JOHANAN BEN ISAAC OF HOLLESCHAU:

Rabbi of the German community of London at the beginning of the eighteenth century. He edited "Teshubot ha-Geonim," responsa of contemporary rabbis on the pronunciation of the divine names, with additions of his own (Amsterdam, 1707), and wrote "Ma'aseh Rab," in which he sharply criticized the action of a certain London rabbi in regard to a divorce and an excommunication (published together with the preceding work). See Hambro' Synagogue.

Bibliography:
  • Fürst, Bibl. Jud. s.v. Holleschau, i. 405;
  • Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 1397.
J. S. Man.
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