center for Jewish scholarship, the Rabbi of Lemberg was traditionally seen as the Rabbi of Galicia in the era prior to World War II.^[22]

Guatemala[]

Meyer Rosenbaum (Son of Isamar of Nadvorna, Later Chief Rabbi of Cuba)

Honduras[]

Hong Kong[]

Ephraim Mirvis

Hungary[]

Note that this list is out of order.

Meir Eisenstadt known as the Panim Me'iros (1708–), rabbi of Eisenstadt and author of "Panim Me'irot"
Alexander ben Menahem
Phinehas Auerbach
Jacob Eliezer Braunschweig
Hirsch Semnitz
Simon Jolles (1717–?)
Samson Wertheimer (1693?–1724) (also Eisenstadt and Moravia)
Issachar Berush Eskeles (1725–1753)^[23]
Joseph Hirsch Weiss—grandfather of Stephen Samuel Wise^[24]^[25]
Samuel Kohn
Simon Hevesi (father of Ferenc Hevesi)
Ferenc Hevesi
Moshe Kunitzer a pioneer of the Haskalah movement in Hungary (1828–1837)
Koppel Reich
Chaim Yehuda Deutsch
József Schweitzer
Robert (Avrohom Yehudoh) Deutsch

Iran[]

Yedidia Shofet (1922–1980)
Uriel Davidi (1980–1994)
Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1994–2007)
Mashallah Golestani-Nejad (2007–present)

Ireland[]

Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1921–1937)
Immanuel Jakobovits (1949–1958)
Isaac Cohen (1959–1979)
David Rosen (1979–1984)
Ephraim Mirvis (1985–1992)
(1993–1994)
Gavin Broder (1996–2000)
Yaakov Pearlman (2001–2008)
(acting Chief Rabbi, 2008–present)

The appointment of a new Chief Rabbi of Ireland has been put on hold since 2008.^[26]

Israel[]

The position of chief rabbi (Hebrew: רַב רָאשִׁי‎) of the Land of Israel has existed for hundreds of years. During the Mandatory Period, the British recognized the chief rabbis of the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities, just as they recognized the Mufti of Jerusalem. The offices continued after statehood was achieved. Haredi Jewish groups (such as Edah HaChareidis) do not recognize the authority of the Chief Rabbinate. They usually have their own rabbis who do not have any connection to the state rabbinate.

Under current Israeli law, the post of Chief Rabbi exists in only four cities (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheba). In other cities there may be one main rabbi to whom the other rabbis of that city defer, but that post is not officially the "Chief Rabbi".

Many of Israel's chief rabbis were previously chief rabbis of Israeli cities.

Sephardi[]

Moshe Galante (the Younger) (1665–1689)
Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696)
Moshe Hayun
Abraham ben David Yitzhaki (1715–1722)
Binyamin Maali
Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730–1748)
Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754)
Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754–1756)
Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756–1791)
Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771–1772)
Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802)
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805)
Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817)
Jacob Coral (1817–1819)
Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822)
Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824)
Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824–1836)
Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841)
Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841–1842)
Chaim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848)
Isaac Kovo (1848–1854)
Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854–1861)
Haim David Hazan (1861–1869)
(1869–1880)
Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1892)
Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906)
Yaacob Meir (1906)
Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907–1909)
Nahman Batito (1909–1911)
Moshe Franco (1911–1915)
Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914–1915)
Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915–1921)
Yaacob Meir (1921–1939)
Benzion Uziel (1939–1954)
Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973)
Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983)
Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993)
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)
Shlomo Amar (2003–2013)
Yitzhak Yosef (2013–present)

Ashkenazi[]

Meir Auerbach—Rabbi of Jerusalem (1860–1871)^[27]
Samuel Salant (1871–1909)^[28]
Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935)
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1959)
Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973)
Shlomo Goren (1973–1983)
Avraham Shapira (1983–1993)
Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003)
Yona Metzger (2003–2013)
David Lau (2013–present)

Military Rabbinate[]

Shlomo Goren (1948–1968)
Mordechai Piron (1968–1977)
Gad Navon (1977–2000)
Israel Weiss (2000–2006)
Avichai Rontzki (2006–2010)
Rafi Peretz (2010–2016)
Eyal Karim (2016–)

Japan[]

(2015–present)^[29]

Lebanon[]

(1799–1829)
(1849)
Zaki Cohen (1875)
(1908–1909)
(1910–1921)
(1921–1923)
(1924–1950)
(1932–1959)
(1960–1978)

Mexico[]

Shlomo Tawil (1998–Present)

Macedonia[]

Avi Kozma

Morocco[]

^[30] Chief Rabbi of Tangier.
Raphael Ankawa (1918–1935)
Chalom Messas (1961–1978)
Aaron Monsonego (1994–2018)
Yoshiyahu Pinto^[31] (2019–present)

