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Jakob ben Chajim

Jakob ben Chajim

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Jakob ben Chajim (died 1574) was a rabbi in Worms, and appointed by Emperor Ferdinand I as Reichsrabbiner (Rabbi of the Empire) of the Holy Roman Empire in 1559.[1] He was the uncle of Judah Loew ben Bezalel and the alleged great-grandson of Judah Leib the Elder.[2]

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  1. [1]
    Reuter, Ursula (2012). "Zwischen Reichsstadt, Bischof, Kurpfalz und Kaiser. Zur Geschichte der Wormser Juden und ihrer Schutzherren im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert". In Ehrenpreis, Stefan; Gotzmann, Andreas; Wendehorst, Stephan (eds.). Kaiser und Reich in der jüdischen Lokalgeschichte. Bibliothek altes Reich (in German). Vol. 7. Oldenbourg Verlag. pp. 119–146. ISBN 9783486702514.
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    Stern, Moritz (1937). Die Wormser Reichsrabbiner Samuel und Jakob, 1521–1574. Berlin: M. Poppelauer.


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