Chief Rabbi ( he, רב ראשי ''Rav Rashi'') is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's

Jewish community Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by

Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (, born 23 May 1880, died 4 September 1953), sometimes rendered as Ouziel, was the Sephardi chief rabbi of Mandatory Palestine from 1939 to 1948, and of Israel from 1948 until his death in 1953. Biography Ben-Zion Meir Ha ...

, Israel has had two chief rabbis, one Ashkenazi and one

Sephardi Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefa ...

. Cities with large Jewish communities may also have their own chief rabbis; this is especially the case in Israel but has also been past practice in major Jewish centers in Europe prior to

the Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...

. North American cities rarely have chief rabbis. One exception however is

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...

, with two—one for the Ashkenazi community, the other for the Sephardi. Jewish law provides no scriptural or

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 ce ...

ic support for the post of a "chief rabbi." The office, however, is said by many to find its precedent in the religio-political authority figures of Jewish antiquity (e.g., kings, high priests, patriarches,

exilarch The exilarch was the leader of the Jewish community in Persian Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) during the era of the Parthians, Sasanians and Abbasid Caliphate up until the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in 1258, with intermittent gaps due to ongoing ...

s and ''gaonim''). The position arose in Europe in the Middle Ages from governing authorities largely for secular administrative reasons such as collecting taxes and registering vital statistics, and for providing an intermediary between the government and the Jewish community, for example in the establishment of the Crown rabbi in several kingdoms of the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...

, the ''rab de la corte'' in the

Kingdom of Castile The Kingdom of Castile (; es, Reino de Castilla, la, Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region. It began in the 9th cent ...

or the ''arrabi mor'' in the Kingdom of Portugal, likely influenced by the expectations of their

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...

, and Anglican governments and neighbors. Similarly, in the 19th century there was a '' Crown rabbi'' of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

By country / region

Albania

* Joel Kaplan (2010–present)

Argentina

Sephardi (Syrian)

Salomon Benhamu Salomon may refer to: People * Salomon (given name) * Salomon (surname) Companies * Salomon Brothers Salomon Brothers, Inc., was an American multinational bulge bracket investment bank headquartered in New York. It was one of the five la ...

Yosef Chehebar Yosef (; also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic ''Yôsēp̄'') is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word ...

Sephardi

Isaac Sacca Rabbi Isaac Antebi Sacca ( he, יצחק ענתבי סקה (born 1964) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Buenos Aires, as well as the founder and president of Menora, an organization for Jewish youth. Biography Early life and education Rabbi Sacca ...

(1997–present)

Ashkenazi

Gabriel Davidovich Gabriel Davidovich is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Argentina. He is based at the AMIA Jewish center, where he has led the community since 2013. In February 2019, he was violently assaulted in an anti-Semitic attack at his Buenos Aires Buenos ...

(2013–present)

Austria

* Jitzchok ben Mosche von Wien, "Or Sorua" (ca. 1200–1270) *

Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller Rabbi Gershon Shaul Yom-Tov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller (c. 157919 August 1654), was a Bohemian rabbi and Talmudist, best known for writing a commentary on the Mishnah called the ''Tosefet Yom-Tov'' (1614–1617). Heller was one of the major ...

, "Tosfos Jomtov" (1578–1654) * Scheftel Horowitz (1561–1619) * Gerschon "Uliph" Aschkenasi (ca. 1612–1693) * Samson Wertheimer (1658–1724) * Mosche Chanoch Berliner (1727–1793) * Isaak Noah Mannheimer (1824–1865) * Lazar Horowitz (1828–1868), chief rabbi of

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Adolf Jellinek Adolf Jellinek ( he, אהרן ילינק ''Aharon Jelinek''; 26 June 1821 in Drslavice, Moravia – 28 December 1893 in Vienna) was an Austrian rabbi and scholar. After filling clerical posts in Leipzig (1845–1856), he became a preacher at t ...

(1865–1893) * Moritz Güdemann (1894–1918) * Zwi Perez Chajes (1918–1927) *

David Feuchtwang David Feuchtwang (27 November 1864 – 6 July 1936) was a Jewish scholar and author, and chief rabbi of Vienna from 1933 until his death in 1936. David Feuchtwang was born in Nikolsburg, Moravia (now Mikulov, Czech Republic) on 27 November 1864, th ...

(1933–1936) *

Israel Taglicht Israel Taglicht (March 9, 1862 − December 13, 1943) was the Chief Rabbi of Austria. Life Taglicht was born on March 9, 1862 in Berezó, Hungary, the son of Josef Taglicht and Nelly Spitzer. A descendent of the Maharam Schick, Taglicht attende ...

(1936), provisional chief rabbi * Insp. I. Öhler (1946), preacher at the

Stadttempel The Stadttempel ( en, City Prayer House), also called the Seitenstettengasse Temple, is the main synagogue of Vienna, Austria. It is located in the Innere Stadt 1st district, at Seitenstettengasse 4. History The synagogue was constructed from 182 ...

Akiva Eisenberg Dr. Akiba Eisenberg (20 September 1908 – 8 April 1983) was a former Chief Rabbi of Vienna. Biography Eisenberg was born in Vác, near Budapest. During World War II, he survived by hiding with his brother in the outlying area with non-Jewish f ...

(1948–1983) * Paul Chaim Eisenberg (1983–2016) * Arie Folger (July 2016)

Belgium

* Eliakim Carmoly (1832–1839) * Henri Loeb *

Aristide Astrue Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince in ...

* Élie-Aristide Astruc (1866–1879) *

Abraham Dreyfus Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special ...

Armand Bloch Armand Lucien Bloch (1 July 1866, Montbéliard - 5 March 1932, Paris) was a French sculptor. Life and work His father, Maurice Bloch, was a sculptor, who established a metal casting company in 1857. He entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1884, ...

Bulgaria

* Gabriel Almosnino (1880–1885) * Presiado Bakish (1885–1889) *

Shimon Dankowitz Shimon ( he, שמעון) is the original Hebrew pronunciation of the names Simon (given name), Simon and Simeon. Among individuals, Shimon can refer to: Given names * Shimon Agranat (1906-1992), Israeli judge and President of the Israeli Supreme Co ...

(1889–1891) * Moshe Tadjer (1891–1893) * Moritz Grünwald (1893–1895) * Presiado Bakish (1895–1898) * Moshe Tadjer (1898–1900) * Mordecai Ehrenpreis (1900–1914) *

M. Hezkeya Shabetay Davidov ( ; ; pl. ; ; 1512, from Middle French , literally "my lord") is an honorific title that was used to refer to or address the eldest living brother of the king in the French royal court. It has now become the customary French title of respec ...

(1914–1918) *

David Pifano David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(1920–1925) * No Chief Rabbi (1925–1945) *

Asher Hannanel Asher ( he, אָשֵׁר ''’Āšēr''), in the Book of Genesis, was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah (Jacob's eighth son) and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher. Name The text of the Torah states that the name of ''Asher' ...

(1945–1949) * Behor Kahlon (1990–2012) * Aharon Zerbib (2012–2015) * Yoel Yifrach (2015–Present)

Colombia

Ashkenazi

* Eliezer Paltiel Roitblatt (1946-1957) *

Chaim Menachem Bentzion Blumenkrantz The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name ''Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, wikt:חיים#Proper noun, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ...

(Early 1950s) * Alfredo Goldschmidt (1974–Present) (appointed 1991)

Sephardi

Miguel Attias --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disa ...

(1948-Early 1950) *

David Sharbani David Sharbani ( he, דוד שרבני; born August 16, 1920) was the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi (Gran Rabino) of Colombia. He served as the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Colombia from the early 1950s to 1978. Following his tenure, Rabbi Sharbani mo ...

(Early 1950s-1978) *

Yehuda Benhamu Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

(1978-1986) *

Yehuda Ari Azancot Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

(1986-2000) * Shlomo Meir Elharar (2000-2010) * Avi Amsalem (2010-Dec. 2020)

Chabad

Yehoshua Rosenfeld Yehoshua may refer to: * Joshua or Jehoshua (Hebrew: ), a figure in the Jewish Torah and the central character in the Book of Joshua * Book of Joshua (Hebrew: '), a book of the Bible * Yehoshua (surname), a Hebrew surname * Yehoshua (given name), ...

(1980–Present)

Cuba

* Meyer Rosenbaum (Son of Isamar of Nadvorna, Elected 1948: left Cuba in 1956, a little more than two years before Fidel Castro came to power in the

Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

) *

Raphael Yair Elnadav Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

(1956–1959) *

Shmuel Szteinhendler Shmuel Szteinhendler, a rabbi in Santiago, Chile, is considered the current Chief Rabbi of Cuba and one of the most notable Rabbis in Latin America. Szteinhendler was born in Argentina and trained as a Conservative Judaism, Conservative rabbi in B ...

current Chief Rabbi of Cuba and regional director for

Masorti Judaism Conservative Judaism, known as Masorti Judaism outside North America, is a Jewish religious movement which regards the authority of ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions as coming primarily from its people and community through the generat ...

in Latin America.