Nepal[]

Chezki Lifshitz (2000–present)

Norway[]

Michael Melchior (1980–present)

Panama[]

Zion Levy (1951–2008) Sephardic Chief Rabbi
(1986–) Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi
(2016–) Sephardic Chief Rabbi

Peru[]

^[32]

Abraham Moshe Brener (1930-1967)
(1966-1967)
(1987-1998)
(1999-2009)
(2009-2016)
(2016-2019)
(2019-present)

Poland[]

Jacob Pollak (appointed 1503)^[33]
(1541–1542)
(1945–1956)
Zew Wawa Morejno (1956–1957)
(1957–1961)
(1961–1966)
Zew Wawa Morejno (1966–1973)
(1988–1999)
Michael Schudrich (2004–present)

Poland: Armed Forces[]

Chaim Elizjer Frankl (?–1933)
Major Baruch Steinberg (1933–circa 12 April 1940) murdered by NKVD in the Katyn massacre

Romania[]

(d. 1940)
Alexandru Safran (1940–1948)
Moses Rosen (1948–1994)
Menachem Hacohen (1997–2011)
Rafael Shaffer (2011-Present)

Russia[]

Adolf Shayevich (1983, officially since 1993–present)
Berel Lazar (2000–present)

Military Rabbinate[]

Aharon Gurevich (2007–present)

Serbia[]

Singapore[]

Rabbi Mordechai Abergel

Slovakia[]

Rabbi Moses Sofer (1806–1839)
Rabbi Samuel Benjamin Sofer (1839–1871)
Rabbi Simcha Bunim Sofer (1871–1907)
Rabbi Akiva Sofer (1907–1938)
Rabbi Izidor Katz (1950–1968)
Rabbi Baruch Myers (1993–present)

South Africa[]

Judah Leo Landau (1915–1942)
Louis Rabinowitz (1945–1961)
Bernard M. Casper (1963–1987)
Cyril Harris (1988–2004)
Warren Goldstein (2005–present)

Spain[]

Baruj Garzon (1968–1978), the first Chief Rabbi in Spain since the expulsion in 1492
Yehuda Benasuli (1978–1997)
Moshe Bendahan (1997–present)

Sudan[]

Solomon Malka (1906–1949)
Haim Simoni (1950–1952)
Massoud El-Baz (1953-early 1970s and the end of the Jewish community in Sudan)

Syria[]

(1960–1982), moved to the United States in 1982 and died 27 July 2016 in the United States

Thailand[]

(1992–present)

Transylvania (before 1918)[]

Note: The chief rabbi of Transylvania was generally the rabbi of the city of Alba Iulia.

Joseph Reis Auerbach (d. 1750)
Shalom Selig ben Saul Cohen (1754–1757)
Johanan ben Isaac (1758–1760)
Benjamin Ze'eb Wolf of Cracow (1764–1777)
Moses ben Samuel Levi Margaliot (1778–1817)
Menahem ben Joshua Mendel (1818–23)
Ezekiel Paneth (1823–1843)
Abraham Friedmann (d. 1879), last chief rabbi of Transylvania

Tunisia[]

Chaim Madar (1984–2004)

Turkey[]

Eli Capsali (1452–1454)
Moses Capsali (1454–1497)
Elijah Mizrachi (1497–1526)
(1526–1542)
(1542–1543)
(1543)
(1543–1602)
(1602–1625)
(1625–1639)
(1639–1642)
(1642–1677)
(1677–1715)
(1715–1717)
(1717–1720)
(1720–1745)
(1745–1762)
(1762–1780)
(1780–1800)
(1800–1835)
(1835–1839)
(1839–1841)
(1841–1854)
(1854–1870)
Yakir Geron (1870–1872)
(1872–1909)
Chaim Nahum Effendi (1909–1920)
(1920–1922)
(1922–1926)
(1926–1931)
(1931–1940)
(1940–1960)
David Asseo (1961–2002)
Ishak Haleva (2003–present)

Uganda[]

Gershom Sizomu (present) (see: Abayudaya)

Ukraine[]

Yaakov Dov Bleich (1990–present) original post-communism chief rabbi, still widely recognized Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv
The Progressive Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine
Azriel Chaikin (2003–2008^[34]) Chabad affiliated; not recognized as Ukraine Chief Rabbi, but heads the Ukrainian Chabad^[35]
Moshe Reuven Azman rabbi, elected mostly by secular Jewish leaders and not by any rabbinical authority^[36] (2005–present)

United Kingdom and Commonwealth[]

Ashkenazi chief rabbis[]

