Löb (Aryeh) Ben Zachariah (Called Also Hocher R. Löb)

Polish rabbi; born at Cracow about 1620; died there 1671. When a young man he was called as rabbi to Vienna, where he officiated for a few years. Thence he went to Przemysl, Galicia, and in 1665 he became rabbi at his native place, where he remained until his death. He was the author of "Tiḳḳune Teshubah," an ethical work in Judæo-German, Cracow, 1666.

Bibliography:

  * Zunz, 'Ir ha-Ẓedeḳ, p. 115, Lemberg, 1874;
  * H. N. Dembitzer, Kelilat Yofi, i. 78b;
  * Joel Dembitzer, Mappelet 'Ir ha-Ẓedeḳ, p. 25.



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