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Yitzchak
Yitzhak( ()) is a male first name, and is Hebrew for Isaac. Yitzhak may refer to: People * Yitzhak ha-Sangari, rabbi who converted the Khazars to Judaism *Yitzhak Rabin (1922–1995), Israeli politician and Prime Minister *Yitzhak Shamir (1915–2012), Israeli politician and Prime Minister * Yitzhak Aharonovich (born 1950), Israeli politician *Yitzhak Apeloig (born 1944), Israeli computational chemistry professor and President of the Technion *Yitzhak Arad (1926–2021), Israeli historian *Yitzhak Ben-Aharon (1906–2006), Israeli politician *Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884–1963), Israeli politician and President *Yitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), Israeli sculptor *Yitzhak Hatuel (born 1962), Israeli Olympic foil fencer *Yitzhak Hofi (1927–2014), Israeli general *Yitzhak Laor (born 1948), Israeli poet *Yitzhak Mastai (born 1966), Israeli professor of chemistry * Yitzhak Y. Melamed, Israeli-American philosophy professor *Yitzhak Molcho (born 1945), Israeli lawyer *Yitzhak Mordechai (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yitzhak Yosef
Yitzhak Yosef ( he, יצחק יוסף, born January 16, 1952) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (known as the Rishon LeZion), the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia, and the author of a set of books on ''halakha'' (Jewish law) called Yalkut Yosef. Yosef is the son of Ovadia Yosef, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, and bases his ''halakhic'' rulings on his father's methodology. His books are considered foundational among large sectors of Sephardic Jews in Israel and the world. For these books, he has won the Rabbi Toledano Prize from the Tel Aviv Religious Council, as well as the Rav Kook Prize. Biography Yitzhak Yosef was born in Jerusalem in 1952, the sixth son of the former Shas spiritual leader and Israeli Chief Rabbi, Ovadia Yosef. He attended school at Talmud Torah Yavneh in the Independent Education System. At age 12, he began his studies at the junior yeshiva of Porat Yosef in Katamon, Jerusalem. After that, he studied at Yeshivat HaNegev in Netivot, and from there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |