Hayyim Habshush
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Rabbi Hayyim Habshush (c. 1833-1899) was a coppersmith by trade, and a noted nineteenth century historiographer of Yemenite Jewry
. He also served as a guide for the Jewish-French Orientalist and traveler Joseph Halévy
, “twenty three years later (in 1893), Habshush began to write up the account of Halévy’s journey, first in Hebrew, and then, at the request of Edward Glaser, in his native language, the Judæo-Arabic dialect of Yemen.” As a prominent member of the Jewish community in Yemen, R' Habshush served as one of the principal leaders of the Dor Deah movement alongside Rabbi Yihhyah Qafahh
, and Sa'id 'Arusi.
Yemenite Jews
Yemenite Jews are those Jews who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen . Between June 1949 and September 1950, the overwhelming majority of Yemen's Jewish population was transported to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet...
. He also served as a guide for the Jewish-French Orientalist and traveler Joseph Halévy
Joseph Halévy
Joseph Halévy was an Ottoman born Jewish-French Orientalist and traveller.He did his most notable work was done in Yemen, which he crossed during 1869 to 1870 in search of Sabaean inscriptions, no European having traversed that land since AD 24; the result was a most valuable collection of 800...
, “twenty three years later (in 1893), Habshush began to write up the account of Halévy’s journey, first in Hebrew, and then, at the request of Edward Glaser, in his native language, the Judæo-Arabic dialect of Yemen.” As a prominent member of the Jewish community in Yemen, R' Habshush served as one of the principal leaders of the Dor Deah movement alongside Rabbi Yihhyah Qafahh
Yihhyah Qafahh
Yiḥyah Qafiḥ served as the Chief Rabbi of Sana'a, Yemen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...
, and Sa'id 'Arusi.
Published works
- Masot Habshush (Hebrew: מסעות חבשוש lit. "The Journeys of Habshush" ) The travels of R' Hayyim ben Yahya alongside Joseph Halévy in Yemen and the life of Arabs and Jews living there (republished in 1941 as edited by S.D. GoiteinShelomo Dov GoiteinShelomo Dov Goitein was a German-Jewish ethnographer, historian and Arabist known for his research on Jewish life in the Islamic Middle Ages.-Biography:...
).
- Korot Yisrael b'Teiman (Hebrew: קורות ישראל בתימן lit. "The Annals of the Israelites in Yemen") A history of the Jews in Yemen during the 17th and 18th Century CE.
See also
- Yemenite JewsYemenite JewsYemenite Jews are those Jews who live, or whose recent ancestors lived, in Yemen . Between June 1949 and September 1950, the overwhelming majority of Yemen's Jewish population was transported to Israel in Operation Magic Carpet...
- Dor DaimDor DaimThe Dardaim or Dor daim , are adherents of the Dor Deah movement in Judaism. That movement was founded in 19th century Yemen by Rabbi Yiḥyah Qafiḥ, and had its own network of synagogues and schools.Its objects were:...
- Dor Daim and Iqshim
- R' Yihhyah QafahhYihhyah QafahhYiḥyah Qafiḥ served as the Chief Rabbi of Sana'a, Yemen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...