Simcha Rappaport

Rabbi Simcha Hagadol HaKohen Rappaport (Hebrew: שמחה הכהן ראפאפארט; b.

1650 - August 4, 1718) was a 17th-century Ukrainian rabbi and progenitor of the Rappaport rabbinic dynasties.

His father, Rabbi Nachman Lipshitz (Rappaport) was a Rabbi in the city of Belz, Kremnitz, Dubno, and Av Beit Din in Lublin.

After the passing of the Chacham Tzvi he was appointed to be Av Bris Din of Levov, although he died on the way there on August 4, 1718 in Szczebrzeszyn.

[1] The Soloveitchik dynasty says Rappaport is a notable ancestor and progenitor.