Croatia

* Miroslav Šalom Freiberger (1941–1943) * Kotel Da-Don (1998–2006) from 2006 rabbi of the Bet Israel community

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slov ...

* Luciano Moše Prelević (2006–)

Cyprus

* Arie Zeev Raskin (2005–)

Czech Republic

* Karol Sidon

Denmark

Abraham Salomon Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(1687–1700) * (1700–1728) *

Marcus David Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to: * Marcus (name), a masculine given name * Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name Places * Marcus, a Asteroid belt, main belt asteroid, also known as List of minor planets: 369001–370000#088, ( ...

(1729–1739) *

Hirsch Samuel Levy Hirsch may refer to: Places * Hirsch, Saskatchewan, Canada * Hirsch Observatory, in Troy, New York, U.S. People * Afua Hirsch (born 1981), Norwegian-born British writer, broadcaster, and former barrister * Alex Hirsch (born 1985), American an ...

(1741–1775) * (1778–1793) *

Abraham Gedalia Abraham Gedalia (1752–1827; he, אברהם גדליה) was the Chief Rabbi of Denmark in the late 18th and early 19th century. Biography Gedalia was born in Poland, where his father, was a rabbi. Gedalia followed in his father's footsteps, b ...

(1793–1827) *

Abraham Wolff Abraham Alexander Wolff ( he, אברהם אלכסנדר וולף; 29 April 1801 – 3 December 1891) was the chief rabbi of Denmark and translator of the Torah into Danish. Wolff was born in Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt, to the merchant Alexande ...

(1828–1891) *

David Simonsen David Jacob Simonsen ( he, דוד יעקב סימונסן; 17 March 1853 – 15 June 1932) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied Oriental languages at the University of Copenhagen, and received his rabbinical training at the Jewish Theo ...

(1892–1902, 1919–1920) *

Tobias Lewenstein Tobias Tuvia Lewenstein ( he, טוביה לבנשטיין; 1863–1952) was Chief Rabbi of Jewish communities in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Switzerland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in Paramaribo, Surinam, to Mozes ...

(1903–1910) * Max Schornstein (1910–1919) * Max (Moses) Friediger (1920–1947) * Marcus Melchior (1947–1969) *

Bent Melchior Bent Melchior (24 June 1929 – 28 July 2021) was a chief rabbi of Denmark. Life and career Melchior was born to Danish parents in the German city of Beuthen (now Bytom in Poland), where his father, Marcus Melchior, was rabbi. In 1943, during ...

(1970–1996) * (1996–2014) * (2014–)

Ecuador

*Menachem Mendel Fried (2022- )

Egypt

* Refael Aharon Ben Shimon (1891–1921) * Masoud Haim Ben Shimon (1921–1925) * Chaim Nahum (1925–1960) *

Haim Moussa Douek Rabbi Haim Moussa Douek (1905–1974) (Hebrew: חיים דוויך / Arabic:حايم دويك) was the last Chief Rabbi of Egypt. Early life and early career Born in Anteb, Turkey, on the border of Syria, he was the eldest child of Rabbi Mous ...

(1960–1972)

Estonia

Michael Alony Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

(1995–1996) *

Shmuel Kot ''Shmuel'' or Schmuel/ Shmeil is the Hebrew equivalent of the name Samuel. It is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to: * Samuel (Bible), the Hebrew Bible pro ...

(2000–)

The Far East

* Aharon Moshe Kiselev (1937–1949)

Finland

* Simon Federbusch (1931–1940) * (1946–1951) * Mika Weiss (1957–1961) * Shmuel Beeri (1961–1963) * Mordechai Lanxner (1973–1982) * Ove Schwartz (1982–1987) * Lazar Kleinman (–1992) * Michael Aloni (1995–1996) * Moshe Edelmann (1999–2012) * (2012–)

Chabad Lubavitch Chief Rabbi of Finland

* Benyamin Wolff (2003–)

France

* David Sintzheim (1808–1812) *

Abraham Vita de Cologna Abraham (Vita) de Cologna (25 September 1755 – 24 March 1832) was an Italians, Italian-born orator, politician, and religious leader. He is considered to have been one of the first Chief Rabbi#France, Chief Rabbis of France, following Joseph Da ...

(1808–1826) * Emmanuel Deutz (1810–1842) * Marchand Ennery (1846–1852) *

Salomon Ulmann Salomon Ulmann (February 25, 1806 at Saverne, Bas-Rhin – May 5, 1865 in Paris), was a French rabbi. He commenced his rabbinical studies at Strasburg under Moïse Bloch (better known as Rabbi Mosche Utenheim), and was the first pupil enrol ...

(1853–1865) *

Lazare Isidor Lazare Isidor (1806–1888) was a French rabbi who served as chief rabbi of the Israelite Central Consistory of France during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Early career Isidor served as chief rabbi of Paris from 1847 until 1867. Duri ...

(1866–1888) *

Zadoc Kahn Zadoc Kahn (18 February 1839 in Mommenheim, Alsace – 8 December 1905 in Paris) was an Alsatian-French rabbi and chief rabbi of France. Life In 1856 he entered the rabbinical school of Metz, finishing his theological studies at the same ...

(1889–1905) * Alfred Lévy (1907–1919) * Israël Lévi (1920–1939) * Isaïe Schwartz (1939–1952) * Jacob Kaplan (1955–1980) * René Samuel Sirat (1981–1987) * Joseph Sitruk (1987–2008) * Gilles Bernheim (2009–2013) (elected 22 June 2008, resigned 11 April 2013) *

Haim Korsia The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name ''Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Haim ...

(2014–)

Galicia*

* Aryeh Leib Bernstein (1778–1786) *

Edgar Gluck Edgar Chaim Baruch Gluck (Glück) (born 14 June 1936, Hamburg, Germany) is currently the Chief Rabbi#Galicia, Chief Rabbi of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia. Subsumed into countries now part of Central and Eastern Europe, Galicia (Eastern Europ ...

Galicia in Central/Eastern Europe, as a political entity, ceased to exist in 1921; the title of its Chief Rabbi had already been abolished 1 November 1786 as part of the

Josephinism Josephinism was the collective domestic policies of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790). During the ten years in which Joseph was the sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy (1780–1790), he attempted to legislate a series of drastic reforms ...

Reforms. Due to its being a center for Jewish scholarship, the Rabbi of Lemberg was traditionally seen as the Rabbi of Galicia in the era prior to

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

Greece

* Elias Barzilai * Gabriel Negrin

Guatemala

* Meyer Rosenbaum (Son of Isamar of Nadvorna, Later Chief Rabbi of Cuba)

Honduras

Aaron Lankry According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...

Hong Kong

Ephraim Mirvis Rabbi Sir Ephraim Yitzchak Mirvis (born 7 September 1956) is an Orthodox rabbi who serves as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Ireland between 1985 and 1992. Early life a ...

Mordecai Avston Mordecai (; also Mordechai; , IPA: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. He was promoted to Vizier after Haman was killed. Biblical acco ...

Netanel Meoded Nethaneel - נתנאל "Gift of/is God", Standard Hebrew Nətanʾel, Tiberian Hebrew Nəṯanʾēl, also Nethanel: # The son of Zuar, chief of the tribe of Issachar and one of the leaders of the tribes of Israel during the Exodus (Num. 1:8; 2:5, ...

Hungary

:''Note that this list is not in chronological order.'' * Meir Eisenstadt known as the ''Panim Me'iros'' (1708–), rabbi of Eisenstadt and author of "Panim Me'irot" * Alexander ben Menahem * Phinehas Auerbach * Jacob Eliezer Braunschweig * Hirsch Semnitz * Simon Jolles (1717–?) * Samson Wertheimer (1693?–1724) (also Eisenstadt and

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The m ...

) * Issachar Berush Eskeles (1725–1753) *

Joseph Hirsch Weiss Joseph Hirsch Weiss ( hu, Weiss (Weisz) József; 1800, Podola ( sk, Podolie), ''Nyitra vármegye'', Hungary – 1881, Erlau (german: Erlau)) was a Hungarian rabbi. He was a descendant of a long line of rabbis resident in Moravia in the 17th ...

—grandfather of

Stephen Samuel Wise Stephen Samuel Wise (March 17, 1874 – April 19, 1949) was an early 20th-century American Reform rabbi and Zionist leader in the Progressive Era. Born in Budapest, he was an infant when his family immigrated to New York. He followed his fath ...

* Samuel Kohn * Simon Hevesi (father of Ferenc Hevesi) * Ferenc Hevesi * Moshe Kunitzer a pioneer of the Haskalah movement in Hungary (1828–1837) * Koppel Reich * Chaim Yehuda Deutsch * József Schweitzer * Robert (Avrohom Yehudoh) Deutsch

Iran

Yedidia Shofet Yedidia Shofet (also spelled ''Shophet'', and often referred to as Hakham Yedidia; November 14, 1908 – June 24, 2005) was the former Chief Rabbi of Iran and the worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry. Early life Yedidia Shofet was bor ...

