Jehiel Heller

Jehiel Heller
Personal life
Born	1814 (1814) Koidanov, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	14 November 1861(1861-11-14) (aged 46–47) Plungian, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire
Religious life
Religion	Judaism

Jehiel ben Aaron Heller (Hebrew: יחיאל בן אהרן העליר, romanized: Yeḥiʼel ben Aron Helir; 1814 – 14 November 1861) was a Russian rabbi.

Biography

Heller was born in Koidanov, Minsk Governorate, a descendant of Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller. As a child he was known as the "Illui of Koidanov."

He was successively rabbi at Glusk (1836–43), Volkovisk (1843–54), Suwalki, and Plungian (till his death). He delivered sermons in German on various notable occasions.

Bibliography

• Shene Peraḳim leha-Rambam / Kevod Melekh. St. Petersburg. 1852.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) On patriotism. Translated into German and published for the government by Leon Mandelstamm.
• 'Ammude Or. Königsberg: T. Efrati. 1856. Responsa on the four parts of the Shulḥan 'Aruk.
• Ḳinah le-David. Königsberg. 1856.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) A funeral sermon on Rabbi David Lurie (Bichover), published as an appendix to the latter's Ḳadmut Sefer ha-Zohar.
• Or la-Yesharim. Königsberg: T. Efrati. 1857. Commentary on the Haggadah of Passover.
• 'Oteh Or. Memel. 1861.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Commentary on the Song of Solomon.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; London, N. T. (1904). "Heller, Jehiel b. Aaron". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 340.