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Rabbis of Wielkie Oczy

(This is not a complete, definitive list.)

Mordechai of Kutno b. ?
d. ?
Son of Shmuel Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy in the second half of the 18th century; author of the well-known religious treatise The King's Gate.
Mordechai-Herz Teomim b. ?
d. ?
  Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy from ? - 1821
Meir Teomim b. ?
d. ?
  Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy from ? - ?
Mordechai Herzig b. 1820
d. 1880
Son of Joseph Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy from ? - ?
Naftali Menachem Herzig b. 1840
d. 1900
Son of Mordechai Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy before 1860; succeeded his father.
Jakov Teomim b. 1833
d. 1908
Son of Ephraim Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy from 1860 - 1863; later became rabbi of Tarnogrod and Kolomyja.
Yitzak Teomim b. 1837
d. 1912
Son of Ephraim Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy from 1871 - 1879; later became the chief rabbi of Krystynopol.
Naftali Herz Teomim b. 1851
d. 1918
Son of Moshe Rabbi of Wielkie Oczy from 1879 - 1918. Author of Naftali's Gate.
Jona Teomim b. 1870
d. 1943
Son of Naftali-Herz The last rabbi of Wielkie Oczy; served from 1918 - 1943.

Source: Meir, Wunder: Meorei Galicia [Encyclopedia of Galician Rabbis and Scholars], vol. 5, Institute for Commemoration of Galician Jewry, Jerusalem, 1997.

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