(1922–1980) * Uriel Davidi (1980–1994) * Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1994–2007) * Mashallah Golestani-Nejad (2007–present)

Ireland

Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog ( he, יצחק אייזיק הלוי הרצוג; 3 December 1888 – 25 July 1959), also known as Isaac Herzog or Hertzog, was the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland, his term lasted from 1921 to 1936. From 1936 until his deat ...

(1921–1937) *

Immanuel Jakobovits Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits (8 February 192131 October 1999) was the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1967 to 1991. Prior to this, he had served as Chief Rabbi of Ireland and as rabbi of the Fi ...

(1949–1958) *

Isaac Cohen Isaac Cohen (26 July 1914 – 30 November 2007) was a Talmudic scholar and Chief Rabbi of Ireland for 20 years. Education Born in Llanelli, Wales to immigrants from Lithuania, he won a scholarship in 1928 to Aria College in Portsmouth, a boardi ...

(1959–1979) * David Rosen (1979–1984) *

(1985–1992) *

Shimon Yehudah Harris Shimon ( he, שמעון) is the original Hebrew pronunciation of the names Simon (given name), Simon and Simeon. Among individuals, Shimon can refer to: Given names * Shimon Agranat (1906-1992), Israeli judge and President of the Israeli Supreme Co ...

(1993–1994) * Gavin Broder (1996–2000) * Yaakov Pearlman (2001–2008) * Zalman Lent (acting Chief Rabbi, 2008–present) The appointment of a new Chief Rabbi of Ireland has been put on hold since 2008.

Israel

The position of chief rabbi () of the Land of Israel has existed for hundreds of years. During the Mandatory Period, the British recognized the chief rabbis of the Ashkenazi and Sephardi communities, just as they recognized the

Mufti of Jerusalem The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is the Sunni Muslim cleric in charge of Jerusalem's Islamic holy places, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The position was created by the British military government led by Ronald Storrs in 1918.See Islamic Leadership i ...

. The offices continued after statehood was achieved.

Haredi Haredi Judaism ( he, ', ; also spelled ''Charedi'' in English; plural ''Haredim'' or ''Charedim'') consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions, in oppos ...

Jewish groups (such as

Edah HaChareidis The Charedi Council of Jerusalem ( he, העדה החרדית, ''haEdah haCharedit'', Ashkenazi pronunciation: ''ha-Aideh Charaidis'' or ''ha-Eido ha-Chareidis''; "Congregation of God-Fearers") is a large Haredi Jewish communal organization based i ...

) do not recognize the authority of the Chief Rabbinate. They usually have their own rabbis who do not have any connection to the state rabbinate. Under current Israeli law, the post of Chief Rabbi exists in only four cities (

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

, and

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

). In other cities there may be one main rabbi to whom the other rabbis of that city defer, but that post is not officially the "Chief Rabbi". Many of Israel's chief rabbis were previously chief rabbis of Israeli cities.

Sephardi

* Moshe Galante (the Younger) (1665–1689) * Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696) * Moshe Hayun * Abraham ben David Yitzhaki (1715–1722) * Binyamin Maali * Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730–1748) * Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) * Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754–1756) * Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756–1791) * Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771–1772) * Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) * Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805) * Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817) * Jacob Coral (1817–1819) * Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822) * Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) * Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824–1836) * Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841) * Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841–1842) * Chaim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848) *

Isaac Kovo Yitzhak Ben-Hezekiah Yosef Kovo (1770–1854) was born in the large History of the Jews of Thessaloniki, Sephardi community of Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Salonica and later settled in Ottoman-era Jerusalem. In 1848 he succeeded Chaim Abraham Gagin as ' ...

(1848–1854) * Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854–1861) * Haim David Hazan (1861–1869) * Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880) * Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1892) * Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906) * Yaacob Meir (1906) * Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907–1909) * Nahman Batito (1909–1911) * Moshe Franco (1911–1915) * Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914–1915) * Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915–1921) * Yaacob Meir (1921–1939) * Benzion Uziel (1939–1954) *

Yitzhak Nissim Yitzhak Nissim ( he, ; 1896 - August 9, 1981) was a Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Nissim was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Israel in 1925. He studied under Rabbi Sadqa Hussein. In 1955, he became Chief Sephardic Rabbi. As a gesture of g ...

(1955–1973) *

Ovadia Yosef Ovadia Yosef ( he, , Ovadya Yosef, ; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthod ...

(1973–1983) *

Mordechai Eliyahu Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu ( he, מרדכי צמח אליהו, March 3, 1929 – June 7, 2010, on the Hebrew calendar: 21 Adar I, 5689 - 25 Siwan, 5770),

(1983–1993) *

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron ( he, אליהו בקשי דורון‎; April 5, 1941 – April 12, 2020) was an Israeli rabbi who served as Rishon LeZion ( Chief Rabbi of Israel) from 1993 to 2003. Prior to that he served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Bat ...

(1993–2003) *

Shlomo Amar Shlomo Moshe Amar ( he, שלמה משה עמאר; ar, سليمان موسى عمار; born April 1, 1948)Gantz, Nesanel. "A Chief Rabbi of the Past and Future". '' Ami'', November 5, 2014, pp. 26-27. is the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Isra ...

(2003–2013) *

Yitzhak Yosef Yitzhak Yosef ( he, יצחק יוסף, born January 16, 1952) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (known as the Rishon LeZion), the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia, and the author of a set of books on ''halakha'' (Jewish law) called Yalk ...

(2013–)

Ashkenazi

Meir Auerbach Rabbi Meir Auerbach (1815–1878) was president of the Jewish court at Koło, and author of ''Imrei Bina'' (Words of Wisdom). After his immigration to Ottoman Palestine in 1859, he headed the Poland Kollel and became the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi ...

—Rabbi of Jerusalem (1860–1871) * Samuel Salant (1871–1909) *

Abraham Isaac Kook Abraham Isaac Kook (; 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935), known as Rav Kook, and also known by the acronym HaRaAYaH (), was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He is considered to be one ...

(1921–1935) *

(1936–1959) * Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973) *

Shlomo Goren Shlomo Goren ( he, שלמה גורן; February 3, 1917 – October 29, 1994), was a Polish-born Israeli Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi and Talmudic scholar who was considered a foremost authority on Jewish law (Halakha). Goren founded and ser ...

(1973–1983) * Avraham Shapira (1983–1993) *

Yisrael Meir Lau Yisrael Meir Lau ( he, ישראל מאיר לאו; born 1 June 1937) served as the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel, and chairman of Yad Vashem. He previously served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. Biography Early life ...

(1993–2003) *

Yona Metzger Yona Metzger ( he, יונה מצגר; born 1953) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and the former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. In 2013, while chief rabbi, a fraud investigation was opened. Metzger later pleaded guilty to a number of corruption c ...

(2003–2013) *

David Lau David Baruch Lau ( he, דוד לאו; born 13 January 1966) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was appointed after achieving a majority of the vote on 24 July 2013. He previously served as the Chief Rabbi of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Isra ...

(2013–)

Military Rabbinate

(1948–1968) * Mordechai Piron (1968–1977) *

Gad Navon Gad Navon (1922 – 25 June 2006) was the third Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces. Biography Mimun Fahima (later Gad Navon) was born in Morocco. He was ordained there as Rabbi after completing the study of the entire Talmud. H ...

(1977–2000) *

Israel Weiss Israel Weiss ( he, ישראל וייס, born 1949) was the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces serving in the position between 2000 and 2006, with a rank of Brigadier General. His predecessor in that position was Rabbi Gad Navon. B ...

(2000–2006) *

Avichai Rontzki Avichai Rontzki ( he, אביחי רונצקי, October 10, 1951 – April 1, 2018) was an Israeli Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces. He served in the position from 2006 to 2010, with a rank of Brigadier General. His predecessor i ...

(2006–2010) *

Rafi Peretz Rafael "Rafi" Peretz (; born 7 January 1956) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician. A former military officer and helicopter pilot who also served as the Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces, he was the leader of the Jewi ...

(2010–2016) *

Eyal Karim Eyal Moshe Karim ( he, אייל משה קרים) (born February 8, 1957) is the head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces. Early life and career Karim grew up in Givatayim, Israel, and studied at Yeshivat Bnei Akiva. In Augus ...

(2016–)

Japan

Binyamin Edre'i Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

(2015–present)

Lebanon

Moïse Yedid-Levy Moise is a given name and surname, with differing spellings in its French and Romanian origins, both of which originate from the name Moses: Moïse is the French spelling of Moses, while Moise is the Romanian spelling. As a surname, Moisè and Mo ...

(1799–1829) *

Ralph Alfandari Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

Youssef Mann Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew lang ...

(1849) * Aharoun Yedid-Levy * Zaki Cohen (1875) * Menaché Ezra Sutton *

Jacob Bukai Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

* Haïm Dana *

Nassim Afandi Danon Nassim ( ar, نسیم) also transliterated as Nacim, Naseem, Nasseem, Nasim, Nesim or Nessim, is a unisex Arabic name. It is mostly used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures and language groups. It may refer to: Company *Nasim Sdn Bhd, a m ...

