Honorific-Prefix: | Rabbi |
Solomon Hirschell | |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1762 |
Birth Place: | London, Great Britain |
Death Date: | 31 October 1842 |
Death Place: | London, Great Britain |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Rabbi |
Known For: | Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, 1802–42 |
Chief Rabbi | |
Post: | Chief Rabbi of Great Britain |
Predecessor: | David Tevele Schiff |
Successor: | Nathan Marcus Adler |
Parents: | Hirschel Levin |
Rabbi Solomon Hirschell (12 February 1762, London – 31 October 1842, London) was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, 1802–42. He is best remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to stop the spread of Reform Judaism in Britain by excommunicating its leaders.
His name is also spelt Hirschel and Herschell.
His father was a Polish Jew from Galicia, Hirschel Levin, Chief Rabbi of London and Berlin and a friend of Moses Mendelssohn. His older brother was the Talmudist Saul Berlin.
He died on 31 October 1842 (27th of Cheshvan 5603), and was buried in the Brady Street Cemetery near Whitechapel in London's East End.[1]