Person · rabbi
Elijah son of Abraham Kalmankush
ר׳ אליהו ב״ר אברהם
קלמנ׳קוש
Rabbi, head of a yeshiva, and head of the religious court in Lviv.
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שצ״ו (1636), ר׳ אליהו ב״ר אברהם
קלמנ׳קוש, ריש מתיבתא ואב בית־דין, הרב הראשון
בתוך־העיר אחרי חלוקת הרבנות. פעיל באסיפות
ועד־ארבע־ארצות, "בקרבתו לפני ארון האלהים
לדרוש ולבאר פרשת צפור המשתלח ביום טהרה ויהי
הלך ודבר חדושי התורה יצאה נשמתי בקדושה
וטהרה מתוך דברי תורה", ח׳ ניסן שצ״ו • ...Connected nodes
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Council of the Four Lands
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Abraham Halevi
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Mordecai son of Zevi-Hirsch Ashkenazi
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Ezekiel, author of Keneset Ezekiel
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Meir son of Joseph
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Solomon Harif son of Isaac
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Place
Lviv
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Community
Out-of-town community
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Institution
Council of the Four Lands
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Institution
Joseph Jacob Abraham's yeshiva
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Member Of
Elijah son of Abraham Kalmankush → Council of the Four Lands
פעי ל באסיפו ת ועד־ארבע־ארצות
Succeeded By
Abraham Halevi → Elijah son of Abraham Kalmankush
אחר י ר ׳ אליה ו ב״ ר אברה ם קלמנ׳קוש