Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam
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Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam
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Rabbi Elazar Rokeach, also known as Eleazar ben Samuel, was the author of Maaseh Rokeach, and Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam. He was born at Kraków about 1685; died at Safed, Israel, 1742. According to family legends, he was a direct paternal descendant of Eleazar of Worms. On the completion of his studies he became dayyan of Kraków. In 1708 he accepted the rabbinate of Rakow, Poland. From there he went to Brody, where he became rabbi (1714). In 1735 he went to Amsterdam in response to a call from the
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