Yihya Yitzhak Halevi
Yiḥya Yitzḥak Halevi | |
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| Title | Chief Rabbi of Yemen |
| Personal life | |
| Born | יחיא יצחק הלוי 1867 |
| Died | 1932 (aged 64–65) Sana'a |
| Buried | Sana'a |
| Nationality | Yemeni |
| Children | Shalom Yitzḥak Halevi, chief rabbi in Tel Aviv |
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| Occupation | Ritual slaughterer, tanner |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Baladi-rite |
| Profession | Rabbi and Judge |
| Position | Av Beit Din (1902–1932) |
| Organisation | Rabbinic court at Sana'a |
| Residence | Sana'a |
Yiḥya Yitzḥak Halevi, son of Moshe (Musa) Yitzḥak Halevi (Hebrew: יחיא יצחק הלוי also commonly known as Mori Yiḥya Yitzḥak from the house of Yitzḥak Halevi) (1867 – 1932), was a Yemeni born rabbinical scholar who served as one of the last great scholars and chief jurists of the rabbinic court at Ṣan‘ā’, which post he held for nearly thirty years, a time interrupted only during the siege laid to the city (Dec. 1904—Jan. 1906) by loyal Yemeni forces under Imām Yaḥyā Ḥamīd ad-Dīn (1904–1948) in their bid to oust the Ottoman Turks who then controlled the city. The Rabbi, meanwhile, had fled with his family to Dhamar.