(1696–1700)^[37]
(1700–1704)^[37]
Aaron Hart (1704–1756)^[37]
Hart Lyon (1758–1764)
David Tevele Schiff (1765–1791)
Solomon Hirschell (1802–1842)
Nathan Marcus Adler (1845–1891)
Hermann Adler (1891–1911)
Joseph Herman Hertz (1913–1946)
Israel Brodie (1948–1965)
Immanuel Jakobovits (1966–1991; knighted 1981, life peer 1988)
Jonathan Sacks (1991–2013; knighted 2005, life peer 2009)
Ephraim Mirvis (2013–present)

Spanish and Portuguese community Hahamim/senior rabbis[]

The Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom are mainly members of independent synagogues. There is no single rabbi recognised by them as a chief rabbi. The Spanish and Portuguese community, however, consists of several synagogues, charities, a beth din and a kashruth authority. These are under the leadership of an ecclesiastical head. Historically, the individual who fills this role is recognised as a senior rabbi of Anglo Jewry, being the leader of the oldest Jewish community in the country. The Senior Rabbi was traditionally given the title, Haham, meaning "wise one". Since 1918, however, only Solomon Gaon was given this title. The official title of the holder of this office is now The Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom.

Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas (1664–1665)
Yehoshua Da Silva (1670–1679)
Jacob Abendana (1681–1684)
Solomon Ayllon (1689–1700)
David Nieto (1701–1728)
Isaac Nieto (1732–1740)
Moshe Gomes de Mesquita (1744–1751)
Moshe Cohen d'Azevedo (1761–1784)
Raphael Meldola (1806–1828)
Benjamin Artom (1866–1879)
Moses Gaster (1887–1918)
Shem Tob Gaguine (1920–1953) (officially the "Ecclesiastical Chief of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation," not the Haham)
Solomon Gaon (1949–1995)
Abraham Levy (1995–2012) (officially the Communal Rabbi and Spiritual Head of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation, not the haham)
Joseph Dweck (2013–) (elected Senior Rabbi of The S&P Sephardi Community, not the haham)^[38]

United States[]

A chief rabbinate never truly developed within the United States for a number of different reasons. While Jews first settled in the United States in 1654 in New York City, rabbis did not appear in the United States until the mid-nineteenth century. This lack of rabbis, coupled with the lack of official colonial or state recognition of a particular sect of Judaism as official effectively led to a form of congregationalism amongst American Jews. This did not stop others from trying to create a unified American Judaism, and in fact, some chief rabbis developed in some American cities despite lacking universal recognition amongst the Jewish communities within the cities (for examples see below). However, Jonathan Sarna argues that those two precedents, as well as the desire of many Jewish immigrants to the US to break from an Orthodox past, effectively prevented any effective Chief Rabbi in America.^[39]

Uruguay[]

Jaime Spector (1931–1937)
Aaron Milevsky (1937–1943)
Aaron Laschover (1943–1967)
Nechemia Berman (1970–1993)
Eliahu Birenbaum (1994–1999)
Yosef Bittón (1999–2002)
(2002–2009)
Shai Froindlich (2009–2010)
Isaac Fadda (2011–2012)
Ben-Tzion Spitz (2013–2016)
Max Yojanan Godet (2017–present)

Uzbekistan[]

^[40]

Venezuela[]

Sephardi[]

Ashkenazi[]

Pynchas Brener (1967- )

By city[]

Amsterdam, Netherlands[]

Ashkenazi[]

Aryeh Leib ben Saul^[41] 1740–1755
Saul Lowenstam^[41]
Meir Just 1970–1978
(2008–2016)
(2016–current)

Sephardi[]

Menasseh Ben Israel
Hakham-Emeritus Dr Pinchas Toledano (2012–present)

Antwerp, Belgium[]

Chaim Kreiswirth (1953–2001)

Baltimore, Maryland – United States[]

Abraham N. Schwartz (d. 1937)
Joseph H. Feldman (retired 1972, d. 1992)

Birobidzhan, Russia[]

Mordechai Scheiner (2002–present)

Budapest, Hungary[]

Yonasan Steif (pre-World War II)

Caracas, Venezuela[]

Ashkenazi[]

Pynchas Brener (1967–present)

Sephardi[]

(–present)

Chicago, Illinois – United States[]

Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky known as the Ridbaz, served as chief rabbi of the Russian-American congregations in the city 1903–1905.

