page_title: Shmuel Salant
hierarchical_section_title: Shmuel Salant
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of the holy rabbi, elder of Israel, the great gaon Maran Shmuel Salant shlit"a, head of the Ashkenazic rabbis in Jerusalem
context_page_description: Shmuel Salant served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70 years. He was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar.
context_section_description: Shmuel Salant (Hebrew: שמואל סלנט; January 2, 1816 – August 16, 1909) served as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70 years. He was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar.
caption: c. 1903
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