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{geni:about_me} Born 1668 or 1669, Ezekiel himself was uncertain of the fact.
He grew up in Brest where he studied under R. Mordecai Susskind,son of R. Moses Rothenberg who lived there until about 1691. He was first A.B.D. of the toen on Zdzieciol (Zitel) then A.B.D. Raseiniai. In 1707 he was called to Keidaniai and to Altona in 1714 where he served the commiunity for 35 years until his death.
The community at this time was under Danish rule.
Elekiel married Ester , daughter of R. Solomon Zalman, who was the son of R. Joel of Brest (the grandson of R. Joel Sirkes called the BaCh). Ester died in 1748 and was buried in the Koningstrasse Cemetry, Altone (Tombstone no 3072).
The Chief Rabbi (Av Beth Din or ABD) of Keidaniai, until 1714, was Rabbi (R’) Ezekiel Katzenellenpogen (a descendant through the female line who had adopted the name from the Katzenellenbogen male line.)[1] He then became ABD of the famous triple community of Altona-Hamburg-Wansdbeck where he remained until his death in 1749.[2]
He died in Altona July 9th (23rd Tammuz) 1749. Buried next to his wife. Tombstone 3073.
His son R’ David succeeded him in 1714 as ABD Keidaniai, and he was succeeded by his son, R’ Meshullam Zalman ABD Keidaniai.
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Author of "Kenesset Yezekiel"
Mayim Yechezkiel (published 1786)
Tefillot le-Yartzheit (published 1727)
Tzava'at Yechezkiel - His Ethical Will (published 1750, and again in 1871 by a descendant)
Me'orer Zikkaron (published 1727)
He wrote numerous approbations
Chief Rabbi of Beth Din of Hamburg
Profile photo: The Great Synagogue of Altonahttp://www.biblesearchers.com/yahshua/beithillel/emden.shtml
[http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%97%D7%96%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9F עברית]
The Unbroken Chain, Neil Rosenstein, 1990, page 584, G7.2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel_Katzenellenbogen
Bibliography:
*Emden, Megillat Sefer, pp 121-140, Warsaw 1897:
*Furst, Bibl, Jud.ii 179:
*Gratz, Gesch. x 375;
*Kohan (Kahana) in Ha-Shahar, 1874 p. 299
*Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl
G7.2. R. Ezekiel Katzenellenpogen8 was born in 1668 or 1669, he himself having been uncertain of the fact, grew up in Brest, where he studied under R. Mordecai Susskind, son of R. Moses Rothenberg who lived there until about 1691. He was first A.B.D The Community at the time was under Danish Rule, the salary he was to receive being five hundred kroner from the Altona members, two hundred from the Hamburg members and a smaller amount from the Wandsbeck members over a three-year period. This was
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