Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas ( he, משה יוסף מרדכי מיוחס; Moses Joseph Mordechai Meyuchas) (1738–1805) was

Chief Rabbi of Israel The Chief Rabbinate of Israel ( he, הָרַבָּנוּת הָרָאשִׁית לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Ha-Rabbanut Ha-Rashit Li-Yisra'el'') is recognized by law as the supreme rabbinic authority for Judaism in Israel. The Chief Rabbinate Co ...

(''Rishon l’Zion'') from 1802–1805. Meyuchas was born in Jerusalem to the

Meyuchas The Meyuchas (Meyuhas, Meyouhas) are a Jerusalem Sephardi family that has produced notable rabbis and merchants for hundreds of years. They trace their ancestry to Spain before the Alhambra Decree. Modern settlement on the site of the City of Dav ...

family. He is the author of Sha’ar ha-Mayim (Salonika, 1768) Berachot Mayim (Salonika, 1789,) and Mayin Shaal (Salonika, 1799)Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff, 1998, p. 77.

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Meyuchas, Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas, Moshe Yosef Mordechai 1738 births 1805 deaths {{Israel-rabbi-stub