Baghdad-born student of the Ben Ish Hai who settled in Jerusalem in 1904. His Kaf HaChaim, a vast commentary on the Shulhan Arukh drawing on halakha and Kabbalah, is one of the most consulted works of Sephardi law.
Halakhic authority and kabbalist · 1870–1939
Baghdad-born student of the Ben Ish Hai who settled in Jerusalem in 1904. His Kaf HaChaim, a vast commentary on the Shulhan Arukh drawing on halakha and Kabbalah, is one of the most consulted works of Sephardi law.
