Tevele Schiff
| Chief Rabbi Tevele Schiff | |
|---|---|
| Chief rabbi of Great Britain | |
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| Position | Chief Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Great Synagogue of London |
| Personal details | |
| 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; or, in the Hebrew calendar, 26 Kislev 5551) was the chief rabbi of Great Britain 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 B'Yhuda". 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 Britain's first Ashkenazic cemetery since the expulsion of Jewry in medieval times. It is situated at 27 Alderney Road, London E1 4EG, in London's East End.
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
| Jewish titles | ||
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| Preceded by Hart Lyon |
Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom 1765–1791 |
Succeeded by Solomon Hirschell |