Tevele Schiff
| Chief Rabbi Tevele Schiff | |
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| Chief rabbi of the United Kingdom | |
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| Position | Chief Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Great Synagogue of London |
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| Birth name | David Tevele Schiff |
| Died | December 17, 1791 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Chief Rabbi |
Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff (Hebrew: דוד טעבלי שיף) (died December 17, 1791) was the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1765 until his death.
Rabbi Schiff was a disciple of Rabbi Joshua Falk, author of the Classic Commentary on the Talmud "Pene Yehoshua". He was a contemporary of Rabbi Yechezkel Sega"l Landau, Prague's Chief Rabbi and author of the fundamental Responsae "Noda BeeYehuda". His most famous disciple was the holy Rabbi Nosson Adler of Frankfurt-am-Main, famous for his Kabbalistic teachings.
Rabbi Schiff's resting place is at the first Ashkenazic cemtery (since the expulsion of Jewry in medieval times), situated at 27 Alderney Road in London' East End (Postcode E1 4EG).
His death date on the Hebrew calendar is: the Twenty Sixth day in the month of Kislev, anno 5551
References
- Alderman, Geoffrey (1998). Modern British Jewry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820759-X.
- Taylor, Derek (2007). British chief rabbis, 1664-2006. Vallentine Mitchell. ISBN 0-85303-610-1.
- Shmuel, Feiner; Chaya Naor (2003). The Jewish Enlightenment. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3755-2.
- Endelman, Todd M. (2002). The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22720-4.
- Katz, David S. (1997). The Jews in the History of England, 1485-1850. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820667-4.
- Past Chief Rabbis
- The History of the Great Synagogue
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| Preceded by Hart Lyon |
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom 1765–1791 |
Succeeded by Solomon Hirschell |
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