Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog

Rabbi Isaac Halevy Herzog ( Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Isaac Herzog, etc.; * 1888 in Lomza, † July 25, 1959 in Jerusalem ) was the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland. His term lasted from 1921 until 1936. From 1937 until his death he was Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Palestine and, after its establishment, Israel.

Life and work

Rabbi Herzog was born in Lomza, Poland, and emigrated with his family in 1898 in the United Kingdom, where they settled in Leeds. His initial training was mainly in the hands of his father, Joel body Herzog, Rabbi of Leeds and later in Paris.

After graduating as a young man his Talmudic studies, Duke went to the Sorbonne and then to the University of London, where he received his doctorate.

Duke was 1916-1919 rabbi of Belfast and was appointed in 1919 as a rabbi of Dublin. He then worked as Chief Rabbi of Ireland from 1922 to 1936 and emigrated to Palestine, Abraham Isaac Kook to succeed as Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi; he held until his death in this office.

In 1958 he was awarded the Israel Prize.

Descendants of Rabbi Herzog were active in the political life of Israel. Chaim Herzog, Isaac Halevy Herzog 's son, was a general in the Israeli army and later became president of Israel. Yaakov Herzog, his second son, worked in the diplomatic service of Israel. Currently, his grandson, Jitzchaq Duke, member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, and welfare minister of the country.

Works

Rabbi Herzog wrote numerous books and articles on the Torah and the State of Israel.

• Main Institutions of Jewish Law.
• Heichal Yitzchak.
• Techukah leYisrael al pi HaTorah.
• Pesachim uKetavim.
• The Royal Purple and the Biblical Blue.

Swell

• John F. Oppenheimer (ed.): Encyclopedia of Judaism. 2nd edition Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2, Sp 287