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The Ben Ish Chai, "Son [of] Man [who] Lives", (actual Hebrew name Yosef Chaim) was a Sephardic Judaism rabbi (chacham) who lived in (Baghdad from 1832 to 1909). He is best known by the name of the work of Halakha (Jewish law) that he authored the Ben Ish Chai. Chaim succeeded his father as Rabbi of Baghdad at age 25, on his father's death.
The Ben Ish Chai is considered by some, to be the "Sephardi Kitzur Shulchan Aruch" - it is the standard reference in Sephardi homes and is used in Sephardi yeshivot. Due to the popularity of this book, Chaim came to be known as "The Ben Ish Chai", by which he is referred to universally today.
Chaim is also the author of the Sheelot U-Teshuvot (Responsa) Rav Pe'alim and Torah Lishmah as well as the works of Aggada Yehoyada and Mekabtziel
External links
- Great Jewish Leaders (http://members.aol.com/LazerA/BenIshChai.htm), Eliezer C. Abrahamson
- Ben Ish Chai (http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tpersonality/The), tzemachdovid.org
- full text (http://www.shechem.org/torah/benishhi/index.html), (Hebrew) shechem.org
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