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Hutchinson, Sir Jonathan(medicine)
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Eybeschutz, Jonathan (sh)




born งใ 1690, Krakow, Pol.
died 1764, Altona, Den.

Polish rabbi and Talmudic scholar.

He served as rabbi in a number of European towns, and his scholarship gained him a loyal following. He was reputed to have mystic powers; when the women of his congregation asked him to give them protection from death in childbirth, he offered them amulets that contained a prayer to the false messiah Shabbetai Tzevi. A prominent German rabbi, Jacob Emden (1697-1776), denounced the amulets. The dispute that ensued between Emden and Eybeschutz divided the European Jewish community.