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Yosef Chaim



 
  The name Yosef Chaim can refer to a few people:

  • Chacham Yosef Chaim of Baghdad
    Baghdad

    Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
     (1832 - 1909), better known as the Ben Ish Chai
    Ben Ish Chai

    Yosef Chaim was a leading Hakham , posek on Jewish law and Master Kabbalah. He is best known as author of the work of Halakha Ben Ish Chai , by which title he is also known....
     ("Son of Man (who) Lives")
  • Yosef Chaim Brenner (1881 - 1921), a pioneer in Hebrew literature
  • Rabbi
    Rabbi

    Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
     Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld
    Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld

    Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld was the Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jews Haredi Judaism Jewish community of Jerusalem during the years of the British Mandate of Palestine and co-founder of the Edah HaChareidis....
     (1849 - 1932), the anti-Zionist Rav
    Rav

    Rav is the Hebrew word for rabbi. For a more nuanced discussion see semicha. The term is also frequently used by Orthodox Jews to refer to one's own rabbi....
     of Jerusalem
    Jerusalem

    Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....