Rabbi Shmuel Heller

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|title = Rabbi Shmuel Heller
|image        = [[File:00001208 kever rabbi shmuel heller safed cemetery.jpg|215px|alt=Kever Rabbi Shmuel Heller]]
|header3 = Hebrew:
|data4  = הרב שמואל הלר
|header5 = Life:
|data6  = Lublin 1803 – 1884 Tzfat, Isreal
|header9 = Kever:
|data10  = Old Tzfat Cemetery
|header11 = Hillula:
|data12  = 22nd of Teves
|header13 = Description:
|data14  = Leading Rabbi and Doctor in Tzfat during 1800's.}}

'''Rabbi Shmuel Heller''' was student of Rabbi Avraham Dov of Avritch and eventually replaced him as the leading rabbi of [[Safed]]. He was renown as a doctor and healer and was respected by both Jews and Arabs alike. Shmuel Horowitz a famous Breslov Chasid was a descendant of his. He is buried in the [[Ancient Tzfat Cemetery|Tzfat Cemetery]] behind the kever of the [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|holy Ari]].

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 '''Rabbi Shmuel Heller''' was student of Rabbi Avraham Dov of Avritch and eventually replaced him as the leading rabbi of [[Safed]]. He was renown as a doctor and healer and was respected by both Jews and Arabs alike. Shmuel Horowitz a famous Breslov Chasid was a descendant of his. He is buried in the [[Ancient Tzfat Cemetery|Tzfat Cemetery]] behind the kever of the [[Rabbi Yitzchak Luria|holy Ari]].
-==Books==
-====Kavod Milachim====
-There is an old custom to burn new expensive garments during the Hillula of [[Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai]] in Meron on Lag Baomer. In the 1800's this custom came under controversy for transgressing the prohibition of 'Bal Tashchis' needless wasting of useful objects. [[Rabbi Shmuel Heller]] authored an entire book called 'Kavod Milachim' defending this custom. He brought testimony from the Sephardic Elders of [[Safed|Tzfat]] who witnessed  Rabbi Chaim ben Atar (the Ohr Hachaim) himself burn valuable garments in honor of Rabbi Shimon in Meron on Lag Baomer.
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