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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