Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel

Chief Rabbi of Israel (Rishon l’Zion) from 1756 to 1771

Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel
רפאל מיוחס בן שמואל

Preceded by	Isaac HaKohen Rapoport
Succeeded by	Haim Yosef David Azulai

Personal details
Born	c. 1695 Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Died	1771 Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine
Nationality	Ottoman
Children	Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas
Relatives	Avraham ben Shmuel Meyuchas (brother)
Occupation	Chief Rabbi (Rishon l’Zion)
Known for	Chief Rabbi of Israel (1756–1771)

Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1695?-1771) served as Chief Rabbi of Israel (Rishon l’Zion) from 1756 until his death in 1771.

Meyuchas was born in Jerusalem to the Meyuchas family. His brother was Avraham ben Shmuel Meyuchas. His son was Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas.

Meyuchas attempted to negotiate a reconciliation between the Karaites and other Jews, and tried to gain admission to Jewish schools for Karaite children. His books include Minchat Bikkurim (Salonika, 1752) a commentary on the Talmud, and Peri ha-Adamah, (Salonika 1752–57, 4 volumes) a commentary on Maimonides's Mishneh Torah.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Encyclopedia Judaica, 1972
^ Where Heaven Touches Earth, by Dovid Rossoff , 1998, p. 122 ff.

Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Mandatory Palestine and Ottoman Palestine

Chief Rabbis of
Old Yishuv
(Ottoman Jerusalem)

Rishon L'Tzion	Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1665–1689) Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696) Moshe Hayun Avraham Yitzhaki (1715–1722) Binyamin Maali Elazar Nahum (1730–1748) Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) Yitzhak Rapaport (?–?) Israel Algazy (1754–1756) Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1756–1771) Haim ben Asher (1771–1772) Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805) Yaakov Aish (1806–1817) Yaakov Coral (1817–1819) Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822) Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) Shlomo Suzin (1824–1836) Yonah Navon (1836–1841) Yehuda Navon (1841–1842)
Hakham Bashi (1842–1918)	Chaim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848) Yitzhak Kovo (1848–1854) Chaim Nissin Abulafia (1854–1861) Chaim David Hazan (1861–1869) Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880) Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1893) Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906) Yaakov Meir (1906) Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1907–1908) Nahman Batito (1909-1911) Nissim Danon

Rishon L'Tzion

Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1665–1689)
Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696)
Moshe Hayun
Avraham Yitzhaki (1715–1722)
Binyamin Maali
Elazar Nahum (1730–1748)
Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754)
Yitzhak Rapaport (?–?)
Israel Algazy (1754–1756)
Raphael Meyuchas ben Shmuel (1756–1771)
Haim ben Asher (1771–1772)
Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802)
Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1805)
Yaakov Aish (1806–1817)
Yaakov Coral (1817–1819)
Yosef Hazzan (1819–1822)
Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824)
Shlomo Suzin (1824–1836)
Yonah Navon (1836–1841)
Yehuda Navon (1841–1842)

Hakham Bashi
(1842–1918)

Chaim Abraham Gagin (1842–1848)
Yitzhak Kovo (1848–1854)
Chaim Nissin Abulafia (1854–1861)
Chaim David Hazan (1861–1869)
Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880)
Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1893)
Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906)
Yaakov Meir (1906)
Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1907–1908)
Nahman Batito (1909-1911)
Nissim Danon

Chief Rabbis of
New Yishuv
(Mandatory Palestine)

Acting Chief Rabbi	Haim Moshe Elyashar (1918–1921)
Ashkenazi	Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935) Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1948)
Sephardi	Yaakov Meir (1921–1939) Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1939–1948)

Chief Rabbis of Israel

Ashkenazi	Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1948–1959) Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973) Shlomo Goren (1973–1983) Avraham Shapira (1983–1993) Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003) Yona Metzger (2003–2013) David Lau (2013–2024)
Sephardi	Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1948–1953) Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973) Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983) Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993) Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003) Shlomo Amar (2003–2013) Yitzhak Yosef (2013–2024)

Chief Rabbinate Council
(current as of 2008)

Permanent	Yona Metzger Shlomo Amar Yisrael Meir Lau Shlomo Chelouche She'ar Yashuv Cohen Yehuda Deri
Ashkenazi	Aryeh Stern Yaakov Shapira Yitzchak Dovid Grossman Yosef Glicksburg Yaakov Roja Yitzhak Ralbag
Sephardi	Shimon Elituv Avraham Yosef Ratzon Arusi Shmuel Eliyahu Yitzhak Peretz