Levie Vorst
Dutch rabbi
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| Intro | Dutch rabbi | |
| A.K.A. | Levie Vorst | |
| A.K.A. | Levie Vorst | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Rabbi | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Birth | 8 October 1903 | |
| Death | 28 July 1987 (aged 83 years) |
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Rabbi Levie (Lou) Vorst (October 8, 1903 in Amsterdam - July 28, 1987 in Kfar Saba) was rabbi of Rotterdam from 1946 to 1959 and chief rabbi from 1959 to 1971.
Vorst served under caretaker chief rabbi Justus Tal from Amsterdam from 1946 to 1954 and under hakham Rodrigues Pereira from 1954 to 1959. In 1959 he became chief rabbi of Rotterdam. In 1971 he immigrated to Israel.