Baghdad's leading sage, whose Ben Ish Hai arranged practical law by the weekly parasha, blended with Kabbalah, for his Shabbat sermons. It became the halakhic guide of Iraqi Jewry and of Sephardim far beyond.
ר' יוסף חיים מבגדאד (הבן איש חי)
Hakham, preacher and halakhic authority · 1835–1909
Baghdad's leading sage, whose Ben Ish Hai arranged practical law by the weekly parasha, blended with Kabbalah, for his Shabbat sermons. It became the halakhic guide of Iraqi Jewry and of Sephardim far beyond.
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