Hayyim Joseph Gottlieb of Stropkov

Hayyim Joseph Gottlieb of Stropkov, (1790-1867) (Hebrew: חיים יוסף גאטליב), known as the Stropkover Rov, was a student of Rabbi Moshe Schreiber and author of "Tiv Gittin ve-Kiddushin".

Upon completing his studies in 1823, he was appointed dayan and teacher in the town of his birth, Tertzal, Hungary, were he learnt together with his brother in law Rabbi Mordechai Ciment, and where he wrote extensively about Jewish law and Kabbalah. He became the Chief Rabbi and head of the bet din of Stropkov in 1847 at the recommendation of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. Hayyim Joseph died on 4 Adar 1867 and is buried in the Tisinec cemetery.

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[http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/stropkov/Rabbis~1.htm The Rabbis of Stropkov]