הרב יוסף חיים מבגדד

Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad
Acharonim · c. 1500-1900 CE

הרב יוסף חיים מבגדאד היה מקובל, דרשן, מנהיג וראש קהילה, מחבר ספרים ואחד הפוסקים הבולטים מתוך אנשי הרוח של יהדות המזרח.

Yosef Hayim was a leading Baghdadi hakham, authority on halakha, and Master Kabbalist. He is best known as author of the work on halakha Ben Ish Ḥai, a collection of the laws of everyday life interspersed with mystical insights and customs, addressed to the masses and arranged by the weekly Torah portion.

Shiurim Featuring This Sage

Reasoning · Bava Metzia

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A close reading of the sugya of disputed ownership — and the unstated principle that drives the entire…

Reasoning 3 min