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Raphael Meir Panigel

Raphael Meir Panigel
Raphael Meir Panigel
Personal
Born	1804 Pazardzhik, Ottoman Bulgaria
Died	2 January 1893(1893-01-02) (aged 88–89) Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Religion	Judaism
Children	Vida Leah Eliashar, Yehudah Shlomo Panigel, Siniora Miriam Eliashar (biological), Yehuda Bechar, Eliahu Moshe Bechar Panigel (adoptive), possibly other
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Avraham Ashkenazi
Successor	Yaakov Shaul Elyashar

Position	Rishon LeZion
Began	1880
Ended	1893

Raphael Meir ben Yehuda Panigel (1804–1893) was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire.

Panigel was born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, but his family emigrated to the Land of Israel when he was a child. In 1828 and in 1863, he was an emissary on behalf of Jerusalem to the countries of North Africa, remaining there on both occasions for several years. In 1845 he travelled to Italy as an emissary of Hebron and was received with great respect at the Vatican by Pope Gregory XVI. In 1880 he became rishon le-Zion, and in 1890 the Ottoman authorities appointed him hacham bashi (head of the Jewish community of Palestine). He was held in great esteem by all communities and authorities. He authored Lev Marpe (1887), Talmudic novellae, responsa, and homilies.^[1] His son-in-law, Yaakov Shaul Elyashar, later succeeded him.

References

^ Fred Skolnik; Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Macmillan Reference USA in association with the Keter Pub. House. p. 612. ISBN 978-0-02-865943-5. Retrieved 10 May 2011.

Jewish titles
Preceded by Abraham Ashkenazi	Rishon le-Zion Raphael Meir Panigel 1880–1892	Succeeded by Jacob Saul Elyashar

Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Mandatory Palestine and Ottoman Palestine

Chief Rabbis of
Old Yishuv
(Ottoman Jerusalem)

Rishon L'Tzion	Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1665–1689) Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696) Moshe Hayun Avraham Yitzhaki (1715–1722) Binyamin Maali Elazar Nahum (1730–1748) Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) Yitzhak Rapaport (?–?) Israel Algazy (1754–1756) Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1756–1771) Haim ben Asher (1771–1772) Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805) Yaakov Aish (1806–1817) Yaakov Coral (1817–1819) Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822) Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) Shlomo Suzin (1824–1836) Yonah Navon (1836–1841) Yehuda Navon (1841–1842)
Hakham Bashi (1842–1918)	Chaim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848) Yitzhak Kovo (1848–1854) Chaim Nissin Abulafia (1854–1861) Chaim David Hazan (1861–1869) Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880) Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1893) Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906) Yaakov Meir (1906) Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1907–1908) Nahman Batito (1909-1911) Nissim Danon

Rishon L'Tzion

Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1665–1689)
Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696)
Moshe Hayun
Avraham Yitzhaki (1715–1722)
Binyamin Maali
Elazar Nahum (1730–1748)
Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754)
Yitzhak Rapaport (?–?)
Israel Algazy (1754–1756)
Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1756–1771)
Haim ben Asher (1771–1772)
Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802)
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805)
Yaakov Aish (1806–1817)
Yaakov Coral (1817–1819)
Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822)
Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824)
Shlomo Suzin (1824–1836)
Yonah Navon (1836–1841)
Yehuda Navon (1841–1842)

Hakham Bashi
(1842–1918)

Chaim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848)
Yitzhak Kovo (1848–1854)
Chaim Nissin Abulafia (1854–1861)
Chaim David Hazan (1861–1869)
Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880)
Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1893)
Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906)
Yaakov Meir (1906)
Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1907–1908)
Nahman Batito (1909-1911)
Nissim Danon

Chief Rabbis of
New Yishuv
(Mandatory Palestine)

Acting Chief Rabbi	Haim Moshe Elyashar (1918–1921)
Ashkenazi	Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935) Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1948)
Sephardi	Yaakov Meir (1921–1939) Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1939–1948)

Chief Rabbis of Israel

Ashkenazi	Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1948–1959) Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973) Shlomo Goren (1973–1983) Avraham Shapira (1983–1993) Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003) Yona Metzger (2003–2013) David Lau (2013– )
Sephardi	Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1948–1953) Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973) Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983) Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993) Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003) Shlomo Amar (2003–2013) Yitzhak Yosef (2013– )

Chief Rabbinate Council
(current as of 2008)

Permanent	Yona Metzger Shlomo Amar Yisrael Meir Lau Shlomo Chelouche She'ar Yashuv Cohen Yehuda Deri
Ashkenazi	Aryeh Stern Yaakov Shapira Yitzchak Dovid Grossman Yosef Glicksburg Yaakov Rojza Yitzhak Ralbag
Sephardi	Shimon Elituv Avraham Yosef Ratzon Arusi Shmuel Eliyahu Yitzhak Peretz