(1908–1909) *

Jacob Tarrab Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(1910–1921) * Salomon Tagger (1921–1923) * Shabtai Bahbout (1924–1950) *

Benzion Lichtman Ben-Zion, also spelled Ben Zion, and Benzion ( he, בן ציון, "Son of Zion") is a Hebrew given name. It may refer to the following people: Given name * Ben Zion Abba Shaul (1924–1998), rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva * Ben-Zion Ben-Yehuda, ...

(1932–1959) * Shahud Chreim (1960–1978)

Luxembourg

Robert Serebrenik Robert Serebrenik (March 4, 1902 – February 11, 1965) was an Austrian-born Chief Rabbi of Luxembourg who later became rabbi in America. Life Serebrenik was born on March 4, 1902, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the son of Peisach Serebrenik and The ...

(1929–1941)

Mexico

* Shlomo Tawil (1998–Present)

Macedonia

* Avi Kozma

Morocco

Mardo Chee Bengio The yellow-footed antechinus (''Antechinus flavipes''), also known as the mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior. The male yellow-footed antechinus engages in such frenzied ...

Chief Rabbi of Tangier. *

Raphael Ankawa Raphael Ben Mordechai Ankawa, also spelled Ankavah or Encouau, (1848–1935) was the Chief Rabbi of Morocco and a noted commentator, talmudist, ''posek'', and author. Biography Born in Salé, Morocco in 1848, he is known to the Jews of North Afr ...

(1918–1935) *

Mikail Encaoua Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), a ...

Chalom Messas Shalom Messas (Hebrew: שלום משאש) was a Sephardic rabbi and scholar who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco, and later as Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Biography Messas was born in Meknes, Morocco in 1909. He was the son of Rabbi Mimoun Mess ...

(1961–1978) *

Aaron Monsonego Aaron Monsonego ( he, אהרון מונסונגו; 9 February 1929 – 7 August 2018) was a Moroccan rabbi who was the Chief Rabbi of Morocco. Biography Monsonego was born in Fez, Morocco, to rabbi Yedidya Monsonego, the chief rabbi of Fez and ...

(1994–2018) * Yoshiyahu Pinto (2019–present)

Nepal

* Chezki Lifshitz (2000–present)

Norway

Isaak Julius Samuel Isaac was one of the patriarchs of the Abrahamic faiths. Isaac may also refer to: * Isaac (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname of Isaac and its variants Organizations * International Societ ...

(1930–1942) * Michael Melchior (1980–)

Panama

* Zion Levy (1951–2008) Sephardic Chief Rabbi *

Aaron Laine According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Ancient Greek, Greek (Septuagint): wikt:Ἀαρών, Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high p ...

(1986–) Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi *

David Perets David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(2016–) Sephardic Chief Rabbi

Peru

Abraham Moshe Brener Abraham Moshe Brener (Rabino Moises Brener) ( he, אברהם משה ברנר; died January 5, 1968) was the former Chief Rabbi (Gran Rabino) of Lima, Peru. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Lima from the mid 1930s to 1962. Following his tenure, Rab ...

(1930-1967) *

Baruj Epstein Baruj ( fa, باروج, also Romanized as Bārūj and Barooj; also known as Bare, Bareh, Bārī, Bary, Bereh, and Pareh) is a village in Zolbin Rural District, Yamchi District, Marand County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its ...

(1966-1967) *

Yaakov Kraus Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Jacob in Islam, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel (name), Israel, is regarded as a Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religi ...

(1987-1998) *

Efraim Zik Ephraim (; he, ''ʾEp̄rayīm'', in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath. Asenath was an Ancient Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daughte ...

(1999-2009) * Itay Meushar (2009-2016) * Salomon Cohen (2016-2019) *

Poland

* Jacob Pollak (appointed 1503) * Moses Fishel (1541–1542) *

Dow Ber Percowicz Dow or DOW may refer to: Business * Dow Jones Industrial Average, or simply the Dow, a stock market index * Dow Inc., an American commodity chemical company ** Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary, an American multinational chemical corporation * ...

(1945–1956) * Zew Wawa Morejno (1956–1957) *

(1957–1961) * Uszer Zibes (1961–1966) * Zew Wawa Morejno (1966–1973) *

Pinchas Menachem Joskowicz According to the Hebrew Bible, Phinehas or Phineas (; , ''Phinees'', ) was a Kohen, priest during the Israelites’ The Exodus, Exodus journey. The grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar, the High Priests (), he distinguished himself as a youth ...

(1988–1999) * Michael Schudrich (2004–)

Poland: Armed Forces

Chaim Elizjer Frankl The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name '' Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Hai ...

(?–1933) * Major

Baruch Steinberg Baruch or Boruch Steinberg (17 December 1897–after 9 April 1940) was a Polish rabbi and military officer. He was Chief Rabbi of the Polish Army during German invasion of Poland and Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 and was murdered by the ...

(1933–circa 12 April 1940) murdered by

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

in the

Katyn massacre The Katyn massacre, "Katyń crime"; russian: link=yes, Катынская резня ''Katynskaya reznya'', "Katyn massacre", or russian: link=no, Катынский расстрел, ''Katynsky rasstrel'', "Katyn execution" was a series of m ...

Romania

Yaakov Yitzhak Neimerov Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Jacob in Islam, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel (name), Israel, is regarded as a Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religi ...

(d. 1940) *

Alexandru Safran Alexandru is the Romanian language, Romanian form of the name Alexander. Common diminutives are Alecu, Alex (disambiguation), Alex, and Sandu (disambiguation), Sandu. Origin Etymology, Etymologically, the name is derived from the Greek language, ...

(1940–1948) *

Moses Rosen Moses Rosen (known in Hebrew as David Moshe Rosen, ) (July 23, 1912 – May 6, 1994) was Chief Rabbi (Rav Kolel) of Romanian Jewry between 1948–1994 and president of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania between 1964–1994. He led th ...

(1948–1994) *

Menachem Hacohen Menachem Hacohen ( he, מנחם הכהן, born 26 July 1932) is an Israeli rabbi, writer, thinker and former politician. He headed the Religious Worker faction in the Histadrut trade union, was member of the Knesset for the Alignment (political p ...

(1997–2011) * Rafael Shaffer (2011–Present)

Russia

Adolf Shayevich Adolf Solomonovich Shayevich (russian: Адольф Соломонович Шаевич; born 28 October 1937)Berel Lazar Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar (born May 19, 1964), better known as Berel Lazar, is an Orthodox, Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Russia in 1990. Known for his friendship with Vladimir Putin, since 2000, he has been a Chief Rabbi ...

(2000–)

Military Rabbinate

Aharon Gurevich Colonel Rabbi Aharon Gurevich is the first Chief Rabbi of the Russian Army since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Rabbi Gurevich was appointed by Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar Shlomo Dov Pinchas Lazar (born May 19, 1964), better known as Berel ...

(2007–)

Serbia

Isaac Alcalay Isaac Abraham Alcalay (November 11, 1881 – December 29, 1978) was a Bulgarian-born Jew who served as Chief Rabbi of Serbia and Yugoslavia as well as a leading of American Sephardic Jews. Life Alcalay was born on November 11, 1881 in Sofia, Bulga ...

, also Chief Rabbi of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

from 1923 to 1941 *

Isak Asiel Isak may refer to: * Isak (given name) * Isak (surname) See also *Izak (disambiguation) Izak is a given name. Izak may also refer to: * Izak catshark, a type of cat shark * Izak, a character in Suikoden IV * Piotr "Izak" Skowyrski, Polish espor ...

Singapore

* Mordechai Abergel

Slovakia

* Moses Sofer (1806–1839) *

Samuel Benjamin Sofer Avraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer (german: link=no, Abraham Samuel Benjamin Schreiber), also known by his main work Ksav Sofer or Ketav Sofer ( trans. ''Writ of the Scribe''), (1815–1871), was one of the leading rabbis of Hungarian Jewry in the se ...

(1839–1871) * Simcha Bunim Sofer (1871–1907) * Akiva Sofer (1907–1938) * Izidor Katz (1950–1968) *

Baruch Myers Rabbi Baruch Myers (born May 2, 1964 in Orange, New Jersey) is a Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi. He began his service in Bratislava in 1993. He serves as the Chief Rabbi and head Shliach of Slovakia. Biography Baruch Myers was born in Or ...

(1993–present)

South Africa

Judah Leo Landau Judah Leo Landau (23 April 1866 – 26 August 1942) was a Galician-born South African rabbi and writer. A noted scholar, poet, and playwright, he served as the inaugural Chief Rabbi#South Africa, Chief Rabbi of South Africa from 1915 until his dea ...

(1915–1942) * Louis Rabinowitz (1945–1961) *

Bernard M. Casper Bernard Moses Casper (1916–1988) was a British people, British-Demographics of South Africa, South African rabbi. He was born and raised in London; educated in London and Cambridge; and served as both a Rabbi and educator in Manchester and Lon ...

