Rabbi Yaakov Reinowitz
1818 CE–1893 CE · Acharonim · London
A dayan and communal rabbi in Victorian England, Rabbi Yaakov Reinowitz was a Polish-born posek who later served on the London Beth Din. After decades as rav in his native Wilkowisk, he became preacher at the Talmud Torah in London’s East End and was appointed dayan through the support of Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler. His responsa and halachic correspondence, discussed in the study “The Responsa of Dayan Jacob Reinowitz,” reflect his engagement with contemporary religious and social issues in the Anglo-Jewish community.
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Born in 1818 in Wilkowisk in the Russian Empire, Rabbi Yaakov Reinowitz came from a family described as descending from a long line of rabbis and scholars. The town of Wilkowisk, today Vilkaviškis in Lithuania, formed the backdrop of his early life and upbringing before his later rabbinic career.
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