Avraham Yehoshua Heschel
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- For the American philosopher see Abraham Joshua Heschel. For the Hasidic rebbe see Avraham Yehoshua Heshel.
Avraham Yehoshua (or Abraham Joshua) Heschel (died 1663) was a renowned rabbi and talmudist in Kraków, Poland.[1]
In 1654 Herschel became chief rabbi of Kraków, succeeding Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller upon his death.[1]
Subsequent to the Chmielnicki massacres, Heschel was lenient in allowing agunahs (women whose husbands were only presumed dead) to remarry.[2]
Heschel's second wife was Dina, the granddaughter of Saul Wahl, who according to folklore was king of Poland for one day.[1]
Heschel is buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków, also known as the Remuh Cemetery.[3]
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