Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Chief Sephardic Rabbanim of erezt yisrael

Chief Sephardic Rabbanim of Eres Israel
The Rishon Le'Sion
* Officially recognized as Hahambashi (Grand Rabbi) of Eres Yisrael by the Ottoman government.
This page updated as of February 2006
Moshe Galante z'l
c. 1665
Moshe ibn Shelomo, Ben Habib
1689-1696
Avraham Ben David Yitsaki z'l
1715-1722
Eleazar b. Jacob Nahum z'l
c. 1730
Nissim Hayyim Moshe Mizrahi z'l
1748-1749
Israel Jacob al-Gazi z'l
c. 1754
Raphael Shemuel Meyuchas z'l (or Raphael Meyuhas Bekor Samuel)
1756-1771
Hayyim Raphael Avraharn Ben Asher z'l
1771-1772
Yom Tov Al-Gazi z'l
1772-1802
Moshe Yosef Mordecai Meyuhas z'l
1802-1806
Yacob Moshe Ayash z'l (Ayish of the Maghreb)
1806-1817
Yacob Korah z'l
1817-1818
Raphael Yoseph Hazan z'l
1818-1821
Yom Tov Danon z'l
1822-1823
Shelomo Moshe Suzain z'l (or Sozin)
1824-1836
Yonah Moshe Navon z'l
1836-1841
Yehudah Raphael Navon z'l
1841-1842
Abraham Hayyim Gagin z'l* First to be called "Hahambashi" 1842
1842-1848
Yishak Ben Hizkiya Kovo z'l* (or Joseph Covo)
1848-1854
Hayyim Nissim Abulafia z'l*
1854-1861
Hayyim David Hazan z'l*
1861-1869
Abraham Ashkenazi z'l*
1869-1880
Refael Meir Panigel z'l* aka Raphael Meir Panezel (aka Panisel)
1880-1892
Jacob Shaul ben Eliezer Jeroham Elyashar z'l*
1893-1906
Jacob Meir z'l*
1906-1939
Ben Sion Hai Uziel z'l
1939-1953
Yitzchak Nissim z'l
1955-1972
Ovadia Yossef shelit'a
1972-1982
Mordechai Eliahu shelit'a
1982-1993
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron shelit'a
1993-2003
Shelomo Amar shelit'a
2003-Present

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