Rabbi Shmuel Heller
From Zissil
Hebrew: | |
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הרב שמואל הלר | |
Life: | |
Lublin 1803 – 1884 Tzfat, Isreal | |
Kever: | |
Old Tzfat Cemetery | |
Hillula: | |
22nd of Teves | |
Description: | |
Leading Rabbi and Doctor in Tzfat during 1800's. |
Rabbi Shmuel Heller was student of Rabbi Avraham Dov of Avritch and eventually replaced him as the leading rabbi of Safed. He was renown as a doctor and healer and was respected by both Jews and Arabs alike. Shmuel Horowitz a famous Breslov Chasid was a descendant of his. He is buried in the Tzfat Cemetery behind the kever of the holy Ari.