Yaakov Mutzafi
Rabbi Yaakov Mutzafi | |
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יעקב מוצפי | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Ya'aqob Musafi 1899 |
| Died | May 25, 1983 (aged 83–84) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Buried | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Midrash Bet Zilkha |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Sadqa Hussein |
| Position | Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Shemesh Sedaqah Synagogue |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Position | Av Beth Din |
| Organisation | Sephardi Edah HaHaredith |
| Began | 1961 |
| Ended | 1983 |
| Yahrtzeit | 13 Siwan, 5743 |
Yaakov Mutzafi (Hebrew: יעקב מוצפי Ya'aqov Muṣafi; 1899 – May 25, 1983) was a rabbi and kabbalist. The last spiritual leader of the ancient Jewish community of Iraq, he moved to Israel ahead of the Jewish masses when they were finally airlifted there in 1952.
An anti-Zionist, in his later years Mutzafi served as the Av Beth Din of the Sephardi Edah HaHaredith, and rabbi of the Shemesh Sedaqah Synagogue in Jerusalem.