Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal

Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal
Rabbi Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal
Personal life
Born(1733-10-15)October 15, 1733
Hebron, Damascus Eyalet (Ottoman Syria), Ottoman Empire
DiedMay 5, 1777(1777-05-05) (aged 43)
Barbados, British Empire
NationalityBritish
Religious life
ReligionJudaism

Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal (October 15, 1733, Hebron, Ottoman Empire – May 5, 1777, Barbados) was an itinerant Palestinian rabbi and preacher. He is the first rabbi known to have visited the colonies that became the United States.

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