Yahrtzeit
Rav Yeshayahu Horowitz (Shelah HaKadosh)
11 Nisan
1560 – 1630
Role
Chief Rabbi of Prague / Jerusalem
Location
Prague / Jerusalem
Works
Shnei Luchot HaBrit (Shelah)
Rav Yeshayahu Halevi Horowitz (1565–1630), the renowned Kabbalist and author of Shnei Luchot HaBrit (the Shelah HaKadosh). He served in major rabbinical positions across Europe — including Frankfurt and Prague — before emigrating to Eretz Yisrael. He passed away in Tiberias at approximately age 65. His magnum opus covers halachah, Kabbalah, mussar, and custom.
