Moses Uri ha-Levi
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Moses Uri ben Yoseph HaLevi, also Moses Uri Levi or Moses Uri Halewi or Philip Uri Joosten Halevi (הרב משה אורי הלוי in Hebrew; born around 1543 in Braunschweig; died 1621/25, presumably in Amsterdam) [not to be confused with Moses ben Joseph ben Merwan Ha-Levi, nor Mullah Moshe Halevi of Kashan, nor Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (from geniza documents)] was originally a German rabbi who become an instrumental figure and a key founder of the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam. Born likely in the German city of Wittmund, Germany or Braunschweig, in the year 1602 he became the first chief rabbi of the Jewish Community of Amsterdam. He is considered to be the founder of the first Jewish community in Amsterdam and the first rabbi of a Sephardic community in Northern Europe.
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