Yihya Yitzhak Halevi

Yiḥya Yitzḥak Halevi
TitleChief Rabbi of Yemen
Personal
Born
יחיא יצחק הלוי

1867
Sana'a
Died1932
Sana'a
ReligionJudaism
NationalityYemeni
ChildrenShalom Yitzḥak Halevi, chief rabbi in Tel Aviv
Parent
  • Moshe (Musa) (father)
DenominationBaladi-rite
ProfessionRabbi and Judge
OccupationRitual slaughterer, tanner
Jewish leader
ProfessionRabbi and Judge
PositionAv Beit Din (1902–1932)
OrganisationRabbinic court at Sana'a
BuriedSana'a
ResidenceSana'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,[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ Amram Qorah, Sa‘arat Teman (2nd edition), Jerusalem 1987, pp. 62-68 (Hebrew)
  2. ^ Shalom 'Uzayri, Galei-Or, Tel Aviv 1974 (Hebrew), p. 11