Frankfurt, Germany[]

Menachem Halevi Klein|Menachem Klein
Nathan HaKohen Adler

Gateshead, United Kingdom[]

Shraga Feivel Zimmerman

The Hague, Netherlands[]

Saul Isaac Halevi (1748–1785)
Dov Yehuda Schochet (1946–1952)

Haifa, Israel[]

Hoboken, New Jersey – United States[]

Chaim Hirschensohn (1904–1935). His post included Hoboken, Jersey City, Union Hill and the Environs.^[42]

Jerusalem[]

Sephardi[]

Levi Ibn Habib
David Ibn Abi Zimra
Moshe Galante I
Haim Vital
Betzalel Ashkenasi
Gedalia Cordovero
Isaac Gaon
Israel Benjamin
Yaacov Tzemah
Shemuel Garmison
Moshe Galante II (1665–1689)
Moshe Ibn Habib (1689–1696)
Moshe Hayun
Abraham ben David Yitzchaki (1715–1722)
Binyamin Maali
Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730–1748)
Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754)
Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754–1756)
Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756–1791)
Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771–1772)
Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802)
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805)
Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817)
Jacob Coral (1817–1819)
Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822)
Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824)
Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824–1836)
Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841)
Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841–1842)
Haim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848)
Isaac Kovo (1848–1854)
Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854–1861)
Haim David Hazan (1861–1869)
Abraham Ashkenasi (1869–1880)
Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1892)
Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906)
Yaacob Meir (1906)
Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907–1909)
Nahman Batito (1909–1911)
Moshe Franco (1911–1915)
Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914–1915)
Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915–1921)
Yaacob Meir (1921–1939)
Chalom Messas (1978–2003)
Shlomo Amar (2014–present)

Ashkenazi[]

Meir Auerbach (?–1878)
Shmuel Salant (1878–1909)
Chaim Berlin (1909–1912?)^{[citation needed]}
Abraham Isaac Kook (1919–1935)
Tzvi Pesach Frank (1936–?)
Betzalel Zolty (1977–?)
Yitzhak Kolitz (1983–2002)
Aryeh Stern (2014–present)

Edah HaChareidis[]

Note: The Edah HaChareidis is unaffiliated with the State of Israel. It is a separate, independent religious community with its own Chief Rabbis, who are viewed, in the Haredi world, as being the Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem.

Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (1919–1932)
Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1932–1948)
Zelig Reuven Bengis (1948–1953)
Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1953–1979)
Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss (1979–1989)
Moshe Aryeh Freund (1989–1996)
(1996–2002)
Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (2002–present)

Kyiv, Ukraine[]

Yaakov Bleich (1990–present)

Krakow, Poland[]

(2006–2012)
(2014–present)

Leiden, Netherlands[]

Milan, Italy[]

(195?–1980)
(1980–2005)
(2005–present)

Modi'in Illit, West Bank[]

Meir Kessler

Montreal, Quebec, Canada[]

Ashkenazi[]

(1922–1950)
Sheea Herschorn (1951–1961)
Pinchas Hirschprung (1969–1998)^[43]
(1998–2006)^[43]^[44]
(2006–Present)^[45]

Sephardi[]

^[46]

Moscow, Russia[]

(prior to 1924–1933)
(1933–1938)
Shmuel Leib Medalia (1943)
(1943–1944)
Shlomo Shleifer (1944–1957)
Yehuda Leib Levin (1957–1971)
Adolf Shayevich (1983, officially since 1993–present)
Pinchas Goldschmidt (1987–present)
Berel Lazar (1990–present)

Munich, Germany[]

Yitshak Ehrenberg (1989–1997)^[47]
Pinchos Biberfeld, moved back to Germany from where he had emigrated to Israel over 50 years earlier. (1980–1999)
Steven Langnas, first German (descendance) Chief Rabbi and Av Beth Din of Munich (1999–2011)

Netherlands – Inter-Provincial Chief rabbinate[]

(1946–1952) [Chief Rabbi of The Hague]
(1960–1985)
Binyomin Jacobs (2008–recent)

New York, New York – United States[]

Jacob Joseph (1840–1902) was the only true Ashkenazi chief rabbi of New York City; there was never a Sephardi chief rabbi, although Dr. David DeSola Pool acted as a leader among the Sepharadim and was also respected as such. Others it has been said claimed the title of Chief Rabbi; eventually, the title became worthless through dilution.
Chaim Jacob Wiedrewitz was the Chassidic chief rabbi of New York and Pennsylvania; he was previously the Chassidic Rav of Moscow and was officially called as "The Moskover Rav", immigrated in 1893 and died in 1911, he's buried in the Chabad society of the Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park NY.
Jacob S. Kassin was the Chief Rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community of New York 1930–1995.
Leibish Wolowsky was the chief rabbi of the Galician community of NYC 1888–1913, he was previously the rabbi of Sambor, Austria and immigrated to the US in 1888. He died in 1913 and is buried in the Achum Ahuvim of Reizow at the Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth NY.
Avrohom Aharon Yudelevitz who was previously the rav of Manchester, England was accepted in 1919 as the chief rabbi of the Jewish Arbitration Court of NYC, he authored many books on Jewish law and Responsa. He died in 1930 and is buried in family plot at the Bayside cemetery in Ozone Park NY.

