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portrait 5 july 1878 leszno , wielkopolskie , poland września , wielkopolskie , poland 7 february 1802 josua heschel kuttner.jpg josua heschel kuttner
 josua heschel kuttner rabbi , writer
josua heschel kuttner

josua heschel kuttner or kutner -lrb- hebrew : יהושע העשיל קוטנר -rrb- -lrb- c. 1803 -- 5 july 1878 -rrb- was a jewish orthodox scholar and rabbi .
he was born in wreschen -lrb- września -rrb- in the grand duchy of posen , the son of aron kuttner and his wife michle , a great-granddaughter of rabbi naphtali cohen .
around 1830 he settled in lissa -lrb- leszno -rrb- , where he acted as preacher and , since before 1850 , as assessor of the rabbinate and rabbi .
he died in lissa .
his son , naphtaly kuttner -lrb- 1829 -- 1903 -rrb- , was the grandfather of sf author henry kuttner and politician edgar c. levey
