Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1850–1919) was the Sephardi chief rabbi of the Ottoman Empire, Zion and Jerusalem.

[1] After the death of Jacob Saul Elyashar in 1906, a dispute arose within the community as to who should be appointed his successor.

[2] Meir assumed the position for a few months before he was deposed by the Sultan of Turkey.

In 1907 Panigel was chosen as hacham bashi and rishon le-Zion but he was forced to resign 1908.

[2] When Jerusalem was captured by the British in 1917, Panigel publicly welcomed General Allenby and the Jewish Legion.