Moses Uri HaLevi

Moses Uri ben Yoseph HaLevi (also known as Moses Uri Levi, Moses Uri Halewi, Philip Uri Joosten Halevi; Hebrew: אורי הלוי; c. 1543 – c. 1621/1625, presumably in Amsterdam) [not to be confused with Moses ben Joseph ben Merwan Ha-Levi, Mullah Moshe Halevi of Kashan, or Moshe b. Levi ha-Levi (from geniza documents)] was a German rabbi who become an instrumental figure and a key founder of the Spanish-Portuguese community of Amsterdam. Born likely in either the German city of Wittmund or Braunschweig, he became the first chief rabbi of the Jewish Community of Amsterdam. He is considered to be the founder of the first Jewish community in Amsterdam and the first rabbi of a Sephardic community in Northern Europe.