Jacob Ezekiel Löwy (, ; August 24, 1814 – November 20, 1864) was a

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rabbi and author.

Biography

Löwy was born in Hotzenplotz, Austrian Silesia. At a young age he went to Lepinik to study under Baruch Fränkel-Teomim, afterwards attending various '' yeshivot'' in his native country. He then became a pupil of Wolf Löw in Nagytapolcsány, and, inclining to Ḥasidism, he went successively to

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and Brody in order to continue his rabbinical education. Finally he went to Berlin, where he acquired some secular learning. Having obtained after great difficulties a license to marry, he settled as a business man in Bielitz, and in 1846 was appointed district rabbi of Wadowice, with a seat at Oświęcim (Auschwitz). In 1854 he was elected rabbi of

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, which position he continued to hold until his death. Löwy was the author of ''Biḳḳoret ha-Talmud: Kritisch-Talmudisches Lexikon'', containing 150 articles for a proposed Talmudic encyclopedia. He also published studies in ''

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'', '' Ha-Melitz'', and other journals.

Selected publications

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References

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