Nové Zámky, Slovakia[]

Ernest Klein (1931–1944)

Paris, France[]

Michel Seligmann (1809–1829)^[48]
Marchand Ennery (1829–1845)
Lazard Isidor (1847–1865)
Zadoc Kahn (1866–1889)
Jacques-Henri Dreyfuss (1891–1933)
Julien Weill (1933–1950)
Jacob Kaplan (1950–1955)
Meïr Jaïs (1956–1980)
Alain Goldmann (1980–1994)
David Messas (1994–2011)
Michel Gugenheim (2012– )

Rome, Italy[]

Israel Zolli (1940–1945)
Elio Toaff (1951–2002)
Riccardo Di Segni (2002–present)

Rotterdam, Netherlands[]

Josiah Pardo (1648–1669)^[49] See his Haskama – Approbation to Sefer Nachalat Shiva, edition Amsterdam 1667, where he is mentioned as Chief Rabbi of both the Sephardi and Ashkenazi congregations in Rotterdam
Yosia Pardo (1648–1669). Left in 1669 to Amsterdam.^[49]
Yuda Loeb ben Rabbi Shlomo (1674-abt. 1700). Born in Wilna.^[49]
(1682)^[50]
(1700–1708)^[51] Born in Hamburg, left for Amsterdam.^[49]
Solomon Ezekiel (1725–1735)^[50]
(1738–1755)^[50]
Abraham Ezekiel (1755–79)^[50]
(1741–1809)^[52]
son of Akiba Eger I (invited but refused position)^[50]
(1815–1833)^[50]
(1834–1845)^[50]
(1850–1871; one of three sons-in-law of Jacob Ettlinger who were Chief Rabbis in the Netherlands)^[50]
(1885–1928)^[53]^[54]
Simon Hirsch (1928–1930)^[54]
(1930–1944)^[54]
(1945–1954)^[55]
(1954–1959)^[55]
Levie Vorst (1959–1971)^[55]
(1972–1975)^[55]
(1975–1977)^[55]
(1986–1988)^[55]
^{[citation needed]}
Raphael Evers^{[citation needed]}

Sofia, Bulgaria[]

Daniel Zion (in World War II)
(in World War II)

St. Louis, Missouri – United States[]

Chaim Fischel Epstein
Menachem Zvi Eichenstein (1943–1982)
Sholom Rivkin (1983–2011)^[56]

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel[]

Sephardi[]

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1911–1939)
Ya'akov Moshe Toledano (1942–1960)
Ovadia Yosef (1968–1973)
Hayim David HaLevi (1973–1998?)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada[]

Joseph Weinreb 1900–1942
Avraham Aharon Price

Vienna, Austria[]

Yitshak Ehrenberg (1983–1989)^[47]

Warsaw, Poland[]

(1988–1999)
(1999–2000)
Michael Schudrich (2000–present)

Würzburg, Germany[]

Abraham Bing (1814–1839)

Zagreb, Croatia[]

Hosea Jacobi (1880–1925)
Miroslav Šalom Freiberger (1941–1943)

"Grand Rabbi"[]

Occasionally, the term "Grand Rabbi" is used to note a Hasidic Rebbe, particularly used on letterhead when letterhead is in English.^{[citation needed]}

