Tzvi-Peretz Hayot was a rabbi

Rabbi

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, historian

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, biblical scholar and a notable Zionist

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 leader.

Biography

Hayot was born in 1876 in Brody

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, then in Austria-Hungary

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, now in Ukraine

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. He was the grandson of the Zvi Hirsch Chajes

Zvi Hirsch Chajes

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. Hayot learned in a Yeshiva

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 and was ordained as a rabbi and also studied at a university.

He served as the rabbi of the Jewish community in Florence

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, Italy

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 from 1901 and also headed the rabbinical school in Florence. Subsequently and until 1918, Hayot served as a rabbi in the city of Trieste

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.

From 1918 to his death, Hayot served as the chief rabbi of the Jewish community of Vienna

Vienna

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. In addition, he was also the Chairman of the Zionist General Council

Zionist General Council

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 from 1921 to 1925.

Hayot died in Vienna in 1927. His remains were later taken to Israel

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 and he was reburied in the Trumpeldor cemetery in Tel Aviv

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. The main Jewish school in Vienna is named after him.