Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam

Rabbi Elazar Rokeach was a scholar in the first half of the 18th-century. He served as a rabbinic judge in Krakow, Poland, and as community rabbi in Rakow, then Brody, and then Amsterdam. In 1740, he emigrated to Safed, becoming the head of a small community for the remainder of his life. Rokeach was a vocal opponent of Sabbateanism, and was involved in several conflicts with adherents of Shabbatai Tzvi over the course of his life.