{"product_id":"9789659169337","title":"THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF RABBI YOSEF HAYYM","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fascinating enigma surrounds the name of Rabbi Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did a quiet Torah scholar of only twenty-five find himself at the helm of the community that he would lead like a king for the next fifty years, with no official position or salary?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did his word go forth from an Arab land to become law in Jewish communities worldwide, including Israel, India, and Shanghai, from his day – an era predating modern transportation and instant communication – to the present, over a century after his death?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy do Sephardic communities around the world follow his ruling?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy are his songs, especially Va’amartem Ko Lehai, Sung by Jews everywhere?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did one human being write hundreds of works on Talmud, Halachah, Scripture, and Kabbalah?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhy are his writings studied by Sephardim and Ashkenazim, from scholarly rabbis to ordinary laymen?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow did he continue to study, teach, write, guide, advise, and rule on halachic questions in wealth, in prison, and then in poverty?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume sheds light on the spiritual giant who became known to posterity as the Ban Ish Hai.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KTAV PUBLISHING HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48994739749164,"sku":"9.78142E+12","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/7191\/3516\/files\/the-life-and-legacy-of-rabbi-yosef-hayym-maayan-judaica.webp?v=1748467549","url":"https:\/\/maayanjudaica.com\/products\/9789659169337","provider":"Maayan Judaica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}