(1963–1987) * Cyril Harris (1988–2004) * Warren Goldstein (2005–)

Spain

* Baruj Garzon (1968–1978), the first Chief Rabbi in Spain since the expulsion in 1492 * Yehuda Benasuli (1978–1997) * Moshe Bendahan (1997–)

Sudan

* Solomon Malka (1906–1949) * Haim Simoni (1950–1952) * Massoud El-Baz (1956-1965 by which time the Jewish community in Sudan had declined so dramatically that they could not afford to pay a Rabbi)

Syria

Yom Tov Yedid Yom ( he, יום) is a Biblical Hebrew word which occurs in the Hebrew Bible. The word means day in both Modern and Biblical Hebrew. Overview Although ''yom'' is commonly rendered as day in English translations, the word yom can be used in differ ...

(1960–1982), moved to the United States in 1982 and died 27 July 2016 in the United States

Thailand

Yosef Kantor Yosef (; also transliterated as Yossef, Josef, Yoseph Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic ''Yôsēp̄'') is a Hebrew male name derived from the Biblical character Joseph. The name can also consist of the Hebrew yadah meaning "praise", "fame" and the word ...

(1992–present)

Transylvania (before 1918)

Note: The chief rabbi of

Transylvania Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...

was generally the rabbi of the city of

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; german: Karlsburg or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; hu, Gyulafehérvár; la, Apulum) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the Mureș River in the historica ...

. * Joseph Reis Auerbach (d. 1750) * Shalom Selig ben Saul Cohen (1754–1757) * Johanan ben Isaac (1758–1760) * Benjamin Ze'eb Wolf of Cracow (1764–1777) * Moses ben Samuel Levi Margaliot (1778–1817) * Menahem ben Joshua Mendel (1818–23) * Ezekiel Paneth (1823–1843) * Abraham Friedmann (d. 1879), last chief rabbi of Transylvania

Tunisia

* Chaim Madar (1984–2004)

Turkey

* Eli Capsali (1452–1454) *

Moses Capsali Moses ben Elijah Capsali (Hebrew: משה בן אליהו קפשאלי; –1420-1495) was ''Hakham Bashi'' (Chief Rabbi) of the Ottoman Empire. Biography Moses ben Elijah Capsali was born in Venetian-held Crete in 1420. When he was a young man, Ca ...

(1454–1497) *

Elijah Mizrachi Elijah Mizrachi ( he, אליהו מזרחי) (c. 1455 – 1525 or 1526) was a Talmudist and posek, an authority on Halakha, and a mathematician. He is best known for his ''Sefer ha-Mizrachi'', a supercommentary on Rashi's commentary on the To ...

(1497–1526) *

Mordechai Komitano Mordecai (; also Mordechai; , IPA: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as being the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. He was promoted to Vizier after Haman was killed. Biblical acco ...

(1526–1542) *

Tam ben Yahya TAM may refer to: Biology * Thioacetamide, an organosulfur compound * Tumor-associated macrophage, a class of immune cells * Transparent Anatomical Manikin, an educational model Technology * Tanque Argentino Mediano, the main battle tank of Arge ...

(1542–1543) *

Eli Rozanes ha-Levi Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...

(1543) *

Eli ben Hayim Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film Music * ''Eli'' (Jan ...

(1543–1602) * Yehiel Bashan (1602–1625) *

Joseph Mitrani Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

(1625–1639) * Yomtov Benyaes (1639–1642) * Yomtov Hananiah Benyakar (1642–1677) *

Chaim Kamhi The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name ''Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Haim ...

(1677–1715) *

Judah Benrey Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

(1715–1717) *

Samuel Levi Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transit ...

(1717–1720) * Abraham Rozanes (1720–1745) *

Solomon Hayim Alfandari Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah ( Hebrew: , Modern: , Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yah"), was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and succes ...

(1745–1762) *

Meir Ishaki Meir ( he, מֵאִיר) is a Jewish male given name and an occasional surname. It means "one who shines". It is often Germanized as Maier, Mayer (name), Mayer, Mayr, Meier, Meyer (disambiguation), Meyer, Meijer, Italianized as Miagro, or Anglicize ...

(1762–1780) *

Eli Palombo Eli most commonly refers to: * Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname * Eli (biblical figure) Eli or ELI may also refer to: Film * Eli (2015 film), ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film * Eli (2019 film), ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American hor ...

(1780–1800) *

Chaim Jacob Benyakar The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name ''Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, wikt:חיים#Proper noun, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ...

(1800–1835) *

Abraham Levi Pasha Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special ...

(1835–1839) * Samuel Hayim (1839–1841) * Moiz Fresko (1841–1854) * Yacob Avigdor (1854–1870) * Yakir Geron (1870–1872) *

Moses Levi Moses Levi (or Moshe HaLevi Effendi) (1827–1910) was the Chief Rabbi (Hakham Bashi) of Constantinople and of the Ottoman Empire.Harel, Y. (2005). The Importance of the Archive of the Hakham Bashi in Istanbul for the History of Ottoman Jewry. F ...

(1872–1909) * Chaim Nahum Effendi (1909–1920) * Shabbetai Levi (1920–1922) * Isaac Ariel (1922–1926) *

Haim Bejerano The name ''Haim'' can be a first name or surname originating in the Hebrew language, or deriving from the Old German name ''Haimo''. Hebrew etymology Chayyim ( he, wikt:חיים#Proper noun, חַיִּים ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ...

(1926–1931) * Haim Isaac Saki (1931–1940) *

Rafael David Saban Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

(1940–1960) * David Asseo (1961–2002) *

Ishak Haleva Ishak Haleva (born 1940 in Istanbul, Turkey) is the current Hakham Bashi (Chief Rabbi) ( tr, Hahambaşı) of Turkey. Chief Rabbi Haleva was the deputy to David Asseo for seven years and became the new Hakham Bashi after his death in 2002.

(2003–)

Uganda

* Gershom Sizomu () (see: Abayudaya)

Ukraine

Moshe Reuven Azman Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman (born in Leningrad on 13 March 1966) is an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi who serves as the Rabbi of the Brotzky Synagogue in Kyiv. Rabbi Moshe Azman is an influential figure in Ukraine, an outspoken opponent of the 20 ...

(2005–present)

United Arab Emirates

Levi Duchman Levi Duchman ( hלוי דוכמן}, aحاخام ليفي دوخمان}) is the first resident chief rabbi of the United Arab Emirates. Since his arrival in the UAE in 2014, he has established Jewish communities in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and a numbe ...

(2015-) first resident rabbi to the UAE, appointed

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic grou ...

Shaliach In halakha, Jewish law, a shaliaḥ ( he, שָלִיחַ, ; pl. , ''sheliḥim'' or ''sheliah'', literally "emissary" or "messenger") is a legal agent. In practice, "the shaliaḥ for a person is as this person himself." Accordingly, a shaliaḥ ...

to the UAE in 2020, making him the first Chabad Shaliach in a Gulf country. Directs the Jewish Community Center of the UAE. Rabbi Yehuda Sarna is the current Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates.

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Ashkenazi chief rabbis

Judah Loeb ben Abraham Ephraim Asher Anshel Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

(1696–1700) * Aaron the Scribe of Dublin (1700–1704) * Aaron Hart (1704–1756) *

Hart Lyon Rabbi Hirschel Ben Arye Löb Levin (also known as Hart Lyon and Hirshel Löbel; 1721 – 26 August 1800) was Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and of Berlin, and Rabbi of Halberstadt and Mannheim, known as a scholarly Talmudist. Life He was born in ...

(1758–1764) *

David Tevele Schiff Chief Rabbi David Tevele Schiff () (died December 17, 1791; or, in the Hebrew calendar, 26 Kislev 5551) was the chief rabbi of Great Britain and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1765 until his death. Rabbi Schiff was a disciple of ...

(1765–1791) *

Solomon Hirschell Rabbi Solomon Hirschell (12 February 1762, London – 31 October 1842, London) was the Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, 1802–42. He is best remembered for his unsuccessful attempt to stop the spread of Reform Judaism in Britain by excommunicating ...

(1802–1842) *

Nathan Marcus Adler Nathan Marcus HaKohen Adler (13 January 1803 – 21 January 1890) (Hebrew name: Natan ben Mordechai ha-Kohen) was the Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1845 until his death. Life A kohen by birth, Adler was born in Hanover, in pr ...

(1845–1891) * Hermann Adler (1891–1911) *

Joseph Herman Hertz Joseph Herman Hertz (25 September 1872 – 14 January 1946) was a British Rabbi and biblical scholar. He held the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death in 1946, in a period encompassing both world wars and the ...

(1913–1946) * Israel Brodie (1948–1965) *

(1966–1991; knighted 1981, life peer 1988) *

Jonathan Sacks Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks ( he, יונתן הנרי זקס, translit=Yona'tan Henry Zaks; 8 March 19487 November 2020) was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United ...

(1991–2013; knighted 2005, life peer 2009) *

(2013–present)

Spanish and Portuguese community Hahamim/senior rabbis

The Sephardi Jews in the United Kingdom are mainly members of independent synagogues. There is no single rabbi recognised by them as a chief rabbi. The Spanish and Portuguese community, however, consists of several synagogues, charities, a beth din and a kashruth authority. These are under the leadership of an ecclesiastical head. Historically, the individual who fills this role is recognised as a senior rabbi of Anglo Jewry, being the leader of the oldest Jewish community in the country. The Senior Rabbi was traditionally given the title, ''Haham,'' meaning "wise one". Since 1918, however, only Solomon Gaon was given this title. The official title of the holder of this office is now The Senior Rabbi of the S&P Sephardi Community of the United Kingdom. * Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas (1664–1665) * Yehoshua Da Silva (1670–1679) *

Jacob Abendana Jacob Abendana (1630 – 12 September 1685) was ''hakham'' of London from 1680 until his death. Biography Jacob was the eldest son of Joseph Abendana and brother to Isaac Abendana. Though his family originally lived in Hamburg, Jacob and his br ...

