Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov

Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov (1794[1] - March 11, 1867[1]) (Hebrew: חיים יוסף גאטליב), known as the Stropkover Rov, was a student of Rabbi Moshe Schreiber and author of Tiv Gittin ve-Kiddushin, published by his sons in Ungvar in 1868.[2]

Upon completing his studies in 1823, he was appointed Dayan and teacher in the town of his birth, Tertzal,[2] Hungary, where he studied with his brother-in-law Rabbi Mordechai Ciment, and wrote extensively about Jewish law and Kabbalah. He became the Chief Rabbi and head of the Bet Din of Stropkov[2] in 1847 at the recommendation of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. Chaim Yosef died on Monday, 4 Adar II, 5627 / 11 March 1867[1] and is buried in the Tisinec cemetery.

There is a school in Jerusalem named after him called Yeshivas Rabbenu Chaim Yosef. They publish a book which lists all the descendants of Reb Chaim Yosef called Sefer Hayachas.

Notes and references
  1. The Jewish Gen Hungarian Deaths Database: "Jewish Civil Registry of Sztropko", Surname: Gottlieb, Given Name: Chaim Yosef, Record #: 152-26, Death Date: 11-Mar-1867, Town Died: Sztropko, Town Registered: Sztropko, Jaras: Sztropko, Megye: Zemplen, Age 73, Occupation: Chief Rabbi, FHL Film #: 1793861; Item 3
  2. Chaim Yosef Gottlieb (1868). Menashe and Efraim Gottlieb (ed.). Tiv Gittin VeKidushin (in Hebrew). Ungvar: C. Jäger's Wittwe (Widow). OCLC 49790339.


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