Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad)

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Baghdadi Jew Jewish preacher Sephardic Jew Torah commentator author halachic authority human kabbalist posek rabbi

Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) was a leading 19th-century Sephardic halachic authority, kabbalist, and preacher whose works, especially his book "Ben Ish Chai," became foundational in Sephardic Jewish law and custom.

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Label Occurrences
Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad 2
Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) canonical 1
Yosef Chaim of Baghdad 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baghdadi Jew ⓘ
Jewish preacher ⓘ
Sephardic Jew ⓘ
Torah commentator ⓘ
author ⓘ
halachic authority ⓘ
human ⓘ
kabbalist ⓘ
posek ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
associatedWith Iraqi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Baghdad Jewish community

Iraqi Jewry ⓘ
authorOf Aderet Eliyahu ⓘ
Ben Ish Chai ⓘ
Ben Yehoyada ⓘ
Benayahu ⓘ
Benayahu al ha-Torah ⓘ
Od Yosef Chai ⓘ
Rav Pe'alim ⓘ
Torah Lishmah ⓘ
basedIn Baghdad ⓘ
birthDate 1832 ⓘ
birthPlace Baghdad ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Baghdad ⓘ
deathDate 1909 ⓘ
deathPlace Baghdad ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
educatedBy Eliyahu Chaim ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Sephardi Jews ⓘ
father Eliyahu Chaim ⓘ
fieldOfWork Halakha ⓘ
Jewish ethics ⓘ
Kabbalah ⓘ
homiletics ⓘ
follows Sephardic halachic tradition ⓘ
hasName Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad

Yosef Chaim ⓘ
Yosef Chaim ⓘ
surface form: Yosef Chaim ben Eliyahu
hasTitle Chacham ⓘ
Yosef Chaim ⓘ
surface form: Hakham Yosef Chaim
hasWorkType Torah commentary ⓘ
halachic responsa ⓘ
kabbalistic writings ⓘ
sermons ⓘ
influenced Baghdadi Jewish communities in the diaspora ⓘ
Sephardic halachic practice worldwide ⓘ
languageOfWork Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
mainWork Ben Ish Chai ⓘ
movement Sephardic tradition ⓘ
namedAfter his book Ben Ish Chai ⓘ
notableFor codifying Sephardic Jewish law and custom ⓘ
influencing Iraqi Jewish tradition ⓘ
popularizing Kabbalistic customs in daily practice ⓘ
positionHeld leading rabbinic authority of Baghdad ⓘ
spiritual leader of Iraqi Jewry ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acharonim → hasPart → Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) ⓘ
Ben Ish Chai → name → Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad
Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) → hasName → Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ben Ish Chai
this entity surface form: Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef → influencedBy → Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) ⓘ
subject surface form: Ovadia Yosef
this entity surface form: Yosef Chaim of Baghdad