(1681–1684) *

Solomon Ayllon Solomon Ayllon (1665 – April 10, 1728) was ''haham'' of the Sephardic congregations in London and Amsterdam, and a follower of Shabbethai Ẓebi. His name is derived from the town of Ayllon, in what is now the province of Segovia. Ayllon ...

(1689–1700) *

David Nieto David Nieto (1654 – 10 January 1728) was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in London, later succeeded in this capacity by his son, Isaac Nieto. Nieto was born in Venice. He first practised as a physician and officiated ...

(1701–1728) * Isaac Nieto (1732–1740) * Moshe Gomes de Mesquita (1744–1751) * Moshe Cohen d'Azevedo (1761–1784) *

Raphael Meldola Raphael Meldola FRS (19 July 1849 – 16 November 1915) was a British chemist and entomologist. He was Professor of Organic Chemistry in the University of London, 1912–15. Life Born in Islington, London, he was descended from Raphael Me ...

(1806–1828) * Benjamin Artom (1866–1879) *

Moses Gaster Moses Gaster (17 September 1856 – 5 March 1939) was a Romanian, later British scholar, the ''Hakham'' of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish congregation, London, and a Hebrew and Romanian linguist. Moses Gaster was an active Zionist in Romani ...

(1887–1918) * Shem Tob Gaguine (1920–1953) (officially the "Ecclesiastical Chief of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation," not the Haham) * Solomon Gaon (1949–1995) * Abraham Levy (1995–2012) (officially the Communal Rabbi and Spiritual Head of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation, not the ''haham'') * Joseph Dweck (2013–) (elected Senior Rabbi of The S&P Sephardi Community, not the ''haham'')

United States

A chief rabbinate never truly developed within the United States for a number of different reasons. While Jews first settled in the United States in 1654 in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

, rabbis did not appear in the United States until the mid-nineteenth century. This lack of rabbis, coupled with the lack of official colonial or state recognition of a particular sect of Judaism as official effectively led to a form of

congregationalism Congregationalist polity, or congregational polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church (congregation) is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or "autonomous". Its first articulat ...

amongst American Jews. This did not stop others from trying to create a unified American Judaism, and in fact, some chief rabbis developed in some American cities despite lacking universal recognition amongst the Jewish communities within the cities (for examples see below). However,

Jonathan Sarna Jonathan D. Sarna (born 10 January 1955) is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and director othe Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis Universit ...

argues that those two precedents, as well as the desire of many Jewish immigrants to the US to break from an Orthodox past, effectively prevented any effective Chief Rabbi in America.

Uruguay

* Jaime Spector (1931–1937) * Aaron Milevsky (1937–1943) * Aaron Laschover (1943–1967) *

Nechemia Berman Rabbi Nechemia Berman was the Chief Rabbi of Uruguay. Born in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he served as Rabbi of Montevideo's Ashkenazi Community (Comunidad Israelita del Uruguay) from 1977 until 1993. This position has always been consi ...

(1970–1993) * Eliahu Birenbaum (1994–1999) * Yosef Bittón (1999–2002) * Mordejai Maarabi (2002–2009) * Shai Froindlich (2009–2010) * Isaac Fadda (2011–2012) * Ben-Tzion Spitz (2013–2016) * Max Yojanan Godet (2017–present)

Uzbekistan

Baruch Abramchayev Baruch may refer to: People * Baruch (given name), a given name of Hebrew origin * Belle W. Baruch (1899–1964), American heiress, daughter of Bernard Baruch * Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier, stock market speculator, statesman ...

Venezuela

Sephardi

Ashkenazi

* Pynchas Brener (1967–)

By city

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ashkenazi

* Aryeh Leib ben Saul 1740–1755 *

Saul Lowenstam Saul Lowenstam (1717 – 19 June 1790) was a renowned Dutch rabbi and talmudist. Saul Lowenstam was born in 1717 in Rzeszów to his parents Aryeh Leib ben Saul (who was the rabbi in Rzeszów at the time) and Miriam the daughter of the Chacham Tzvi. ...

B.S. Berenstein A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...

* Dr Joseph Hirsch Dünner *

Abraham S. Onderwijzer Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special ...

L.H. Sarlouis LH or lh may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Laurel and Hardy, a comedy double act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema * "Little Hide", 1998 single by Snow Patrol *Lovehammers, a Chicago-based band *''Love Hina'', a 1998 ...

Justus Tal Justus (died on 10 November between 627 and 631) was the fourth Archbishop of Canterbury. He was sent from Italy to England by Pope Pope Gregory I, Gregory the Great, on a mission to Christianization, Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their ...

Aron Schuster Aron may refer to: Characters *Aron (comics), from the Marvel Universe comic ''Aron! HyperSpace Boy!'' *Aron (Pokémon), in the ''Pokémon'' franchise * Aron Trask, from John Steinbeck's novel ''East of Eden'' *Áron or Aaron, the brother of Mos ...

* Meir Just 1970–1978 * Aryeh Ralbag (2008–2016) *

Pinchas Toledano Dr Pinchas Toledano (פנחס טולידאנו) is Hakham-Emeritus (Chief Rabbi) of Amsterdam and of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of the Netherlands. He was also the official ''Av Beit Din'', head of the court, of the Netherlands '' Beit Din''. ...

(2016–current)

Sephardi

Menasseh Ben Israel Manoel Dias Soeiro (1604 – 20 November 1657), better known by his Hebrew name Menasseh ben Israel (), also known as Menasheh ben Yossef ben Yisrael, also known with the Hebrew acronym, MB"Y or MBI, was a Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, wri ...

(2012–)

Antwerp, Belgium

Chaim Kreiswirth Rabbi Chaim Kreiswirth (1918–2001) was an Orthodox rabbi who served as the longtime Chief Rabbi of Congregation Machzikei Hadass Antwerp, Belgium. He was the founder and rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaTorah yeshiva in Jerusalem, and was a highly ...

(1953–2001)

Baltimore, Maryland – United States

* Abraham N. Schwartz (d. 1937) * Joseph H. Feldman (retired 1972, d. 1992)

Birobidzhan, Russia

* Mordechai Scheiner (2002–present)

Budapest, Hungary

Yonasan Steif Rabbi Yonasan Steif ( yi, יונתן שטייף‎; August 12, 1877 – August 25, 1958) was a senior dayan of Budapest, Hungary, before the Second World War, a man whom Rabbis Moshe Feinstein and Joel Teitelbaum referred to as the ''gadol ha ...

(pre-World War II)

Caracas, Venezuela

Ashkenazi

* Pynchas Brener (1967–present)

Sephardi

* Isaac Cohén (–)

Chicago, Illinois – United States

Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky (February 7, 1845 – October 2, 1913), known by the acronym Ridvaz or Ridbaz, was a renowned rabbi, Talmudic commentator and educator. Biography Wilovsky was born in Kobrin, Russia on February 7, 1845. Wilovsky held ...

known as the ''Ridbaz'', served as chief rabbi of the Russian-American congregations in the city 1903–1905.

Copenhagen, Denmark

(1879–1891) * Elias Kalischer * Hirsch Goitein (–1903) * Max Schornstein (1906–1910) *

(1963–1970) *

Jacob Garfinkel Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(1971–1973)

Frankfurt, Germany

* Menachem Halevi Klein, Menachem Klein * Nathan HaKohen Adler

Gateshead, United Kingdom

* Shraga Feivel Zimmerman

The Hague, Netherlands

* Saul Isaac Halevi (1748–1785) * Tobias Tal (1895–1898) * Dov Yehuda Schochet (1946–1952)

Haifa, Israel

Ashkenazi

* She'ar Yashuv Cohen (1927–2016)

Sephardi

(1993–2003)

Hannover, Germany

Samuel Freund Samuel Freund (born 24 September 1868 in Gliwice, Gleiwitz; died 28 June 1939 in Hannover) was the senior rabbi of Hannover and the ''Landrabbiner'' for the German state of Lower Saxony. Life The son of businessman Isidor Freund and his wife Cae ...

(1924-1939) * Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky (1946-1949) * Shlomo Zev Zweigenhaft (1949-1952)

Hebron, West Bank

Chaim Hezekiah Medini Chaim Hezekiah Medini (Jerusalem 1834 – Hebron, 1904), also known by the title of his chief halakhic work, ''Sdei Chemed'', was a rabbinical scholar during the nineteenth century. Biography His name was originally Hezekiah; Chaim, "life", was a ...

