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the Leiden Jewish
Chamber of History

The Leiden Jewish History Chamber
brings new articles about Leiden’s
Jewish Sages of yesteryears,
are you ready for the past?

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Rabbi Jacob Heymann Mozes Lewenstein-
Chief-Rabbi of Surinam

Born by the name Mozes Juda (Mozes the son of Juda) in Utrecht in 1829 and passed away at age 35 whilst serving as Chief Rabbi in Paramaribo, Surinam in 1864.

Rabbi Jacob Heymann De Leeuw-
Talmudist

Rabbi Jacob Heymann (the son of Chaim) De Leeuw was born in 1811 in Zutphen, he was an expert Talmudist who first worked on the taxes authority in Den Bosch and then left for Leiden where he studied Torah for 33 years and published 6 books!

Basic Facts: Raphael son of Marcus Beuth, Chazan & Pillar of the Leiden Jewish Community

Some basic facts

Rabbi Tobias Lewenstein -part 1 – Paramaribo – Leiden – Amsterdam

Born in Paramaribo, young Tuvia Lewenstein leaves Surinam for Leiden at age one.
He begins his life as an orphan but soon after moving to Amsterdam with his family he starts to excel in his studies.

Part I: Paramaribo, 
Leiden  & Amsterdam

Rabbi Tobias Lewenstein –
Part 2 – Berlin – Babruysk – Hamburg

After the passing of Rabbi De Leeuw in 1883, Rabbi Tovia Lewenstein leaves for Berlin and after that to White Russia from which he gets expelled.


Part 2: Berlin –
Babruysk – Hamburg

Rabbi Tobias Lewenstein-
Part 3 – leeuwarden –
The Hague – Copenhagen

Coming Soon

Rabbi Tobias Lewenstein-
Part 4 – Zurich –
The Hague after WWII

Coming Soon

Rabbi Daniel Hirtzke Frisch- Kabbalist and author of Matuk M’Dvash commentary on the Zohar

Coming Soon

Rabbi Jona Glauber-
Rosh Yeshiva
in Leiden after WWII

Coming Soon

This post is dedicated in the blessed memory of all Jews in Leiden and surroundings, that perished in the Leiden Explosion, the Holocaust
or Al Kidush Hashem
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