Jakob ben Chajim

Jakob ben Chajim (died 1574) was a rabbi in Worms, and appointed by Emperor Ferdinand I as Reichsrabbiner (Rabbi of the Empire) of the Holy Roman Empire in 1559.[1] He was the uncle of Judah Loew ben Bezalel and the alleged great-grandson of Judah Leib the Elder.[2]

References
  1. Reuter, Ursula (2012). "Zwischen Reichsstadt, Bischof, Kurpfalz und Kaiser. Zur Geschichte der Wormser Juden und ihrer Schutzherren im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert". In Ehrenpreis, Stefan; Gotzmann, Andreas; Wendehorst, Stephan (eds.). Kaiser und Reich in der jüdischen Lokalgeschichte. Bibliothek altes Reich (in German). Vol. 7. Oldenbourg Verlag. pp. 119–146. ISBN 9783486702514.
  2. Stern, Moritz (1937). Die Wormser Reichsrabbiner Samuel und Jakob, 1521–1574. Berlin: M. Poppelauer.


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