Born in Venezuela to a Syrian Jewish family from Aleppo and raised in Tiberias from the age of two, he became one of the leading halakhic authorities of Lakewood, New Jersey. He opened a halakha kollel there in 1980, moved it to Har Nof in Jerusalem in 1993 and returned to Lakewood in 2009. His responsa Ohr Yitzchak and his independent, sometimes debated rulings drew questions from far beyond his own community. He died in Lakewood in December 2025, aged 92.
