Chief Rabbi
RABBI – Rabban," "Rabbi," and "Rab." —The Title: Hebrew term used as a title for those who are distinguished for learning, who are the authoritative teachers of the Law, and who are the appointed spiritual heads of the community. It is...
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Chief Rabbi
"Chief Rabbinate" redirects here. See also Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Rabbi Uziel, Israel has had two chief rabbis, one Ashkenazi and one Sephardi.[1]
Cities with large Jewish communities may also have their own chief rabbis; this is especially the case in Israel but has also been past practice in major Jewish centers in Europe prior to the Holocaust. North American cities have rarely had chief rabbis, although some do have them: Montreal, in fact, has two—one for the Ashkenazi community, the other for the Sephardi.
The Chief Rabbi's name is often followed by ABD, which stands for Av Beth Din.[citation needed]
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- 1 Chief rabbis by country/region
- 1.1 Albania
- 1.2 Argentina
- 1.3 Austria
- 1.4 British Empire and Commonwealth
- 1.5 Bulgaria
- 1.6 China
- 1.7 Cuba
- 1.8 Cyprus
- 1.9 Denmark[8]
- 1.10 Egypt
- 1.11 Estonia
- 1.12 Finland
- 1.13 France
- 1.14 Germany
- 1.15 Guatemala
- 1.16 Hungary
- 1.17 Iran
- 1.18 Ireland
- 1.19 Israel
- 1.20 Lebanon
- 1.21 Mexico
- 1.22 Morocco
- 1.23 Norway
- 1.24 Panama
- 1.25 Poland
- 1.26 Romania
- 1.27 Russia
- 1.28 Serbia
- 1.29 Singapore
- 1.30 Slovakia
- 1.31 South Africa
- 1.32 Spain
- 1.33 Thailand
- 1.34 Transylvania (before 1918)
- 1.35 Tunisia
- 1.36 Turkey
- 1.37 Uganda
- 1.38 Ukraine
- 1.39 United States
- 1.40 Uruguay
- 1.41 Venezuela
- 2 Chief rabbis by city
- 2.1 Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2.2 Antwerp, Belgium
- 2.3 Baltimore, United States
- 2.4 Berlin, Germany
- 2.5 Birobidzhan, Russia
- 2.6 Budapest, Hungary
- 2.7 Caracas, Venezuela
- 2.8 Chicago, United States
- 2.9 Frankfurt, Germany
- 2.10 Gateshead, United Kingdom
- 2.11 Haifa, Israel
- 2.12 Hebron, Israel
- 2.13 Hoboken, United States
- 2.14 Hong Kong, China
- 2.15 Jerusalem, Israel
- 2.16 Leiden, Netherlands
- 2.17 Milan, Italy
- 2.18 Montreal, Canada
- 2.19 Moscow, Russia
- 2.20 Munich, Germany
- 2.21 Netherlands - Inter-Provincial Chief rabbinate
- 2.22 New York City, United States
- 2.23 Nové Zámky, Slovakia
- 2.24 Rome, Italy
- 2.25 Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 2.26 Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2.27 St. Louis, Missouri
- 2.28 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 2.29 Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
- 2.30 Toronto, Canada
- 2.31 Vienna, Austria
- 2.32 Warsaw, Poland
- 3 References
- 4 External links
[edit] Albania
- Joel Kaplan (2010– ) (appointed December 2010)[2]
- Shlomo Ben Hamu (though he is Sephardi)
- Rabino Yosef Libersohn
- Jitzchok ben Mosche from Wien, "Or Sorua" (lived from ca. 1200 to 1270)
- Jomtov Lipmann Heller, "Tosfos Jomtov" (lived from 1578–1654)
- Scheftel Horowitz (lived from 1561–1619)
- Gerschon "Uliph" Aschkenasi (lived from ca. 1612–1693)
- Samson Wertheimer (lived from 1658–1724)
- Mosche Chanoch Berliner (lived from 1727–1793)
- Isaak Noah Mannheimer (1824–1865)
- Lazar Horowitz (1828–1868), chief rabbi of Vienna
- Adolf Jellinek (1865–1893)
- Moritz Güdemann (1894–1918)
- Zwi Perez Chajes (1918–1927)
- David Feuchtwang (1933–1936)
- Israel Taglicht (1936), provisional chief rabbi
- Insp. I. Öhler (1946), preacher at the Stadttempel
- Akiva Eisenberg (1948–1983)
- Paul Chaim Eisenberg (1983–present)
- Judah Loeb ben Abraham Ephraim Asher Anshel (1696–1700)[4]
- Aaron the Scribe of Dublin (1700–1704)[4]
- Aaron Hart (1704–1756)[4]
- Hart Lyon (1758–1764)
- David Tevele Schiff (1765–1791)
- Solomon Hirschell (1802–1842)
- Nathan Marcus Adler (1845–1891)
- Hermann Adler (1891–1911)
- Joseph Herman Hertz (1913–1946)
- Sir Israel Brodie (1948–1965)
- Lord Jakobovits (1966–1991)
- Lord Sacks (1991–present)
- Jacob ben Aaron Sasportas (1664-1665)
- Yehoshua Da Silva (1670-1679)
- Jacob Abendana (1681-1684)
- Solomon Ayllon (1689-1700)
- David Nieto (1701-1728)
- Isaac Nieto (1732-1740)
- Moshe Gomes de Mesquita (1744-1751)
- Moshe Cohen d'Azevedo (1761-1784)
- Raphael Meldola (1806-1828)
- Benjamin Artom (1866-1879)
- Moses Gaster (1887-1918)
- Solomon Gaon (1949-1995)
- Abraham Levy (1995-) (officially the Communal Rabbi and Spiritual Head of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, not the Haham)
- Gabriel Almosnino (1880–1885)
- Presiado Bakish (1885–1889)
- Shimon Dankowitz (1889–1891)
- Moshe Tadjer (1891–1893)
- Mordechai Gruenwald (1893–1895)
- Presiado Bakish (1895–1898)
- Moshe Tadjer (1898–1900)
- Mordekhay Ehrenpreiss (1900–1914)
- M. Hezkeya Shabetay Davidov (1914–1918)
- David Pipano (1920–1925)
- Asher Hannanel (1945–1949)
[edit] Cuba
- Meyer Rosenbaum (Son of Rabbi Issamar of Nadvorna, Elected 1948: left Cuba in 1956, a little more than two years before Fidel Castro came to power in the Revolution)
- Shmuel Szteinhendler—the current Chief Rabbi of Cuba and regional director for Masorti in Latin America.[5][6][7]
- Arie Zeev Raskin (2005–present) representing Chabad-Lubavitch
- Abraham Salomon (1687–1700)
- Israel Ber (1700–1728)
- Marcus David (1729–1739)
- Hirsch Samuel Levy (1741–1775)
- Gedalia Levin (1778–1793)
- Abraham Gedalia (1793–1827)
- Abraham Wolff (1828–1891)
- David Simonsen (1892–1902, 1919–1920)
- Tobias Lewenstein (1903–1910)
- Max (Moses) Friediger (1920–1947)
- Marcus Melchior (1947–1969)
- Bent Melchior (1970–1996)
- Bent Lexner (1996–present)
- Refael Aharon Ben Shimon (1891–1921)
- Masoud Haim Ben Shimon (1921–1925)
- Chaim Nahum (1925–1960)
- Haim Douek (1960–1972)
- Michael Alony (1995–1996)
- Shmuel Kot (2000–present)
- Uri Ove Schwarz (1982–1987)
- Michael Alony (1995–1996)
- Jacob Kaplan (1955–1981)
- René Samuel Sirat (1981–1987)
- Joseph Sitruk (1987–2008)
- Gilles Bernheim (2009– ) (elected June 22, 2008)
- Meir Rosenbaum (Son of Rabbi Issamar of Nadvorna, Later Chief Rabbi of Cuba)
- Meir Eisenstadt—known as the Panim Me'iros (1708–), rabbi of Eisenstadt and author of "Panim Me'irot"
- Alexander ben Menahem
- Phinehas Auerbach
- Jacob Eliezer Braunschweig
- Hirsch Semnitz
- Simon Jolles (1717–?)
