Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Chaim Yosef Gottlieb
Birth Date:1794
Birth Place:Tertzal, Hungary
Death Date:March 11, 1867
Death Place:Stropkov
Nationality:Hungarian
Occupation:Rabbi, Dayan
Known For:Author of Tiv Gittin ve-Kiddushin
Chief Rabbi
Post:Chief Rabbi of Stropkov
Spouse:Breindel
Children:Efroim & Menashe
Works:Tiv Gittin ve-Kiddushin

Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794[1] - March 11, 1867[1]) (Hebrew: חיים יוסף גאטליב), known as the Stropkover Rov, was a student of Rabbi Moshe Schreiber and author of Tiv Gittin ve-Kiddushin, published by his sons Efroim & Menashe in Ungvar in 1868.[2]

Upon completing his studies in 1813, he Married Reb. Breindel the daughter of the Wealthy Man R' Myir of Tarcal, 3915, Hungary. The Rabbi at that time in Tercal was the author of the holy book Mareh Yechezkel & later Rabbi of Karlsburg, and he appointed him to learn with some of his disciples, and his own children. In 1823 he was appointed Dayan and teacher in the town of his birth, Tertzal,[2] Hungary and sometime later also as Rabbi, where he studied with his brother-in-law Rabbi Mordechai Ciment, and wrote extensively about Jewish law and Kabbalah. In 1841, - after the Author of the holy book Yeitev Lev left the Rabbinical Appointment of Stropkov For Satoraljaujhely Hungary, - he was appointed the Chief Rabbi and head of the Bet Din of Stropkov[2] in 1847 at the recommendation of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. Chaim Yosef died on Monday, 4 Adar II, 5627 / 11 March 1867[1] and is buried in the Tisinec cemetery.

There is a school in Jerusalem named after him called Yeshivas Rabbenu Chaim Yosef. They publish a book which lists all the descendants of Reb Chaim Yosef called Sefer Hayachas.

Notes and references

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Hungary/Deaths.htm The Jewish Gen Hungarian Deaths Database
  2. Book: Chaim Yosef Gottlieb . Tiv Gittin VeKidushin . 1868 . C. Jäger's Wittwe (Widow) . Ungvar . Hebrew . Menashe and Efraim Gottlieb . 49790339 .