כהנא Cahana, Moshe Hillel

Birth Name כהנא Cahana, Moshe Hillel [1]
Birth Name כהנא, משה הלל
Call Name משה הלל
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth   צפת Safed, הצפון, ישראל  

Event Note

After Rabbi Moshe Hillel Cahana's mother and grandmother were killed by terrorists, he moved to Jerusalem.

 
Education   Sorbonne La Sorbonne, Quartier latin, 5e arrondissement, Paris, Île-de-France, France Moshe Hillel Cahana studied social work

 
Military Service   אצ"ל ארגון צבאי לאומי ITzL Irgun Tzvi Leumi Moshe Hillel Cahana served as head of the Irgun’s intelligence operation in the Yishuv

[2a]
Occupation 1958   Rabbi Moshe Cahana became the spiritual leader

Event Note

In January, 1987, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Cahana moved to Congregation B'nai Jeshurun for a six-month period, while the congregation searched for a rabbi.

Event Note

In 1965, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Cahana led a delegation of rabbis in the Selma-to-Montgomery march, during the civil rights movement.
Rabbi Michael Cahana, his son, cites "He felt that the religious leaders had an obligation, that it wasn't just a social cause, but also a moral cause."

 
Death June 2, 2004 Houston, Harris County, Texas, United States of America  

 

Families

Married Wife Lok, Alice
  Children
  1. Cahana, Michael Z. ben Moshe Hillel

Narrative

Cahana כהנא is a family name of Priests כהנים, from the Tribe of Judah, one of the four noble families of Judah and Jerusalem brought by Titus to Rome., and marched, as prisoners, through the city, in 71CE.
Cahana כהנא tradition traces the lineage to King David, through the daughters of Rashi רש"י, and the family of Rabban Gamliel.
Some of the family settled Safed in the 19th century. (from http://hayamin.org/kahane/kbio.htm)
Baruch Dov Kahane established the Sanz Chasidic community and the Sanz Beit haMidrash, in Safed.
Variants:
Cahane
Kahana
Kahane

Source References

  1. Torn at the roots: the crisis of Jewish liberalism in postwar America
  2. The Revolt: Story of the Irgun
    1. Page: 108

Pedigree

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