Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794
"Jewish Civil Registry of Sztropko", Surname: Gottlieb, Given Name: Chaim Yosef, Record #: 152-26, Death Date: 11-Mar-1867, Town Died: Sztropko, Town Registered: Sztropko, Jaras: Sztropko, Megye: Zemplen, Age 73, Occupation: Chief Rabbi, FHL Film #: 1793861; Item 3 - March 11, 1867) (

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: חיים יוסף גאטליב), known as the Stropkover Rov, was a student of

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Moshe Schreiber and author of ''Tiv Gittin ve-Kiddushin'', published by his sons Efroim & Menashe in

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in 1868. Upon completing his studies in 1813, he Married Reb. Breindel the daughter of the Wealthy Man R' Myir of Tarcal, 3915, Hungary. The Rabbi at that time in Tercal was the author of the holy book Mareh Yechezkel & later Rabbi of Karlsburg, and he appointed him to learn with some of his disciples, and his own children. In 1823 he was appointed Dayan and teacher in the town of his birth, Tertzal,

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and sometime later also as Rabbi, where he studied with his brother-in-law Rabbi Mordechai Ciment, and wrote extensively about

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and

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. In 1841, - after the Author of the holy book Yeitev Lev left the Rabbinical Appointment of Stropkov For Satoraljaujhely Hungary, - he was appointed the Chief Rabbi and head of the

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Stropkov Stropkov (; rue, Стропков, hu, Sztropkó, , yi, סטראפקאוו) is a town in Stropkov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia. History The first written data about the town is from 1404, when Stropkov was already labeled as an ''oppid ...

in 1847 at the recommendation of Rabbi

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. Chaim Yosef died on Monday, 4

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II, 5627 / 11 March 1867 and is buried in the Tisinec cemetery. There is a school in Jerusalem named after him called Yeshivas Rabbenu Chaim Yosef. They publish a book which lists all the descendants of Reb Chaim Yosef called ''Sefer Hayachas''.

Notes and references

The Rabbis of Stropkov
1794 births 1867 deaths 19th-century Hungarian rabbis {{Hungary-rabbi-stub