Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas Explained

Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas
Native Name:משה יוסף מרדכי מיוחס
Native Name Lang:he
Birth Date:1738
Birth Place:Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Death Date:1805
Death Place:Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Nationality:Ottoman
Occupation:Chief Rabbi (Rishon l’Zion)
Known For:Chief Rabbi of Israel (1802–1805)
Predecessor:Raphael Meyuchas
Successor:Yom Tov Algazi

Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (he|משה יוסף מרדכי מיוחס; Moses Joseph Mordechai Meyuchas) (1738–1805) was Chief Rabbi of Israel (Rishon l’Zion) from 1802 to 1805.

Meyuchas was born in Jerusalem to the Meyuchas family. He is the author of Sha’ar ha-Mayim (Salonika, 1768) Berachot Mayim (Salonika, 1789,) and Mayin Shaal (Salonika, 1799)[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972
  2. Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff, 1998, p. 77.