Avraham Yehoshua Heschel

Avraham Yehoshua (or Abraham Joshua) Heschel (1595 – 1663) was a renowned rabbi and talmudist in Kraków, Poland.

In 1654 Herschel became chief rabbi of Kraków, succeeding Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller upon his death.

Subsequent to the Chmielnicki massacres, Heschel was lenient in allowing agunahs (women whose husbands were only presumed dead) to remarry.

Heschel's second wife was Dina, the granddaughter of Saul Wahl, who according to folklore was king of Poland for one day.

Heschel is buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery of Kraków, also known as the Remuh Cemetery.