Person · rabbi
Simcha ben Nachman HaCohen Rapoport
ר׳ שמחה ב״ר נחמן הכהן רפפורט
Rabbi from Lublin selected after Moshe Yechiel Sashtil's death.
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... אחרי מותו נבחר הרב מלובלין, ר׳ שמחה ב״ר
נחמן הכהן רפפורט, אולם בדרכו לבובה חלה ונפטר
בשברשין בז׳ אב תע״ח (1718).Source passage 2
OCR · respaced for reading · scan 206
... תע״ח (1718), ר׳ שמחה ב״ר נחמן הכהן רפפורט, אחרי פטירת ה״חכם צבי" נקרא ר׳ שמחה למלאות מקומו, הוא היה מקודם אב״ד בדובנא, הורדנא ולובלין ומשם נקרא לכהן ברבנות לבוב, אבל לא ארכו לו הימים על כסאו, מנוסח המצב ה של בנו הר׳ חיים כהן רפפורט מוכח שר׳ שמחה ישב איזה זמן על כסא רבנות לבוב, יתכן שאחרי עלותו חזר להביא בני־ביתו לבובה, והנה באמצע הדרך, בשברשין, חלה והלך לעולמו בז׳ א בתע״ח. אחדות מדרשותיו מובאות בס׳ "זכר החיים" לבנו ר׳ חיים. ...Connected nodes
Place
Shvarshin
Died In
Event
Death of Simcha Rapoport
Participated In · Subject
Person
Moshe Yechiel Sashtil
Appears in same passage
Place
Lviv
Appears in same passage
Place
Lublin
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Place
Shvarshin
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Person
Hayyim Kohen Rapoport
Child Of
Place
Dubno
Worked At
Place
Horodno
Worked At
Place
Lublin
Worked At
Place
Sbrzhishyn
Died In
Event
Simha Rapoport appointed rabbi in Lviv
Participated In · Subject
Event
Death of Simha Rapoport
Participated In · Subject
Person
Zvi
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Person
Shlomo Ayalon
Appears in same passage
Work
Divrei Nehemiah
Appears in same passage
Place
Amsterdam
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Place
London
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Person
Hayyim Kohen Rapoport
Appears in same passage
Work
Zekher ha-Hayyim
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Place
Dubno
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Place
Horodno
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Place
Sbrzhishyn
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Person
Shlomo Zalman ben Yitzhak
Appears in same passage
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Died In
Simcha ben Nachman HaCohen Rapoport → Shvarshin
נפט ר בשברשי ן בז ׳ א ב תע״ ח ( 1718 )
- date:
- 1718
Child Of
Simha ben Nahman ha-Kohen Rapoport → Hayyim Kohen Rapoport
בנ ו הר ׳ חיי ם כה ן רפפור ט
The text explicitly calls Hayyim the son, but OCR context makes the direction of the named relationship potentially ambiguous.
Worked At
Simha ben Nahman ha-Kohen Rapoport → Dubno
אב״ ד בדובנא
- role:
- chief rabbinical judge
Worked At
Simha ben Nahman ha-Kohen Rapoport → Horodno
הורדנ א ולובלי ן
- role:
- chief rabbinical judge
Worked At
Simha ben Nahman ha-Kohen Rapoport → Lublin
ולובלי ן ומש ם נקר א
- role:
- chief rabbinical judge
Associated events
Death · 1718
Death of Simcha Rapoport
Simcha Rapoport died in Shvarshin in 1718 while traveling.
Employment · 1718
Simha Rapoport appointed rabbi in Lviv
Simha Rapoport was called to serve as rabbi in Lviv in 1718.
Death · 1718
Death of Simha Rapoport
Simha Rapoport became ill and died while traveling in Sbrzhishyn in 1718.