Yakir Gueron | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1813 |
Died | February 4, 1874 Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire |
Nationality | ![]() |
Known for | Sixth rabbi of Adrianople from the Gueron family, acting chief rabbi of Constantinople |
Other names | Preciado Gueron |
Occupation | Rabbi |
Yakir Gueron or Preciado Gueron (1813 – February 4, 1874 in Jerusalem) was a Turkish rabbi. He was the sixth rabbi of Adrianople descended from the Gueron family. He became rabbi in 1835 at the age of twenty-two, and eleven years later met Sultan Abd al-Majid, whom he induced to restore the privileges formerly conceded to the non-Muslim communities. Gueron, with the rabbis of İzmir and Seres, was made an arbitrator in a rabbinical controversy at Constantinople, and was chosen acting chief rabbi of the Turkish capital in 1863. Both Abdulmecid I and his successor Abdülaziz conferred decorations upon him.
Gueron resigned his office in 1872, and proceeded to Jerusalem, where he died two years later.
References
[edit]- Singer, Isidore and Abraham Danon. "Gueron, Yakir (Preciado)." Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk and Wagnalls, 1901-1906, citing:
- Ha-Lebanon, x., No. 30.