Rabbi Yosef Qafiḥ

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translator
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gptkb:Bialik_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1917
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Sana'a,_Yemen
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Har_HaMenuchot
gptkbp:child gptkb:Rabbi_David_Qafiḥ
gptkbp:deathDate 2000
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Jerusalem,_Israel
gptkbp:ethnicity Yemenite Jew
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:Yemenite_Jewish_customs
commentary
translator
medieval Jewish texts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rabbi Yosef Qafiḥ
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Maimonides
gptkb:Saadia_Gaon
gptkbp:knownFor philanthropy
critical editions of medieval Jewish texts
preserving Yemenite Jewish traditions
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Yemenite_Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Dardaim
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Israeli
gptkbp:notableWork translation of Chovot HaLevavot
translation of Emunot ve-Deot
translation of Guide for the Perplexed
translation of Kuzari
translation of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah
translation of Sefer Ha-Mitzvot
gptkbp:position Dayan in the Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem
Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bracha_Qafiḥ
gptkbp:subjectOf academic articles on Yemenite Jewry
biographies in Hebrew and English
documentaries on Yemenite Jewish immigration
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