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^ Kaplan Appel, Tamar, ed. (3 August 2010). "Crown Rabbi". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300119039. OCLC 170203576. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
^ "Chief rabbi installed in Albania". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Albanian Jews reject appointment of new chief rabbi". The Jerusalem Post. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Jewish Travel Advisor". Jewish Travel Advisor. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ "Jews of Bulgaria". geni_family_tree.
^ "Avrohom Blumenkrantz". Wikipedia. 25 August 2020.
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^ Goldstein, Jack (18 March 2021). "Entrevista con el Gran Rabino del Centro Israelita de Bogotá, Alfredo Goldschmidt". Valija de Apócrifos (in Spanish).
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^ "Clergy - B'nai Sephardim Synagogue". www.mybnai.com.
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^ The Virtual Jewish History Tour Cuba Jewish Virtual Library
^ The Jewish Traveler: Havana^{[permanent dead link]} Hadassah Magazine
^ BILEFSKY, DAN (10 May 2009). "Hard Times Give New Life to Prague's Golem". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
^ Elsebeth Paikin (21 May 2004). "Rabbis in Denmark – JewishGen Scandinavia SIG". Jewishgen.org. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ YIVO Inst. for, Jewish Research. "Josephinian Reforms". YIVO Enclyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. YIVO Inst. for Jewish Research. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
^ YIVO Ins. for, Jewish Research. "Galicia". YIVO Encylcopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. YIVO Inst. for Jewish Research. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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^ "Issachar Berush Eskeles". The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot.
^ "Weiss, Joseph Hirsch". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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^ Chabad on Line (19 July 2009). "Ireland's De facto Chief Rabbi". collive.
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^ "CHIEF RABBI SALANT DIES IN JERUSALEM; Head of the Ashkanezic Congregationalists Was an Eminent Talmudist. A FRIEND OF MONTEFIORE Collected Donations for the Building of New Synagogue Bet Ya'akob – Favorite of His People". The New York Times. 17 August 1909. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
^ "Japan Gets First-Ever Chief Rabbi". 17 September 2015.
^ "MOORISH JEWS GRATEFUL.; Chief Rabbi Thanks Us for Our Action at Algeciras Conference" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 June 1906.
^ "Le nouveau grand rabbin du Maroc a été nommé". Al HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Nuestra Comunidad". Certificación Kosher (in Spanish).
^ Reiner, Elchanan (11 October 2010). "Pollak, Ya'akov ben Yosef". YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Jeffrey Green.
^ "Ukrainian chief rabbi to resign". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 May 2008.
^ "Ukraine's Second Chief Rabbi?". NCSJ. 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ "Ukrainian community split over chief rabbi – Jewish News of Greater Phoenix". Jewishaz.com. 28 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Yerushaseinu 5771 (PDF).^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Sephardim vote in new rabbinic head with massive majority".
^ Sarna, Jonathan (2004). American Judaism: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-300-10976-8. chief rabbi.
^ "In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish Graves but Just 150 Jews". The New York Times. 7 April 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Bleich, J.D. (1989). Contemporary Halakhic Problems; Volume 16. KTAV Publishing House. pp. 63–4. ISBN 978-0-88125-315-3.
^ Title page of Malki Ba-Kodesh, vol. 2; Hoboken, 1921
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Bnei Brak rabbi named to new beit din post". 27 April 2006. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ "Frum Jewish News". The Yeshiva World. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ "Jewish Community Council Montreal | Rabbi's| Our Rabbi's | Meet Our Rabbi's | JCC Montreal". 9 November 2018.
^ "Grand Rabbinat du Québec". Rabbinat.qc.ca. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Rab. Y. Ehrenberg – Jewish Community of Berlin". Jg-berlin.org. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ "Consistoire - Consistoire de paris". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d http://www.archieven.nl/pls/m/zk2.inv?p_q=64729996^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jacobs, Joseph; Slijper, E. "Netherlands". The Jewish Encyclopedia. The names of the chief rabbis of Rotterdam are: Judah Salomon (1682); Solomon Ezekiel (1725–35; his salary was 305 gulden); Judah Ezekiel, son of the preceding (1738–55); Abraham Judah Ezekiel, son of the preceding (1755–79); Judah Akiba Eger (1779; left in 1781); Levie Hyman Breslau, author of "Pene Aryeh" (1781–1807); Elijah Casriel, from Leeuwarden (1815–33); E.J. Löwenstamm, grandson of L.H. Breslau (1834–45); Joseph Isaacson (1850–71; removed to Filehne as a result of dissensions in the community); B. Ritter (since 1884).
^ . 1978. p. 37.
^ Landman, Isaac (1941). The Universal Jewish encyclopedia. 5. ... and the chief rabbi of Rotterdam, Aryeh Leib Breslau (1781–1809)
^ Michman, Jozeph; Beem, Hartog; Michman, Dan (1999). Geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenschap in Nederland [History of the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]. p. 522. In 1885 werd rabbijn dr Bernard Löbel Ritter tot rabbijn van Rotterdam benoemd.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Michman, Jozeph; Beem, Hartog; Michman, Dan (1999). Geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenschap in Nederland [History of the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]. p. 526. Na het ontslag van Ritter in 1928 werd het twee jaar lang waargenomen door de opperrabbijn van Zwolle, Simon JS Hirsch. In 1930 vond de joodse gemeente opperrabbijn Aaron Jissachar (ABN) Davids (1895–1944) van Friesland bereid naar Rotterdam te komen. Hij werd nog datzelfde jaar benoemd.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Michman, Jozeph; Beem, Hartog; Michman, Dan (1999). Geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenschap in Nederland [History of the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]. p. 531. Het opperrabinaat werd in de naoorlogse periode waargenomen door de opperrabbijn van Amsterdam Justus Tal (van 1945 tot '54) en vervolgens door chacham SA Rodrigues Pereira (van 1954 tot '59). Vanaf 1946 had rabbijn Levie Vorst (1903–'87) de dagelijkse leiding van de gemeente. Direct na het afleggen van het hoogste rabbinale examen werd hij benoemd tot opperrabijn, hetgeen hij bleef aan tot zijn immigratie naar Israël in 1971. Hij werd opgevolgd door Daniël Kahn (van 1972 tot '75) en Albert Hutterer (van 1975 tot '77). Na diens vertrek heeft Rotterdam het een tijd zonder rabbijn gesteld. Van 1986 tot '88 was Dov Salzmann rabbijn.
^ "Rebbetzin Paula Rivkin remembered as 'woman of valor' – St. Louis Jewish Light: Local News – Rebbetzin Paula Rivkin remembered as 'woman of valor': Local News". Stljewishlight.com. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

