Yihhyah Qafahh
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Yihhyah Qafahh (1853-1932) was a prominent Yemenite rabbi of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He founded the Dor Dai movement in Judaism, which was intended to combat the influence of the Lurianic Kabbalah and restore the rational approach of Maimonides and the Jewish law as codified by him.
His main work was the Milhamot Hashem, in which he argues that the Zohar is not authentic and that the beliefs of the Lurianic Kabbalah are idolatrous. Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky has accused this work of being heresy.[1]
Rabbi Yihhyah's grandson was Rabbi Yosef Qafahh or Kapach, who was a prominent leader of the Yemenite community in Israel.
[edit] References
- ^ Derech Amunah Tshuvas, p 30.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Online text of the Milhamot Hashem
- An Interview with Yeshayahu Leibowitz where the conflict between Rav Kook and Rav Qafahh is discussed.
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| NAME | Qafahh, Yihhyah |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | prominent Yemenite rabbi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yemen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Yemen |
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