Avraham Yehoshua "Heschel"(or Abraham Joshua) (1595 – 1663) was a renowned rabbi and talmudist in Kraków, Poland.[1]
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His father Rabbi Jacob of Lublin was a rabbi in Brisk and then Lublin.
In 1654 Heschel became Chief Rabbi of Kraków, succeeding Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller upon his death.[1]
Subsequent to the Chmielnicki massacres, Heschel was lenient in allowing agunah (women whose husbands were only presumed dead) to remarry.[2]
Heschel's second wife was Dina, the granddaughter of Saul Wahl, who according to folklore was king of Poland for one day.[1]
Heschel's main students are Rabbi David Halevi Segal (Taz), and Rabbi Shabsai Cohen (Shach).
Heschel is buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków, also known as the Remuh Cemetery.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Valley, Eli (1999). The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest. Jason Aronson. p. 331. ISBN 9780765760005.
- ^ Eisenberg, Ronald L. (March 20, 2014). Essential Figures in Jewish Scholarship. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 175. ISBN 9780765709950.
- ^ Sherwin, Byron L. (1997). Sparks Amidst the Ashes: The Spiritual Legacy of Polish Jewry. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195355468.
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