(1891–1904) *

Dov Lior Dov Lior ( he, דב ליאור, born 30 October 1933) is an Israeli Orthodox rabbi who served as the Chief Rabbi of Hebron and Kiryat Arba in the southern West Bank until late 2014. He is the rosh yeshiva of the Kiryat Arba Hesder Yeshiva and h ...

– present

Helsinki, Finland

* Naftali Amsterdam (1867–1875) * Avrohom Schain (1876–1881) * Abraham Werner-Homa (1881–1891) * Shmuel Noson Bukantz (1892–1924) * Scholem Triestman (1928–1929)

Hoboken, New Jersey – United States

Chaim Hirschensohn Rabbi Chaim Hirschensohn ( he, חיים הירשנזון, 1857 – 1935) was a prolific author, rabbi, thinker, and early proponent of Religious Zionism. Biography Chaim Hirschensohn was born on August 31, 1857 in Safed, in the Galilee to R ...

(1904–1935). His post included

Hoboken Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,69 ...

, Jersey City, Union Hill and the Environs.

Jerusalem

Sephardi

* Levi Ibn Habib * David Ibn Abi Zimra * Moshe Galante I *

Haim Vital Hayyim ben Joseph Vital ( he, רָבִּי חַיִּים בֶּן יוֹסֵף וִיטָאל; Safed, October 23, 1542 (Julian calendar) and October 11, 1542 (Gregorian Calendar) – Damascus, 23 April 1620) was a rabbi in Safed and the foremo ...

* Betzalel Ashkenasi * Gedalia Cordovero * Isaac Gaon * Israel Benjamin * Yaacov Tzemah * Shemuel Garmison *

Moshe Galante II Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1621 – 4 February 1689 Jerusalem), grandson of Moshe ben Mordechai Galante, Moshe Galante, was a 17th-century rabbi at Jerusalem. He served as the first Chief Rabbinate of Israel#Rishon L.27Tzion 1665-1842, Rishon Le'Z ...

(1665–1689) * Moshe Ibn Habib (1689–1696) * Moshe Hayun * Abraham ben David Yitzchaki (1715–1722) * Binyamin Maali * Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730–1748) * Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) * Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754–1756) * Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756–1791) * Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771–1772) * Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) * Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805) * Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817) * Jacob Coral (1817–1819) * Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822) * Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) * Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824–1836) * Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841) * Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841–1842) * Haim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848) *

(1848–1854) * Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854–1861) * Haim David Hazan (1861–1869) * Abraham Ashkenasi (1869–1880) * Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1892) * Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906) * Yaacob Meir (1906) * Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907–1909) * Nahman Batito (1909–1911) * Moshe Franco (1911–1915) * Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914–1915) * Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915–1921) * Yaacob Meir (1921–1939) *

(1978–2003) *

(2014–)

Ashkenazi

(?–1878) * Shmuel Salant (1878–1909) *

Chaim Berlin Chaim Berlin (1832, Valozhyn – 1912, Jerusalem) (חיים ברלין) was an Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi and chief rabbi of Moscow from 1865 to 1889. He was the eldest son of the Netziv, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin. Biography Cha ...

(1909–1912?) *

(1919–1935) * Tzvi Pesach Frank (1936–?) * Betzalel Zolty (1977–?) * Yitzhak Kolitz (1983–2002) * Aryeh Stern (2014–)

Edah HaChareidis

:''Note: The

is unaffiliated with the State of Israel. It is a separate, independent religious community with its own Chief Rabbis, who are viewed, in the

world, as being the Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem.'' *

Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, also spelled Zonnenfeld (1 December 1848 – 26 February 1932), was the rabbi and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis, a Haredi Jewish community in Jerusalem, during the years of the British Mandate of Palestine. He wa ...

(1919–1932) * Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1932–1948) *

Zelig Reuven Bengis Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864 – 21 May 1953) was the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for the Edah HaChareidis. He wrote a seven-volume commentary on the Talmud, called "''Leflagos Reuven''". Youth He was the son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Bengis, in the intr ...

(1948–1953) *

Joel Teitelbaum Joel Teitelbaum ( yi, יואל טייטלבוים, translit=Yoyl Teytlboym, ; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty. A major figure in the post-war renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a ...

Satmar Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty ...

(1953–1979) * Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss (1979–1989) * Moshe Aryeh Freund (1989–1996) * Yisrael Moshe Dushinsky (1996–2002) * Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (2002–)

Kyiv, Ukraine

* Jonathan Markovitch (2000 – present)

Krakow, Poland

Boaz Pash Boaz (; Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew, Hebrew: בֹּעַז ''Bōʿaz''; ) is a biblical figure appearing in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible and in the Genealogy of Jesus, genealogies of Jesus in the New Testament and also the name of a Boa ...

(2006–2012) *

Eliezer Gurary Eliezer (, "Help/Court of El") was the name of at least three different individuals in the Bible. Eliezer of Damascus Eliezer of Damascus () was, according to the Targums, the son of Nimrod. Eliezer was head of the patriarch Abraham's househo ...

(2014–present)

Leiden, Netherlands

* Simon de Vries

Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

* (1821–1836) * (1840–1886) * (1886–1895) *

(1895–1899) * (1900–1918) * (1924–1927) * (1929–1932) * (1935–1945)

Milan, Italy

* Avraham David Shaumann *

Elia Kopciovsky Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah (disambiguation), Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to: People * Aelia (gens) or Elia, a ''gens'' of Ancient Rome Mononymic * Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet * Elia, a pen-na ...

(195?–1980) *

Giuseppe Laras Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Josephus, Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name ...

(1980–2005) *

Alfonso Arbib Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...

(2005–)

Modi'in Illit Modi'in Illit ( he, מוֹדִיעִין עִלִּית; ar, موديعين عيليت, lit. "Upper Modi'in") is a Haredi Israeli settlement and city in the West Bank, situated midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Modi'in Illit was granted c ...
,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Meir Kessler Meir Kessler (born February 17, 1961) is the Chief Rabbi and head of Rabbinical Court of Modi'in Illit. He was born at Bnei Brak and studied at the Ponevezh yeshiva and afterward at Kol Torah under Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach. After his marriag ...

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ashkenazi

* Zvi Hirsch Cohen (1922–1950) *

Sheea Herschorn Sheea Halevy Herschorn (; 1893, Murovani Kurylivtsi, Krilovitz – 15 May 1969, Montreal) was a Russian Empire, Russian-born Canadian Judaism, Jewish communal leader and ''posek'', who served as Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1951 until 1961. Biogr ...

(1951–1961) *

Pinchas Hirschprung Pinchas Hirschprung (; 13 July 1912, Dukla, Galicia – 25 January 1998, Montreal, Canada) was a Polish-Canadian rabbi, ''posek'', and ''rosh yeshiva'', who served as Chief Rabbi of Montreal from 1969 until his death. Biography Early life Pin ...

(1969–1998) *

Avraham David Niznik Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrews, Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the Covenant (biblical), special ...

(1998–2006) *

Binyomin Weiss Yonasan Binyomin (Benjamin) Weiss (; born ) is an American-Canadian rabbi and Dayan (rabbinic judge), dayan, who has served as Chief Rabbi#Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Montreal since 2007. He arrived in Montreal in 2005 to se ...

(2006–Present)

Sephardi

David Sabbah David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

Moscow, Russia

Yakov Maze Yakov (alternative spellings: Jakov or Iakov, cyrl, Яков) is a Russian or Hebrew variant of the given names Jacob and James. People also give the nickname Yasha ( cyrl, Яша) or Yashka ( cyrl, Яшка) used for Yakov. Notable people People ...

(prior to 1924–1933) * Shmaryahu Yehudah Leib Medalia (1933–1938) * Shmuel Leib Medalia (1943) * Shmuel Leib Levin (1943–1944) * Shlomo Shleifer (1944–1957) *

Yehuda Leib Levin Yehudah Leib ha-Levi Levin (; 1844 – 30 November 1925), also known by the Hebrew abbreviations, acronyms Yehalel and Yehalal, was a Hebrew language, Hebrew socialism, socialist Haskalah, maskilic Hebrew language, Hebrew poetry, poet, writer, a ...

(1957–1971) *

Adolf Shayevich Adolf Solomonovich Shayevich (russian: Адольф Соломонович Шаевич; born 28 October 1937)Pinchas Goldschmidt Pinchas Goldschmidt (born 21 July 1963) is a Swiss-born, internationally known rabbi, scholar, and Jewish community leader. He was the Chief Rabbi of Moscow, Russia from 1993 until 2022, serving at the Moscow Choral Synagogue. He also founde ...

(1987–2022)

Munich, Germany

* Yitshak Ehrenberg (1989–1997) * Pinchos Biberfeld, moved back to Germany from where he had emigrated to Israel over 50 years earlier. (1980–1999) * Steven Langnas, first German (descendance) Chief Rabbi and Av Beth Din of Munich (1999–2011)

Netherlands – Inter-Provincial Chief rabbinate

Dov Yehuda Schochet DOV or Dov could refer to: ''דב'' or ''דוב'', a Hebrew male given name meaning "bear", from which the Yiddish name "Ber" (בער) was derived ( cognate with "bear") which was common among East European Jews. People * Dov Ber of Mezeritch (170 ...

