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Sh'lah Archives
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Rabbi Isaiah Horowitz, the 'Sh'lah' (1565-1630), was born in Prague. A
scholar of outstanding reputation, he served as chief Rabbi of Cracow, and
more famously, of Frankfort (1610-1620). After his first wife passed away,
Rabbi Horowitz remarried and moved to Israel in 1621. He became the first
Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Jerusalem. After being kidnapped by the local
pasha, and ransomed by the Jewish community for a backbreaking sum of
money, Rabbi Horowitz moved to Tiberias in order to prevent a subsequent
kidnapping. He is known as the 'Sh'lah', which is the abbreviation of the
title of his magnum opus, Shnei Luchot HaBrit, a classic work in Jewish
tradition, combining insights into the weekly portion, the holidays and
Jewish law. His burial site is in Tiberias, near the tomb of the Rambam.
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