About Chaim Abraham Gagin
Lived 1787 – 1848 (aged 60–61). Chaim Abraham Gagin was a Turkish rabbi.
Chaim Abraham Gagin (1787–1848) was Chief Rabbi of Ottoman Palestine from 1842 to 1848. He was a foremost posek, mekubal, author, and the head of the Tiferet Yerushalaim Yeshiva. One of his notable actions was saving the Samaritans from extermination.
Biography Born in Constantinople, he was the grandson of the Jerusalem Kabbalist Shalom Sharabi. Gagin was the first individual to hold both the positions of Hakham Bashi and Rishon Lezion simultaneously following their merger. He was also the author of Chukei Chaim, a work addressing the debate on halukka, and Sefer Chaim MiYerushalaim, a collection of derashot.
Gagin was interred on the Mount of Olives.
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Who was Chaim Abraham Gagin?
Chief Rabbi of Ottoman Palestine
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Chaim Abraham Gagin was born in 1787 in Istanbul.
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Chaim Abraham Gagin died on 23 May 1848 in Jerusalem.
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Chaim Abraham Gagin was a rabbi.
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Chaim Abraham Gagin was Turkish.
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