Raphael Ris

Raphael Ris (also: Raphael Ries; 14 May 1728 in Niederhagenthal, Alsace; 25 May 1813 in Endingen AG) was a Swiss rabbi and kabbalist.

Raphael Ris, son of Abraham Ris, taught at Wolf Reichshofer's yeshiva in Buchsweiler from around 1768 after extensive Talmudic studies.

[1]In 2000, the Jewish Museum of Switzerland dedicated a special exhibition to the Ris family: The Ris Rabbis.

Raphael Ris is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Endingen.

There is a plaque in the entrance area to make it easier to find his grave, which is still visited today.

Hanukkah lamp belonging to Rabbi Raphael Ris, made in a silver workshop in Augsburg, 1804. In the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland .