# Yiḥyah Qafiḥ

> Yiḥyah Qafiḥ (1850-1931), known also as "Ha-Yashish", served as the Chief Rabbi of Sana'a, Yemen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was one of the foremost rabbinical scholars in Sana'a during that period, and an advocate of reforms in Jewish education. He was also learned in astronomy, and rabbinic astrology and Jewish classical literature.

*Prominent Yemenite rabbi*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yihyah-qafih

## Identity
- **Born:** 1850
- **Died:** 1931-11-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 11.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 60.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Yiḥyah Qafiḥ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi%E1%B8%A5yah_Qafi%E1%B8%A5)
- [يحيى قافيه](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%89_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%87)
- [يحيى قافيه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%89_%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%87)
- [יחיא קאפח](https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%97)
- [יחיא קאפח](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%90_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%97)
- [Yiḥyah Qafiḥ](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi%E1%B8%A5yah_Qafi%E1%B8%A5)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8053978)

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