- Samson Wertheimer (1693?–1724) (also Eisenstadt and Moravia)
- Issachar Berush Eskeles (1725–1753)[9]
- Joseph Hirsch Weiss—grandfather of Stephen Samuel Wise[10][11]
- Samuel Kohn
- Ferenc Hevesi
- Moshe Kunitzer—a pioneer of the Haskalah movement in Hungary (1828–1837)
- Koppel Reich
- Chaim Yehuda Deutsch
- József Schweitzer
- Robert (Avrohom Yehudoh) Deutsch
- Yedidiah Shofet (1908–1980)
- Uriel Davidi (1980–1994)
- Yousef Hamadani Cohen (1994–present)
- Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1921–1937)
- Immanuel Jakobovits (1949–1958)
- Isaac Cohen (1959–1979)
- David Rosen (1979–1984)
- Ephraim Mirvis (1984–1992)
- Gavin Broder (1996–2000)
- Yaakov Pearlman (2001–2008)
Under current Israeli law, the post of Chief Rabbi exists in only four cities (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Beersheba). In other cities there may be one main rabbi to whom the other rabbis of that city defer, but that post is not officially the "Chief Rabbi".
Many of Israel's chief rabbis were previously chief rabbis of Israeli cities.
[edit] Sephardi
- Moshe Galante (the Younger) (1665-1689)
- Moshe ibn Habib (1689-1696)
- Moshe Hayun
- Abraham ben David Yitzhaki (1715-1722)
- Binyamin Maali
- Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730-1748)
- Nissim Mizrahi (1748-1754)
- Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754-1756)
- Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756-1791)
- Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771-1772)
- Yom Tov Algazy (1772-1802)
- Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802-1805)
- Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806-1817)
- Jacob Coral (1817-1819)
- Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819-1822)
- Yom Tov Danon (1822-1824)
- Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824-1836)
- Yonah Moshe Navon (1836-1841)
- Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841-1842)
- Haim Abraham Gagin (1842-1848)
- Isaac Kovo (1848-1854)
- Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854-1861)
- Haim David Hazan (1861-1869)
- Abraham Ashkenasi (1869-1880)
- Raphael Meir Panigel (1880-1892)
- Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893-1906)
- Yaacob Meir (1906)
- Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907-1909)
- Nahman Batito (1909-1911)
- Moshe Franco (1911-1915)
- Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914-1915)
- Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915-1921)
- Yaacob Meir (1921–1939)
- Benzion Uziel (1939–1954)
- Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1973)
- Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983)
- Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993)
- Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)
- Shlomo Amar (2003–present)
- Meir Auerbach—Rabbi of Jerusalem (1860–1871)[12]
- Samuel Salant (1871–1909) [13]
- Abraham Isaac Kook (1921–1935)
- Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog (1936–1959)
- Isser Yehuda Unterman (1964–1973)
- Shlomo Goren (1973–1983)
- Avraham Shapira (1983–1993)
- Yisrael Meir Lau (1993–2003)
- She'ar Yashuv Cohen (acting) (2003)
- Yona Metzger (2003–present)
- Shlomo Goren (1948–1968)
- Mordechai Peron (1968–1977)
- Gad Navon (1977–2000)
- Israel Weiss (2000–2006)
- Avichai Rontzki (2006–2010)
- Rafi Peretz (2010–present)
- Moïse Yedid-Levy (1799–1829)
- Ralph Alfandari
- Youssef el Mann
- Aharoun Yedid-Levy
- Zaki Cohen (1875)
- Menaché Ezra Sutton
- Jacob Bukai
- Haïm Dana
- Moïse Yedid-Levy
- Nassim Afandi Danon (1908–1909)
- Jacob Tarrab (1910–1921)
- Salomon Tagger (1921–1923)
- Shabtai Bahbout (1924–1950)
- Benzion Lichtman (1932–1959)
- Jacob Attiyeh (1949–1966)
- Yakoub Chreim (1960–1978)
- Shlomo Tawil (2002–Present)
