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Alexander Kohut

United States rabbi and orientalist

Died when: 52 years 33 days (625 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Alexander Kohut

Alexander (Chanoch Yehuda) Kohut (April 22, 1842 – May 25, 1894) was a rabbi and orientalist.He belonged to a family of rabbis, the most noted among them being Rabbi Israel Palota, his great-grandfather, Rabbi Amram (called "The Gaon," who died in Safed, Palestine, where he had spent the last years of his life), and Rabbi Chayyim Kitssee, rabbi in Erza, who was his great-granduncle.

The last-named was the author of several rabbinic works.

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