Hakham (or Chakam(i), Haham(i), Hacham(i), Hach; Hebrew: חכם ḥaḵam, "Wise") is a term in Judaism, meaning a wise or skillful man; it often refers to someone...
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Hakham Bashi - חכם באשי (Ottoman Turkish: حاخامباشی, Turkish: Hahambaşı, IPA: [haˈham baˈʃɯ]; Ladino: xaxam (חכם) baši; translated into French as: khakham-bachi)...
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Rabbi Shimon Hakham (Hebrew: שמעון חכם; 1843, Bukhara- 1910, Jerusalem) was a Bukharan rabbi residing in Jerusalem who promoted literacy by translating...
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Yedidia Shofet (redirect from Hakham Yedidia Shofet)
Yedidia Shofet (also spelled Shophet, and often referred to as Hakham Yedidia; November 14, 1908 – June 24, 2005) was the former Chief Rabbi of Iran and...
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Miqra Bible commentary. Amos Hakham was born in Jerusalem in 1921 to Dr. Noah Hakham and Naomi (née Shapiro). Hakham's father studied at the University...
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(1873–1961), ḥakham of the Lithuanian Karaite community Sima Babovich (1790–1855), ḥakham of the Crimean Karaites Mordecai Alfandari (1929–1999), Ḥakham, known...
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הקראים) were: Hakham Moshe El-Kodsi (1856–1872) Hakham Shlomo Ben Afeda Ha-Kohen (1873–1875) Hakham Shabbatai Mangoubi (1876–1906) Hakham Aharon Kefeli...
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Isaac S. D. Sassoon (born 1946) is an Sephardic rabbi (hakham), scholar and educator. Hakham Sassoon, who is currently one of the leading scholars in...
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ḥ-k-m). Adjectival ḥakham "wise" is used as a honorific, as in Talmid Chakham (lit. "student of a sage") for a Torah scholar, or Hakham Bashi for a Chief...
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Ḥakham Moshe ben Yoseph Firrouz (born 1972) is an Israeli Karaite Hakham and Torah scholar (sage). He is the former Chief Ḥakham (spiritual leader) as...
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