Sha'ul, 1717-1790
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- Sefer Sh. u-t. Ḥoḳ Mosheh, 1992 or 1993:t.p. (k. mo. ha-r. R. Shaʾul, z. ts. l.l.h.h.) special t.p. (rabbi in Amsterdam, wrote regulations in 545 [1784 or 1785])
- Enc. Jud., c1972:v. 11, col. 450 (under Loewenstamm: Saul, 1717-1790; b. Rzeszow; succeeded his father Aryeh Loeb ben Saul as rabbi of Amsterdam)
- NUC pre-56(hdg.: Löwenstamm, Saul, 1717-1790; usage: Shaʾul a.b.d. ḳ. Amśṭerdam)
- Universal Jewish enc., c1942(Löwenstamm, Saul ben Aryeh Löb; Rzeszow, Poland, 1717-Amsterdam, 1790; rabbi and author; rabbi of the Ashkenazi community of Amsterdam 1755-90)
- ha-Entsiḳ. ha-ʻIvrit:v. 4, col. 115 (Shaʾul Leṿenshṭam, son of Aryeh Leyb, Ashkenazi rabbi in Amsterdam)
- RLIN, 5/22/00(hdg.: Saul ben Aryeh, of Amsterdam)
- ספר: ספר בנין אריאל, תשנ"ז 1997.
- Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
- אלעזר קאליר, חות יאיר, פראג תקנ"ב, דף נ,א (הספד).
- צ' בריננער, פרקי מבוא, בתוך ספרו: בנין אריאל, א, בני ברק תשנ"ז, עמ' נו-עב.
Wikipedia description:
Saul Lowenstam (1717 – 19 June 1790) was a renowned Dutch rabbi and talmudist.He was Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam from 1755-1790. 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. He married Hendele, the daughter of Abraham Kahana, who was rabbi of Grodno, Ukraine. His first rabbinical position was in Lokachi, Ukraine (located in the Lokachi Raion and named Lakacz in Yiddish), followed by Dubno, where he succeeded his father-in-law. After the death of his father in 1755, Lowenstam succeeded him as the Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Lowenstam died in Amsterdam on 19 June 1790. He was succeeded as Chief Rabbi by his son, Jacob Moses Lowenstam.
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