Pinchas Kehati

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Pinchas Kehati (1910-21 December 1976) is the author of משניות מבוארות Misnayot Mevuarot (literally "Clarified Mishnayos", popularly known as "the Kehati Mishnayot") which is a commentary and elucidation on the entire Mishnah. This work was written in Modern Hebrew. This work was translated into English and published in 2005 as Mishnayot Kehati.

Pinchas Kehati worked as a teller in the Israeli Bank, Bank Mizrachi. He was not a Rabbi. Even though he was a Religious Zionist, his works are still accepted in some Haredi communities.

Kehati wanted to spread Torah throughout the world, so he sought to write a clear, concise, and easy-to-read commentary and elucidation on the entire Mishnah for individual and academic use.

Between 1955 and 1964, he published a weekly pamphlet which was hand-delivered to 5,000 subscribers. In each pamphlet, he explicated 14 Mishnayos (two per day), two laws from the Shulchan Aruch, two laws from the Rambam, and a selection from Tanakh. After a few years, his pamphlets were published as books and many editions were printed.