Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog

"Yitzhak Herzog" redirects here. For his grandson, the modern-day President of Israel, see Isaac Herzog.

Rabbi
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog
TitleAshkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Personal
Born(1888-12-03)3 December 1888
Łomża, Congress Poland
Died25 July 1959(1959-07-25) (aged 70)
Jerusalem
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIrish, Israeli
Jewish leader
SuccessorIsser Yehuda Unterman (In Israel)
Began1948
Ended1959
OtherChief Rabbi of Ireland (1919–1936)
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the British Mandate of Palestine (1936–1948)
BuriedSanhedria Cemetery, Jerusalem, Israel[1]
A visit to Ashkelon by Rishon Lezion Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog (1955)

Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (Hebrew: יצחק הלוי הרצוג; 3 December 1888 – 25 July 1959), also known as Isaac Herzog or Hertzog,[2] was the first Chief Rabbi of Ireland, his term lasting from 1921 to 1936.[3] From 1936 until his death in 1959, he was Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the British Mandate of Palestine and of Israel after its creation in 1948. He was the father of Chaim Herzog and grandfather of Isaac Herzog, both presidents of Israel.

  1. ^ "All Israel Mourns Death of Chief Rabbi Herzog, Buried in Sanhedria" (PDF). Daily News Bulletin. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 27 July 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ^ The spelling 'Hertzog' appears on his official letter of recommendation for Rev. Joseph Unterman, November 1938, in the signature as well as in the seal
  3. ^ "Herzog, Chaim (1918–1997)". Israel and Zionism. The Department for Jewish Zionist Education. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2007.