Jehiel ben Aaron Heller (Hebrew: יחיאל בן אהרן העליר, romanized: Yeḥiʼel ben Aron Helir; 1814 – 14 November 1861) was a Russian rabbi.
Jehiel Heller | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Born | 1814 |
| Died | 14 November 1861 (aged 46–47) Plungian, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Religion | Judaism |
Biography
editHeller was born in Koidanov, Minsk Governorate, a descendant of Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller. As a child he was known as the "Illui of Koidanov."[1]
He was successively rabbi at Glusk (1836–43), Volkovisk (1843–54), Suwalki, and Plungian (till his death). He delivered sermons in German on various notable occasions.
Bibliography
edit- Shene Peraḳim leha-Rambam / Kevod Melekh. St. Petersburg. 1852.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) On patriotism. Translated into German and published for the government by Leon Mandelstamm. - 'Ammude Or. Königsberg: T. Efrati. 1856. Responsa on the four parts of the Shulḥan 'Aruk.
- Ḳinah le-David. Königsberg. 1856.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) A funeral sermon on Rabbi David Lurie (Bichover), published as an appendix to the latter's Ḳadmut Sefer ha-Zohar. - Or la-Yesharim. Königsberg: T. Efrati. 1857. Commentary on the Haggadah of Passover.
- 'Oteh Or. Memel. 1861.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Commentary on the Song of Solomon.
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; London, N. T. (1904). "Heller, Jehiel b. Aaron". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 340.
- ^ Fuenn, Shmuel Yosef (1886). Knesset Yisrael: zikhronot le-toldot gedole Yisrael ha-nodaʻim la-shem be-toratam, be-ḥokhmatam, uve-maʻasehem [The Assembly of Israel: A Biographical Lexicon of the Great Persons of Israel Known for their Scholarship, Wisdom, and Deeds] (in Hebrew). Warsaw: Boymriter & Gonshor. pp. 521–522.