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Yiḥyah Qafiḥ

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Prominent Yemenite rabbi

Lived 1850 to 1931 · aged 81
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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.

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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.

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Lived 1850 to 1931 · aged 81
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