# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yosef-qafih
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:25:02.466Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yosef-qafih"
name: "Yosef Qafih"
slug: "yosef-qafih"
description: "Yosef Qafiḥ, widely known as Rabbi Yosef Kapach, was a Yemenite-Israeli authority on Jewish religious law (halakha), a dayan of the Supreme Rabbinical Court in Israel, and one of the foremost leaders of the Yemenite Jewish community in Israel, where he was sought after by non-Yemenites as well. He is widely known for his editions and translations of the works of Maimonides, Saadia Gaon, and other early rabbinic authorities (Rishonim), particularly his restoration of the Mishneh Torah from old Yemenite manuscripts and his accompanying commentary culled from close to 300 additional commentators and with original insights. He was the grandson of Rabbi Yiḥyah Qafiḥ, a prominent Yemenite leader and founder of the Dor Deah movement in Yemen. Qafih received many awards, including an Honorary Doctorate from Bar-Ilan University."
tagline: "Yemenite-Israeli rabbi, scholar and translator (1917–2000)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1917-11-27"
deathDate: "2000-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump