Moshe Judah Lewenstein Bio

Birth Date

July 26 1829

Birthplace

Utrecht, Netherlands

Married Date

15 Augustus 1859

Married to

Francisca Fransje Fradche Koetser

Graduation Year

1856

Graduation Age

27

Occupation

1857 - Chief-Rabbi by both the High-German and Spanish-Portuguese communities

Biographical Text

https://www.geni.com/people/Mozes-Moshe-Lewenstein/6000000017941008822

https://talmudical.nl/rabbi-mozes-juda-lewenstein/

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3gh9bc5d

Bibliography

https://archive.org/details/spanishportugues00unse/mode/2up

Dr. J. Meijer, M.J. Lewenstein's Opperrabbinaat te Paramaribo
Printer: De Driehoek, Amsterdam 1959.

https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010872545:mpeg21:a0062

Death Date

22 Oct 1864

Deathplace

Paramaribo, Suriname (Dutch Guiana)

Files

Moshe Judah Lewenstein

Citation

“Moshe Judah Lewenstein Bio,” Pri Ets Haim Amsterdam Responsa, accessed March 20, 2026, https://pehh.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/17435.

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