Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim

Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim

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Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel · 1896–1981

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Baghdad-born scholar who settled in Jerusalem in 1925 and served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, the Rishon LeZion, from 1955 to 1972. His responsa Yein ha-Tov address the questions of a young state gathering exiles from every land.

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