Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen

Years: c. 1670–1749

Primary city: Hamburg

Biography

Rabbi Yechezkel Katzenellenbogen served as rabbi of Altona and authored the responsa collection Keneset Yechezkel, published in Altona in 1732. He also composed Tefillot le-Yarẓait, prayers for the yahrzeit, along with homilies, novellae, and his ethical will Ẓawwa'at R. Yeḥezḳel. His descendants held rabbinic positions in Polish communities for four generations.

Works

  • Knesses Yechezkel
  • Lechem Yechezkel
  • Mayim Yechezkel

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