Solomon Hirschell Explained

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]

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  1. Web site: Brady Street Cemetery. United Synagogues. 29 June 2017.