(1946–1952) hief Rabbi of The Hague* Elieser Berlinger (1960–1985) *

Binyomin Jacobs Binyomin Jacobs (Amsterdam, 1949) is a Dutch rabbi who lives in Amersfoort, Netherlands. At the end of 2008 he was appointed Chief Rabbi of the IPOR resort of the Netherlands, this resort includes all the municipalities of the Netherlands, excep ...

(2008–recent)

New York, New York – United States

Jacob Joseph Jacob Joseph ( he, יעקב יוסף 1840 –July 28, 1902) served as chief rabbi of New York City's Association of American Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, a federation of Eastern European Jewish synagogues. Born in Krozhe, a province of Kovno ...

(1840–1902) was the only true Ashkenazi chief rabbi of New York City; there was never a Sephardi chief rabbi, although Dr. David DeSola Pool acted as a leader among the Sepharadim and was also respected as such. Others it has been said claimed the title of Chief Rabbi; eventually, the title became worthless through dilution. * Chaim Jacob Wiedrewitz was the Chassidic chief rabbi of New York and Pennsylvania; he was previously the Chassidic Rav of Moscow and was officially called as "The Moskover Rav", immigrated in 1893 and died in 1911, he's buried in the Chabad society of the Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park NY. * Jacob S. Kassin was the Chief Rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community of New York 1930–1995. * Leibish Wolowsky was the chief rabbi of the Galician community of NYC 1888–1913, he was previously the rabbi of Sambor, Austria and immigrated to the US in 1888. He died in 1913 and is buried in the Achum Ahuvim of Reizow at the Mount Zion Cemetery in Maspeth NY. * Avrohom Aharon Yudelevitz who was previously the rav of Manchester, England was accepted in 1919 as the chief rabbi of the Jewish Arbitration Court of NYC, he authored many books on Jewish law and Responsa. He died in 1930 and is buried in family plot at the Bayside cemetery in Ozone Park NY.

Nové Zámky, Slovakia

Ernest Klein Ernest David Klein, (July 26, 1899, Szatmárnémeti – February 4, 1983, Ottawa, Canada) was a Hungarian-born Romanian-Canadian linguist, author, and rabbi. Early life and education Klein was born to father Yitzchok (Ignac) and mother Sarah ...

(1931–1944)

Paris, France

* Michel Seligmann (1809–1829) * Marchand Ennery (1829–1845) * Lazard Isidor (1847–1865) *

(1866–1889) * Jacques-Henri Dreyfuss (1891–1933) *

Julien Weill Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019 Places Un ...

(1933–1950) * Jacob Kaplan (1950–1955) * Meïr Jaïs (1956–1980) * Alain Goldmann (1980–1994) * David Messas (1994–2011) *

Michel Gugenheim Michel Gugenheim is the Chief Rabbi of Paris. He also assumed the position of interim Chief Rabbi of France in 2013 after the resignation of Gilles Bernheim, the previous Chief Rabbi of France and remained in that position until the election of Rab ...

(2012– )

Rome, Italy

* Israel Zolli (1940–1945) * Elio Toaff (1951–2002) * Riccardo Di Segni (2002–)

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Josiah Pardo Josiah ben David Pardo (Josiau Pardo, Jesia Hisquiyahu Pardo, he, יאשיהו בן דוד) (1626-1684) was a History of the Jews in the Netherlands, Dutch rabbi and ''hakham'', who served as a Rabbi in Willemstad, Curaçao and in Port Royal, Jam ...

(1648–1669)http://www.archieven.nl/pls/m/zk2.inv?p_q=64729996 See his Haskama – Approbation to Sefer Nachalat Shiva, edition Amsterdam 1667, where he is mentioned as Chief Rabbi of both the Sephardi and Ashkenazi congregations in Rotterdam * Yosia Pardo (1648–1669). Left in 1669 to Amsterdam. * Yuda Loeb ben Rabbi Shlomo (1674-abt. 1700). Born in Wilna. *

Judah Salomon Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

(1682) *

(1700–1708) Born in

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, left for

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

. * Solomon Ezekiel (1725–1735) *

Judah Ezekiel Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

(1738–1755) *

Abraham Ezekiel Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806) was an English engraver. Ezekiel was born at Exeter in 1757. He engraved portraits by Opie, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others, and was also well known as a miniature painter and a scientific optician. He di ...

(1755–79) * Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741–1809) *

Judah Akiba Eger Judah or Yehuda is the name of a biblical patriarch, Judah (son of Jacob). It may also refer to: Historical ethnic, political and geographic terms * Tribe of Judah, one of the twelve Tribes of Israel; their allotment corresponds to Judah or Jud ...

son of Akiba Eger I (invited but refused position) *

Elijah Casriel Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My El (deity), God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic language, Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) w ...

(1815–1833) * E.J. Löwenstamm (1834–1845) *

Joseph Isaacsohn Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

(1850–1871; one of three sons-in-law of

Jacob Ettlinger Jacob Ettlinger (17 March 1798 – 7 December 1871) ( he, יעקב עטלינגר) was a German rabbi and author, and one of the leaders of Orthodox Judaism. He is sometimes referred to as the ''Aruch la-Ner'' (ערוך לנר), after his best- ...

who were Chief Rabbis in the Netherlands) * Bernhard Löbel Ritter (1885–1928) * Simon Hirsch (1928–1930) * Aaron Davids (1930–1944) *

(1945–1954) *

Salomon Rodrigues Pereira Salomon may refer to: People * Salomon (given name) * Salomon (surname) Companies * Salomon Brothers, a former investment bank, now a part of Citigroup * Salomon Group, a company manufacturing sporting equipment (which was a part of Adidas-Salom ...

(1954–1959) * Levie Vorst (1959–1971) * Daniel Kahn (1972–1975) *

Albert Hutterer Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

(1975–1977) *

Dov Salzmann DOV or Dov could refer to: ''דב'' or ''דוב'', a Hebrew male given name meaning "bear", from which the Yiddish name "Ber" (בער) was derived (cognate with "bear") which was common among East European Jews. People * Dov Ber of Mezeritch (1700 ...

(1986–1988) *

Lody van de Kamp Carl Hans Lody, alias Charles A. Inglis (20 January 1877 – 6 November 1914; name occasionally given as Karl Hans Lody), was a reserve officer of the Imperial German Navy who spied in the United Kingdom in the first few months of the First Wo ...

Raphael Evers Raphael Evers (born May 8, 1954) is a Dutch-Israeli Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox rabbi. He was a rabbi in the Netherlands and Germany. On August 1, 2021, he made aliyah to Israel.Meir Ashkenazi (1926–1949)

Sofia, Bulgaria

Daniel Zion Daniel S. Zion (3 August 1883, Salonica – 13 November 1979, Jaffa) was an Orthodox rabbi, Kabbalist* Betsalʼel, N. ''Kabbalah and the Holocaust'' (Orot, 2001) and political activist. Zion moved to Sofia, Bulgaria, as a slaughterer and can ...

(in World War II) *

(in World War II)

St. Louis, Missouri – United States

* Chaim Fischel Epstein * Menachem Zvi Eichenstein (1943–1982) * Sholom Rivkin (1983–2011)

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Sephardi

(1911–1939) *

Ya'akov Moshe Toledano Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Toledano ( he, יעקב משה טולדאנו, 18 August 1880 – 15 October 1960) was an Israeli rabbi who served as Religious Services Minister of Israel, Minister of Religions for two brief periods between 1958 and 1960. He ...

(1942–1960) *

(1968–1973) * Hayim David HaLevi (1973–1998?)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

* Joseph Weinreb 1900–1942 * Avraham Aharon Price * Gedaliah Felder

Vienna, Austria

* Yitshak Ehrenberg (1983–1989) *

* Paul Chaim Eisenberg * Arie Folger

Warsaw, Poland

(1988–1999) *

Baruch Rabinowitz Baruch may refer to: People * Baruch (given name), a given name of Hebrew origin * Belle W. Baruch (1899–1964), American heiress, daughter of Bernard Baruch * Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier, stock market speculator, statesman ...

(1999–2000) * Michael Schudrich (2000–)

Würzburg, Germany

Abraham Bing Abraham Bing (1752–1841) was the Oberrabbiner (Chief Rabbi) of Würzburg, and a Rosh yeshiva there. He trained several prominent German rabbis. Biography Bing received his rabbinic training from the talmudist and kabbalist Nathan Adler. (The ...

(1814–1839)

Zagreb, Croatia

Hosea Jacobi Rabbi Dr. Hosea Jacobi (born Hosea Hermann Jacoby; 1841–1925) was Chief Rabbi of Zagreb, Croatia for 58 years and the spiritual and religious leader of the Jewish community in Croatia. Ha-Kol (Glasilo Židovske zajednice u Hrvatskoj); Aleksande ...

(1880–1925) * Miroslav Šalom Freiberger (1941–1943)

"Grand Rabbi"

Occasionally, the term "Grand Rabbi" is used to note a Hasidic

Rebbe A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...

, particularly used on letterhead when the letterhead is in English.

References

External links

Office of the Chief Rabbi in London, England

Chief Rabbinate of Israel
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