Chaim Abraham Gagin

Chaim Abraham Gagin
Position	Chief Rabbi of Ottoman Palestine
Began	1842
Ended	1848
Predecessor	Yehuda Navon
Successor	Yitzhak Kovo
Personal details
Born	1787 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Died	23 May 1848(1848-05-23) (aged 60–61) Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire

Chaim Abraham Gagin (1787–1848) was Chief Rabbi of Ottoman Palestine from 1842 to 1848.

He was the, grandson of the Jerusalem Kabbalist, Shalom Sharabi.^[1] He was author of Sepher Hatakanoth Vehaskamoth, a compendium of Jewish religious rites and customs as practiced in the City of Jerusalem.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 "Chaim Abraham Gagin. Sepher Hatakanoth Vehaskamoth". Kestenbaum & Co. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
↑ Westreich, Elimelech (2012). "Jewish Judicial Autonomy in Nineteenth Century Jerusalem: Background, Jurisdiction, Structure". Jewish Law Association Studies. 22: 303. ISSN 0890-7552. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Chief Rabbinate of Israel

Chief Rabbis of
Old Yishuv
(Ottoman Jerusalem)

Rishon L'Tzion	Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1665–1689) Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696) Moshe Hayun Avraham Yitzhaki (1715–1722) Binyamin Maali Elazar Nahum (1730–1748) Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) Yitzhak Rapaport (?–?) Israel Algazy (1754–1756) Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1756–1771) Haim ben Asher (1771–1772) Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805) Yaakov Aish (1806–1817) Yaakov Coral (1817–1819) Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822) Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) Shlomo Suzin (1824–1836) Yonah Navon (1836–1841) Yehuda Navon (1841–1842)

Hakham Bashi (1842–1918)	Chaim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848) Yitzhak Kovo (1848–1854) Haim Abulafia (1854–1861) Haim David Hazzan (1861–1869) Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880) Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1893) Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906) Yaakov Meir (1906) Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1907–1908) Nahman Batito (1909-1911) Nissim Danon

Chief Rabbis of
New Yishuv
(Mandatory Palestine)

Acting Chief Rabbi	Haim Moshe Elyashar (1918–1921)

Ashkenazi	Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935) Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1948)

Sephardi	Yaakov Meir (1921–1939) Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1939–1948)

Chief Rabbis of Israel

Ashkenazi	Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1948–1959) Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973) Shlomo Goren (1973–1983) Avraham Shapira (1983–1993) Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003) Yona Metzger (2003–2013) David Lau (2013– )

Sephardi	Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1948–1954) Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973) Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983) Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993) Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003) Shlomo Amar (2003–2013) Yitzhak Yosef (2013– )

Chief Rabbinate Council
(current as of 2008)

Permanent	Yona Metzger Shlomo Amar Yisrael Meir Lau Shlomo Chelouche She'ar Yashuv Cohen Yehuda Deri

Ashkenazi	Aryeh Stern Yaakov Shapira Yitzchak Dovid Grossman Yosef Glicksburg Yaakov Rojza Yitzhak Ralbag

Sephardi	Shimon Elituv Avraham Yosef Ratzon Arusi Shmuel Eliyahu Yitzhak Peretz

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 29393720 LCCN: nr92001354 ISNI: 0000 0000 6694 2691

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