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[1] Cameron Brown. "Rabbi Ovadia Yosef And His Culture War in Israel". Meria.idc.ac.il. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[2] "Judaism: The Chief Rabbinate". The Jewish Virtual Library. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE). Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[Berlin-2011-3] Himelstein, Shmuel (2011). "Chief Rabbinate". In Berlin, Adele (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2nd ed.). Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-19-973004-9. Retrieved 6 June 2015.

[Kaplan2010-4] Kaplan Appel, Tamar, ed. (3 August 2010). "Crown Rabbi". The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300119039. OCLC 170203576. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

[5] "Chief rabbi installed in Albania". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[6] "Albanian Jews reject appointment of new chief rabbi". The Jerusalem Post. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[7] "Jewish Travel Advisor". Jewish Travel Advisor. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[8] "Jews of Bulgaria". geni_family_tree.

[9] "Avrohom Blumenkrantz". Wikipedia. 25 August 2020.

[10] "Chinuch.org::Gedolim Yahrtzeits". www.chinuch.org.

[11] Goldstein, Jack (18 March 2021). "Entrevista con el Gran Rabino del Centro Israelita de Bogotá, Alfredo Goldschmidt". Valija de Apócrifos (in Spanish).

[12] Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (24 October 2007). "Judíos llegaron para quedarse en la localidad de Chapinero". El Tiempo.

[13] "Clergy - B'nai Sephardim Synagogue". www.mybnai.com.

[14] ttps://www.chabad.org/centers/default_cdo/aid/117813/jewish/Casa-Lubavitch-Bogota.htm. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[15] Rabbis of Chilean Masorti Forum meet with Mr. Zeev Bielsky Archived 20 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine Masorti World

[16] The Virtual Jewish History Tour Cuba Jewish Virtual Library

[17] The Jewish Traveler: Havana^{[permanent dead link]} Hadassah Magazine

[18] BILEFSKY, DAN (10 May 2009). "Hard Times Give New Life to Prague's Golem". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[19] Elsebeth Paikin (21 May 2004). "Rabbis in Denmark – JewishGen Scandinavia SIG". Jewishgen.org. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[20] YIVO Inst. for, Jewish Research. "Josephinian Reforms". YIVO Enclyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. YIVO Inst. for Jewish Research. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[21] YIVO Ins. for, Jewish Research. "Galicia". YIVO Encylcopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. YIVO Inst. for Jewish Research. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[22] Jewish, Telegraphic Agency (29 August 1928). "Vacancy in Lemberg". jta.org. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

[23] "Issachar Berush Eskeles". The Museum of the Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot.

[24] "Weiss, Joseph Hirsch". JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[25] "RootsWeb: WISE-L [WISE] Treasure found – autobiography of Stephen WISE". Archiver.rootsweb.com. 28 April 2001. Archived from the original on 19 March 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[26] Chabad on Line (19 July 2009). "Ireland's De facto Chief Rabbi". collive.

[27] [1]^{[dead link]}

[28] "CHIEF RABBI SALANT DIES IN JERUSALEM; Head of the Ashkanezic Congregationalists Was an Eminent Talmudist. A FRIEND OF MONTEFIORE Collected Donations for the Building of New Synagogue Bet Ya'akob – Favorite of His People". The New York Times. 17 August 1909. Retrieved 28 April 2010.

[29] "Japan Gets First-Ever Chief Rabbi". 17 September 2015.

[30] "MOORISH JEWS GRATEFUL.; Chief Rabbi Thanks Us for Our Action at Algeciras Conference" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 June 1906.

[31] "Le nouveau grand rabbin du Maroc a été nommé". Al HuffPost Maghreb (in French). 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[32] "Nuestra Comunidad". Certificación Kosher (in Spanish).

[33] Reiner, Elchanan (11 October 2010). "Pollak, Ya'akov ben Yosef". YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Jeffrey Green.