- Michael Melchior (1980–present)
- Zion Levy (1951–2008) Sephardic Chief Rabbi
- Moses Fishel (1541–1542)
- Ber Percowicz (1945–1961)
- Uszer Zibes (1961–1966)
- Zew Wawa Morejno (1966–1973)
- Pinchas Menachem Joskowicz (1988–1999)
- Michael Schudrich (2004–present)
- Chaim Elizjer Frankl (???-1933)
- Major Baruch Steinberg (1933- circa 12 April 1940) murdered by NKVD in the Katyn massacre
- Yaakov Yitzhak Neimerov (d. 1940)
- Alexandru Safran (1940–1948)
- Moses Rosen (1948–1994)
- Menachem Hacohen (1997–present)
- Adolf Shayevich (1983, officially since 1993–present)
- Berel Lazar (2000–present)
- Aharon Gurevich (2007–present)
- Joseph H. Hertz (1898–1911) (unofficial)
- Yehudah Leib Landau (1915–1942)
- Louis Rabinowitz (1945–1961)
- Bernard M. Casper (1963–1987)
- Cyril Harris (1988–2004)
- Warren Goldstein (2005–present)
- Baruj Garzon (1968-1978), the first Chief Rabbi in Spain since the expulsion in 1492
- Yehuda Benasuli z"l (1978-1997)
- Rabbi Moshe Bendahan (1997-present)
- Joseph Reis Auerbach (d. 1750)
- Shalom Selig ben Saul Cohen (1754–1757)
- Johanan ben Isaac (1758–1760)
- Benjamin Ze'eb Wolf of Cracow (1764–1777)
- Moses ben Samuel Levi Margaliot (1778–1817)
- Menahem ben Joshua Mendel (1818–23)
- Ezekiel Paneth (1823–1843)
- Abraham Friedmann (d. 1879), the last chief rabbi of Transylvania
- Chaim Madar (1984–2004)
- Eli Capsali (1452–1454)
- Moses Capsali (1454–1497)
- Elijah Mizrachi (1497–1526)
- Mordechai Komitano (1526–1542)
- Tam ben Yahya (1542–1543)
- Eli Rozanes ha - Levi (1543)
- Eli ben Hayim (1543–1602)
- Yehiel Bashan (1602–1625)
- Joseph Mitrani (1625–1639)
- Yomtov Benyaes (1639–1642)
- Yomtov Hananiah Benyakar (1642–1677)
- Chaim Kamhi (1677–1715)
- Judah Benrey (1715–1717)
- Samuel Levi (1717–1720)
- Abraham Rozanes (1720–1745)
- Solomon Hayim Alfandari (1745–1762)
- Meir Ishaki (1762–1780)
- Eli Palombo (1780–1800)
- Chaim Jacob Benyakar (1800–1835)
- Abraham Levi Pasha (1835–1839)
- Samuel Hayim (1839–1841)
- Moiz Fresko (1841–1854)
- Yacob Avigdor (1854–1870)
- Yakir Geron (1870–1872)
- Moses Levi (1872–1909)
- Chaim Nahum Effendi (1909–1920)
- Shabbetai Levi (1920–1922)
- Isaac Ariel (1922–1926)
- Haim Bejerano (1926–1931)
- Haim Isaac Saki (1931–1940)
- Rafael David Saban (1940–1960)
- David Asseo (1961–2002)
- Ishak Haleva (2003–present)
- Gershom Sizomu (present) (see: Abayudaya)
- Yaakov Dov Bleich (1990–present)—original post-communism chief rabbi, still widely recognized Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kiev
- Alex Dukhovny—The Progressive (Liberal/Reform) Chief Rabbi of Kiev and Ukraine
- Azriel Haikin (2003–present)--Chabad affiliated; not recognized as Ukraine Chief Rabbi, but heads the Ukrainian Chabad[15]
- Moshe Reuven Azman—rabbi from Chabad, though elected mostly by secular Jewish leaders and not by any rabbinical authority[16] (2005–present)
[edit] Uruguay
- Nechemia Berman (1970–1993)
- Eliahu Birenbaum (1994–1999)
- Yosef Bitton (1999–2002)
- Mordejai Maarabi (2002–2009)
- Shai Froindlich (2009–2010)
Ashkenazi
[edit] Chief rabbis by city [edit] Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Aryeh Leib ben Saul[18]
- Saul Lowenstam[18]
- Menasseh Ben Israel
- B.S. Berenstein
- Dr Joseph Hirsch Dünner
- Abraham S. Onderwijzer
- L.H. Sarlouis
- Justus Tal
- Aron Schuster
- Meir Just 1970–1978
- Aryeh Ralbag (2008–recent)
- Chaim Kreiswirth (1953–2001)
- Abraham N. Schwartz (d. 1934)
- Joseph H. Feldman (retired 1972, d. 1992)
- Yitshak Ehrenberg (1997-present)[3]
- Mordechai Scheiner (2002–present)
- Yonasan Steif (pre-World War II)
- Pynchas Brener (1967–present)
- Isaac Cohén ( –present)
- Yaakov Dovid Wilovsky—known as the Ridbaz, served as chief rabbi of the Russian-American congregations in the city 1903–1905.
- Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1975–1993)
- Chaim Hezekiah Medini (1891–1904)
- Dov Lior - present
- Chaim Hirschensohn (1904–1935). His post included Hoboken, Jersey City, Union Hill and the Environs.[19]
- Levi Ibn Habib
- David Ibn Abi Zimra
- Moshe Galante I
- Haim Vital
- Betzalel Ashkenasi
- Gedalia Cordovero
- Isaac Gaon
- Israel Benjamin
- Yaacov Tzemah
- Shemuel Garmison
- Moshe Galante II (1665-1689)
- Moshe Ibn Habib (1689-1696)
- Moshe Hayun
- Abraham ben David Yitzchaki (1715-1722)
- Binyamin Maali
- Elazar ben Yaacob Nahum (1730-1748)
- Nissim Mizrahi (1748-1754)
- Israel Yaacob Algazy (1754-1756)
- Raphael Samuel Meyuchas (1756-1791)
- Haim Raphael Abraham ben Asher (1771-1772)
- Yom Tov Algazy (1772-1802)
- Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802-1805)
- Yaacob Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806-1817)
- Jacob Coral (1817-1819)
- Raphael Yosef Hazzan (1819-1822)
- Yom Tov Danon (1822-1824)
- Salomon Moshe Suzin (1824-1836)
- Yonah Moshe Navon (1836-1841)
- Yehudah Raphael Navon (1841-1842)
- Haim Abraham Gagin (1842-1848)
- Isaac Kovo (1848-1854)
- Haim Nissim Abulafia (1854-1861)
- Haim David Hazan (1861-1869)
- Abraham Ashkenasi (1869-1880)
- Raphael Meir Panigel (1880-1892)
- Yaacob Shaul Elyashar (1893-1906)
- Yaacob Meir (1906)
- Eliyah Moshe Panigel (1907-1909)
- Nahman Batito (1909-1911)
- Moshe Franco (1911-1915)
- Haim Moshe Elyashar (1914-1915)
- Nissim Yehudah Danon (1915-1921)
- Yaacob Meir (1921–1939)
- Chalom Messas (1978–2003)
- Meir Auerbach (?–1878)
- Shmuel Salant (1878–1909)
- Chaim Berlin (1909–1912?)[citation needed]
- Abraham Isaac Kook (1919–1935)
- Tzvi Pesach Frank (1936–?)
- Betzalel Zolty (1977-?)
- Yitzhak Kolitz (1983–2002)
[edit] Edah HaChareidis Note: The Edah HaChareidis is unaffiliated with the State of Israel. It is a separate, independent religious community with its own Chief Rabbis, who are viewed, in the Haredi world, as being the Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem.
- Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld (c.1920–1932)
- Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (I) (1932–1948)
- Zelig Reuven Bengis (1948–1953)
- Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1953–1979)
- Yitzchok Yaakov Weiss (1979–1989)
- Moshe Aryeh Freund (1989–1996)
- Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky (1996–2002)
- Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (2002–present)
- Avraham David Shaumann
- Elia Kopciovsky (195?–1980)
- Giuseppe Laras (1980–2005)
- Alfonso Arbib (2005–present)
- Pinchas Hirschprung (1969–1998) [20]
- Avraham David Niznik (1998–2006) [20][21]
[edit] Moscow, Russia
- Yakov Maze (prior to 1924–1933)
- Shmaryahu Yehudah Leib Medalia (1933–1938)
- Shmuel Leib Medalia (1943)
- Shmuel Leib Levin (1943–1944)
- Shlomo Shleifer (1944–1957)
- Yehuda Leib Levin (1957–1972)
- Adolf Shayevich (1983, officially since 1993–present)
- Pinchas Goldschmidt (1987–present)
- Yitshak Ehrenberg (1989-1997)[4]
- Pinchos Biberfeld, moved back to Germany from where he had emigrated to Israel over 50 years earlier. (1980–1999)
- Dov Yehuda Schochet (1946–1952) [Chief Rabbi of The Hague]
- Elieser Berlinger (1960–1985)
- Binyomin Jacobs (2008–recent)
- Jacob Joseph was the only true Ashkenazi chief rabbi of New York City; there was never a Sephardi chief rabbi, although Dr. David DeSola Pool acted as a leader among the Sepharadim and was also respected as such. Others it has been said claimed the title of Chief Rabbi; eventually, the title became worthless through dilution.
- Yosef Yitzchok Parnes, the Brooklyner Rebbe, was also considered as such, arriving in Borough Park, Brooklyn in approximately 1913; due to the many non-observant Jews then working for the local utility companies, he did not use any electricity on the Sabbath. Many religious Jews in America in the early 1900s were his adherents.
- Jacob S. Kassin was the Chief Rabbi of the Syrian Jewish community of New York 1930–1995.
- Dr. Ernest Klein (1931–1944)
- Israel Zolli (1940–1943)
- Elio Toaff (1951–2002)
- Riccardo Di Segni (2002–present)
- Josiah Pardo (1648–1669)[citation needed]
- Judah Salomon (1682)[23]
- Judah Loeb ben Abraham Ephraim Asher Anshel (1700–1708)[24]
- Solomon Ezekiel (1725–1735)[23]
- Judah Ezekiel (1738–1755)[23]
- Abraham Ezekiel (1755–79)[23]
- Judah Eger (1779–1781)[23]
- Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741–1809)[25]
- Elijah Casriel (1815–1833)[23]
- E. J. Löwenstamm (1834–1845)[23]
- Dr. Joseph Isaacsohn (1850–1871)[23]
- Dr. Bernhard Löbel Ritter (1885–1928)[26][27]
- Simon Hirsch (1928–1930)[27]
- Aaron Davids (1930–1944)[27]
- Justus Tal (1945–1954)[28]
- Salomon Rodrigues Pereira (1954–1959)[28]
- Levie Vorst (1959–1971)[28]
- Daniel Kahn (1972–1975)[28]
- Albert Hutterer (1975–1977)[28]
- Dov Salzmann (1986–1988)[28]
- Lody van de Kamp[citation needed]
- Raphael Evers[citation needed]
- Daniel Zion (in World War II)
- Asher Hannanel (in World War II)
- Chaim Fischel Epstein
- Menachem Zvi Eichenstein (1943–1982)
- Sholom Rivkin (1983-2011)[29]
- Rabbi Raymond Apple (1972–2004)[30]
- Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence (2005–present)[30]
- Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1911–1939)
- Ya'akov Moshe Toledano (1942–1960)
- Ovadia Yosef (1968–1973)
- Hayim David HaLevi (1973–1998?)
- Yitshak Ehrenberg (1983-1989)[5]
- Akiva Eisenberg
- Paul Chaim Eisenberg
- Pinchas Menachem Joskowicz (1988–1999)
- Baruch Rabinowitz (1999–2000)
- Michael Schudrich (2000–present)