Abraham Moshe Hillel (1820–1920)
served as
Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi () is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Ben-Zion Meir ...
of
Baghdad
Baghdad ( or ; , ) is the capital and List of largest cities of Iraq, largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the List of largest cities in the A ...
during the years 1884, 1886–1889, and 1911–1915. He was a pupil of Rabbi
Abdallah Somekh
Abdallah (Ovadia) Somekh (1813 – September 13, 1889) was an Iraqi Jewish hakham, rosh yeshiva and posek.
Early life
Abdallah Somekh was born in 1813 in Baghdad to Abraham Somekh, himself a descendant of Nissim Gaon; he was the eldest of eigh ...
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References
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1820 births
1920 deaths
Chief rabbis of populated places
Rabbis from Baghdad
19th-century rabbis from Ottoman Iraq