Yitzhak Nissim

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Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim

A visit to Ashkelon by Rishon Lezion Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog (1955)

Yitzhak Nissim (1896–1981) (Hebrew: יצחק נסים‎) was a Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Nissim was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Palestine in 1925.

In 1964, Pope Paul VI visited Israel but refused to visit the heads of other religions, insisting that they come visit him. In protest, Nissim boycotted this visit, insisting that he was willing to visit the Pope as long as there would be reciprocity if a chief rabbi came to Rome.^[1]

Preceded by Benzion Uziel	Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Nissim 1955–1972	Succeeded by Ovadia Yosef

External links

Memorial website

References

↑ Heard from his grandson, Chanan Benayahu

Chief Rabbinate of Israel

Chief Rabbis of Israel

Ottoman rule

Rishon L'Tzion	Galante (1665–1689) Moses ibn Habib (1689–1696) Moshe Hayun Avraham Yitzhaki (1715–1722) Benjamin Maali Eleazar Nahum (1730–1748) Nissim Mizrahi (1748–1754) Isaac Rapaport (?–?) Israel Algazy (1754–1756) Raphael Meyuchas (1756–1791) Haim ben Asher (1771–1772) Yom Tov Algazy (1772–1802) Moshe Meyuchas (1802–1805) Jacob Aish (1806–1817) Jacob Coral (1817–1819) Joseph Hazzan (1819–1822) Yom Tov Danon (1822–1824) Solomon Suzin (1824–1836) Jonah Navon (1836–1841) Judah Navon (1841–1842)

Hakham Bashi (1842–1918)	Gaggin (1842–1848) Covo (1848–1854) Abulafia (1854–1861) Hazzan (1861–1869) Ashkenazi (1859–1880) R. Panigel (1880–1893) Elyashar (1893–1914) J. Meir E. Panigel (1921–1939) Batito Danon

British Mandate
of Palestine

Haim Moshe Eliashar (acting 1918–1921)

Ashkenazi	Kook (1921–1935) Herzog (1936–1948)

Sephardi	Meir (1921–1939) Uziel (1939–1948)

State of Israel

Ashkenazi	Herzog (1948–1959) Unterman (1964–1973) Goren (1973–1983) Shapira (1983–1993) Y.M. Lau (1993–2003) Metzger (2003–2013) D. Lau (2013– )

Sephardi	Uziel (1948–1954) Nissim (1955–1973) O. Yosef (1973–1983) Eliyahu (1983–1993) Bakshi–Doron (1993–2003) Amar (2003–2013) Y. Yosef (2013– )

Chief Rabbinate Council
(current as of 2008)

Permanent	Metzger Amar Lau Chelouche Cohen Deri

Ashkenazi	Shapira Grossman Glicksburg Rojza Ralbag

Sephardi	Elituv Yosef Arusi Eliyahu Peretz

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 50683994 LCCN: n85334039 ISNI: 0000 0001 1640 2969

Persondata
Name	Nissim, Yitzhak
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1896
Place of birth
Date of death	1981
Place of death

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