Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1695?-1771) served as Chief Rabbi of Israel (''Rishon l’Zion'') from 1756 until his death in 1771. 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. His brother was Avraham ben Shmuel Meyuchas. His son was

Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas ( he, משה יוסף מרדכי מיוחס; Moses Joseph Mordechai Meyuchas) (1738–1805) was Chief Rabbi of Israel (''Rishon l’Zion'') from 1802–1805. Meyuchas was born in Jerusalem to the Meyuchas The Meyucha ...

. Meyuchas attempted to negotiate a reconciliation between the Karaites and other Jews, and tried to gain admission to Jewish schools for Karaite children. His books include ''Minchat Bikkurim'' (

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, 1752) a commentary on the

Talmud The Talmud (; he, , Talmūḏ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cente ...

, and ''Peri ha-Adamah'', (Salonika 1752–57, 4 volumes) a commentary on

Maimonides Musa ibn Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (); la, Moses Maimonides and also referred to by the acronym Rambam ( he, רמב״ם), was a Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah ...

's ''

Mishneh Torah The ''Mishneh Torah'' ( he, מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה, , repetition of the Torah), also known as ''Sefer Yad ha-Hazaka'' ( he, ספר יד החזקה, , book of the strong hand, label=none), is a code of Rabbinic Jewish religious law (''h ...

''.Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff , 1998, p. 122 ff.

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Meyuchas ben Shmuel, Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel, Raphael 1690s births 1771 deaths {{Israel-rabbi-stub