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yaakov chaim sofer wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 biography 2 works 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents yaakov chaim sofer 3 languages deutsch עברית ייִדיש edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia sephardic rabbi kabbalist talmudist and poseq not to be confused with chaim sofer the hungarian rabbi and author of machne chaim this article needs more citations please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources unsourced material may be challenged and removed find sources yaakov chaim sofer news newspapers books scholar jstor january 2017 learn how and when to remove this message rabbi yaakov chaim sofer יעקב חיים סופר rabbi yaakov chaim sofer personal life born 1870 1870 baghdad ottoman iraq died 1939 aged 68 69 jerusalem mandatory palestine notable work s kaf hakhaim kol yaakov yagel yaakov yismach yisrael chayim ad haolam known for author of kaf hakhaim occupation rabbi kabbalist talmudist poseq religious life religion judaism yaakov chaim sofer hebrew יעקב חיים סופר 1870 1939 1 was a sephardic rabbi kabbalist talmudist and poseq he is the author of kaf hakhaim a work of halakha biography edit sofer was born in baghdad ottoman iraq 1 he studied the torah under abdallah somekh and the yosef hayyim in 1904 he journeyed to the ottoman palestine together with colleagues sadqa hussein and the asei haya ar to meet with the hakham bashi yaakov shaul elyashar and to pray at the graves of the righteous 2 after visiting jerusalem he decided to settle there permanently he studied in the yeshiva of beit el synagogue in the old city of jerusalem well known for the study of kabbalah in 1909 he moved to the newly founded shoshanim ledavid yeshiva it was here that he composed his works sofer authored several works of halakha and aggadah his books are known for discussing the original traditions of iraqi jews works edit in kaf hachaim כף החיים sofer discusses the halakha in light of the rishonim and acharonim kaf hachaim usually published in ten volumes covers orach chayim 8 vol and parts of yoreh de ah 2 vol it is often compared to the mishnah berurah in terms of scope and approach but differs in its more extensive reliance upon quotations this work also surveys the views of many kabbalistic sages particularly isaac luria when these impact the halakha shinun halacha is a work summarising the halakhic conclusions presented in kaf hachaim in addition to the kaf hachaim sofer authored kol yaakov on the laws of writing torah scrolls tefillin and mezuzot as well as on the tefillin in general yagel yaakov a compendium of shabbat drashot sermons delivered while in mourning for his father yismach yisrael novellae on the parsha the weekly torah reading chayim ad haolam on the aggadah of the talmud references edit 1 2 goldstein jonathan 2015 11 13 jewish identities in east and southeast asia singapore manila taipei harbin shanghai rangoon and surabaya walter de gruyter gmbh co kg isbn 9783110395464 bar osher avishai biography of rabbi yosef ḥayyim the ben ish hai pg 6 hebrew cms edu gov il external links edit kaf hachaim vol 1 hebrew v t e acharonim 16th century bezalel ashkenazi moses ben jacob cordovero joshua falk moshe isserles yosef karo judah loew ben bezalel mordecai yoffe meir lublin isaac luria solomon luria obadiah ben jacob sforno chaim vital david ben solomon ibn abi zimra isaiah horowitz 17th century samuel eidels ḥayyim shabbethai menasseh ben israel moses raphael de aguilar moses ben isaac judah lima shabbatai hakohen david halevi segal avraham gombiner hillel ben naphtali zevi isaac aboab da fonseca hezekiah da silva yair bacharach isaac abendana samuel ben uri shraga phoebus 18th century chaim ibn attar jonathan eybeschutz moshe chaim luzzatto zechariah mendel ben aryeh leib joseph ben meir teomim baal shem tov vilna gaon chaim yosef david azulai jacob emden yechezkel landau shalom sharabi shneur zalman of liadi elazar fleckeles simcha bunim of peshischa samuel loew aryeh leib hacohen heller avraham danzig yaakov lorberbaum akiva eiger 19th century yehudah aryeh leib alter naftali zvi yehuda berlin abraham hirsch ben jacob eisenstadt of byelostok baruch epstein moshe mordechai epstein yechiel michel epstein samson raphael hirsch yisrael meir kagan yosef hayyim ben ish ḥai malbim menachem mendel schneersohn moses sofer chaim soloveitchik yaakov dovid wilovsky meir simcha of dvinsk 20th century baruch shalom halevi ashlag yehuda ashlag shlomo zalman auerbach eliyahu eliezer dessler abraham isaac kook mordechai eliyahu moshe feinstein yitzchok hutner avrohom yeshaya karelitz menachem mendel schneerson elazar shach yaakov chaim sofer joseph b soloveitchik joel teitelbaum eliezer waldenberg shmuel wosner ovadia yosef hayim david halevi ben zion abba shaul ben zion meir hai uziel authority control databases international isni viaf fast worldcat national united states israel this biographical article about a rabbi from the middle east is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing information v t e this article about a religious figure from the ottoman empire is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing information v t e this biographical article about a person notable in connection with judaism is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing 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