[34] "Ukrainian chief rabbi to resign". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 May 2008.

[35] "Ukraine's Second Chief Rabbi?". NCSJ. 15 September 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[36] "Ukrainian community split over chief rabbi – Jewish News of Greater Phoenix". Jewishaz.com. 28 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[Yerushaseinu-37] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Yerushaseinu 5771 (PDF).^{[permanent dead link]}

[38] "Sephardim vote in new rabbinic head with massive majority".

[39] Sarna, Jonathan (2004). American Judaism: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-300-10976-8. chief rabbi.

[40] "In Bukhara, 10,000 Jewish Graves but Just 150 Jews". The New York Times. 7 April 2018.

[Bleich-41] Jump up to: ^a ^b Bleich, J.D. (1989). Contemporary Halakhic Problems; Volume 16. KTAV Publishing House. pp. 63–4. ISBN 978-0-88125-315-3.

[42] Title page of Malki Ba-Kodesh, vol. 2; Hoboken, 1921

[cjnews2006-43] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Bnei Brak rabbi named to new beit din post". 27 April 2006. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[44] "Frum Jewish News". The Yeshiva World. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[45] "Jewish Community Council Montreal | Rabbi's| Our Rabbi's | Meet Our Rabbi's | JCC Montreal". 9 November 2018.

[46] "Grand Rabbinat du Québec". Rabbinat.qc.ca. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[jg-berlin1-47] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Rab. Y. Ehrenberg – Jewish Community of Berlin". Jg-berlin.org. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[48] "Consistoire - Consistoire de paris". Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[archieven-49] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d http://www.archieven.nl/pls/m/zk2.inv?p_q=64729996^{[permanent dead link]}

[Neth-50] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Jacobs, Joseph; Slijper, E. "Netherlands". The Jewish Encyclopedia. The names of the chief rabbis of Rotterdam are: Judah Salomon (1682); Solomon Ezekiel (1725–35; his salary was 305 gulden); Judah Ezekiel, son of the preceding (1738–55); Abraham Judah Ezekiel, son of the preceding (1755–79); Judah Akiba Eger (1779; left in 1781); Levie Hyman Breslau, author of "Pene Aryeh" (1781–1807); Elijah Casriel, from Leeuwarden (1815–33); E.J. Löwenstamm, grandson of L.H. Breslau (1834–45); Joseph Isaacson (1850–71; removed to Filehne as a result of dissensions in the community); B. Ritter (since 1884).

[51] . 1978. p. 37.

[52] Landman, Isaac (1941). The Universal Jewish encyclopedia. 5. ... and the chief rabbi of Rotterdam, Aryeh Leib Breslau (1781–1809)

[gesch522-53] Michman, Jozeph; Beem, Hartog; Michman, Dan (1999). Geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenschap in Nederland [History of the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]. p. 522. In 1885 werd rabbijn dr Bernard Löbel Ritter tot rabbijn van Rotterdam benoemd.

[gesch526-54] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Michman, Jozeph; Beem, Hartog; Michman, Dan (1999). Geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenschap in Nederland [History of the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]. p. 526. Na het ontslag van Ritter in 1928 werd het twee jaar lang waargenomen door de opperrabbijn van Zwolle, Simon JS Hirsch. In 1930 vond de joodse gemeente opperrabbijn Aaron Jissachar (ABN) Davids (1895–1944) van Friesland bereid naar Rotterdam te komen. Hij werd nog datzelfde jaar benoemd.

[gesch531-55] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Michman, Jozeph; Beem, Hartog; Michman, Dan (1999). Geschiedenis van de joodse gemeenschap in Nederland [History of the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]. p. 531. Het opperrabinaat werd in de naoorlogse periode waargenomen door de opperrabbijn van Amsterdam Justus Tal (van 1945 tot '54) en vervolgens door chacham SA Rodrigues Pereira (van 1954 tot '59). Vanaf 1946 had rabbijn Levie Vorst (1903–'87) de dagelijkse leiding van de gemeente. Direct na het afleggen van het hoogste rabbinale examen werd hij benoemd tot opperrabijn, hetgeen hij bleef aan tot zijn immigratie naar Israël in 1971. Hij werd opgevolgd door Daniël Kahn (van 1972 tot '75) en Albert Hutterer (van 1975 tot '77). Na diens vertrek heeft Rotterdam het een tijd zonder rabbijn gesteld. Van 1986 tot '88 was Dov Salzmann rabbijn.

[56] "Rebbetzin Paula Rivkin remembered as 'woman of valor' – St. Louis Jewish Light: Local News – Rebbetzin Paula Rivkin remembered as 'woman of valor': Local News". Stljewishlight.com. 12 January 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

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