Yihya Qafih
Yihyah a Hebrew given name, a variant of Yehya, Yehia, Yahia, Yahya, Yihye, etc. It may refer to: *Yiḥyah Qafiḥ (1850–1931), Chief Rabbi in Yemen * Yiḥyah Salaḥ, alternatively Yichya Tzalach; Yehiya Saleh), known by the acronym of Maharitz (1713–1805), rabbi in Yemen *Yihya Yitzhak Halevi Yiḥya Yitzḥak Halevi, son of Moshe (Musa) Yitzḥak Halevi ( also commonly known as ''Mori'' Yiḥya Yitzḥak from the house of Yitzḥak Halevi) (1867 – 1932), was a Yemeni born rabbinical scholar who served as one of the last great ...

Yehya
Yehya is a masculine given name, a version of Yahya (name). Notable people with the name include: * Yehya Ablikim (born 1988), Chinese football player * Yehya Bundhun (born 1965), Mauritius sportsman (archery, volleyball) * Mohamad Yehya Al Rashed (born 1982), Syrian football player See also *Yahya (name) *Yihyah Yihyah a Hebrew given name, a variant of Yehya, Yehia, Yahia, Yahya, Yihye, etc. It may refer to: *Yiḥyah Qafiḥ (1850–1931), Chief Rabbi in Yemen * Yiḥyah Salaḥ, alternatively Yichya Tzalach; Yehiya Saleh), known by the acronym of Mah ...

Yehia
Yehia or Yehya is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Yehia Chahine (1917–1994), Egyptian film producer and an actor of film and theater * Yehia El-Fakharany (born 1945), Egyptian actor * Yehia El-Mashad (1932–1980), Egyptian atomic scientist assassinated in Paris * Yehia Hakki (1905–1992), one of the pioneers of the modern literary movement in Egypt * Mohamed Yehia Zakaria (born 1938), pioneer of the beverage industry in the Arab world, co-founder of Pepsi-Cola Dubai (Dubai Refreshments) * Tarek Yehia (born 1961), Egyptian football player {{given name, type=both ...
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Yahia
Yahia (), is a common Arabic male given name also written as Yahya or Yehia. People with the name include: Given name * Yahia al-Houthi (born c. 1965), political leader of the Zaidi rebels in Yemen * Yahia Belaskri (born 1952), Algerian novelist *Yahia Ben Bakr (born 9th century), Mozarab (Iberian Christian living under Muslim domination) figure in Medieval Portugal * Yahia Ben Rabbi (c. 1150–1222), also known as Yahya Ha-Nasi, Yahya Ibn Yaish, Dom Yahia "o Negro", direct descendant of the Exilarchs of Babylon, the eponymous ancestor of the Ibn Yahya family * Yahia Boushaki (1935-1960), Algerian politician and revolutionary *Yehia El-Fakharany (born 1945), Egyptian TV and movie actor * Yahia El-Mekachari (born 1990), Tunisian light heavyweight amateur boxer, Olympian * Yahia Kaidum, Algerian politician * Yahia Kébé (born 1985), Burkinabé football player *Yahia Ouahabi (born 1940), Algerian football player *Yahia Shakmak (born 1985), Libyan basketball player *Yahia Turki (190 ...
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Yahya (name)
''Yahya'' (), also spelled ''Yehya'', is an Arabic male given name. It is an Arabic form of the Aramaic given name ''Yohanan'' () of John the Baptist in Islam, who is considered prophet in Islam, a prophet. For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the Muslim world. The related Biblical name of Jehiah () has the Arabic form ''Yaḥiyyā'' ().,Van Dyck Bible
1 Chronicles 15:24 with the exact Arabic consonantal text as the name Yahya.

Mononym

* Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century), Arab medical writer known in medieval Europe as Johannes Serapion * Yahya ibn Khalid (died 806), Vizier of the Barmakids * Yahya ibn Umar ibn Yahya ibn Husayn ibn Zayd ibn Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali, Alid imam * Yahya ibn al-Batriq (fl. 796–806), translator of Greek scientific texts * Yahya ibn Asad (died 855), ...
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Yihye
Yihye or Yihyeh is a Hebrew given name. A variant is Yihyah. Notable people with the name include: *Yihye Bashiri (died c. 1661), Yemenite Rabbi * Yihye Haybi (1911–1977), Yemenite photographer See also *Yahya (name) ''Yahya'' (), also spelled ''Yehya'', is an Arabic male given name. It is an Arabic form of the Aramaic given name ''Yohanan'' () of John the Baptist in Islam, who is considered prophet in Islam, a prophet. For this reason, Yahya is a comparativel ... {{given name Hebrew-language given names ...
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Yiḥyah Qafiḥ
Yiḥyah Qafiḥ (; also known as Yiḥyah ibn Shalomo el Qafiḥ and as Yahya Kapach (his Hebrew name)) (1850–1931), known also as ''"Ha-Yashish"'' (English: "the Elder"), served as the Chief Rabbi of Sana'a, Yemenite Jews, Yemen in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was one of the foremost Rabbis, rabbinical scholars in Sana'a during that period, and an advocate of reforms in Jewish education. He was also learned in astronomy, and rabbinic astrology and Jewish classical literature. Biography Yihyah Qafih was raised by his grandfather, after being orphaned of his father and mother at around the age of six. As a child, he studied Torah under the great Rabbi, R. Ḥayim Qoraḥ, his deceased mother's nephew. Later, he studied under Rabbi Yiḥya b. Yosef al-Qāreh, from whom he received his ritual-slaughtering license in 1870. Although Rabbi Yihya Qafih served for only one year (1899–1900) as the Chief Rabbi of Yemen (Turk. ''Hakham Bashi, Ḥakham Bāshī'' ...
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Yiḥyah Salaḥ
Rabbi Yiḥya Ṣāleḥ (alternative spellings: Yichya Tzalach; Yehiya Saleh), known by the acronym of Maharitz (, ''Moreinu HaRav Yichya Tzalach''), (1713 – 1805), was one of the greatest exponents of Jewish law known to Yemen. He is the author of a liturgical commentary entitled ''Etz Ḥayyim'' (The Tree of Life), in which he follows closely the legal dicta of Maimonides. Rabbi Yiḥya Ṣāleḥ is widely remembered for his ardent work in preserving Yemenite Jewish customs and traditions, which he articulated so well in his many writings, but also for his adopting certain Spanish rites and liturgies that had already become popular in Yemen. In this regard, he was strongly influenced by the Rabbis of his previous generation, Rabbi Yehudah Sa'adi and Rabbi Yihya al-Bashiri. Initially, Rabbi Yiḥya Ṣāleḥ worked as a blacksmith until the age of thirty, after which he worked as a scrivener of sacred texts (Heb. " sofer"),Sa'arath Teiman, pp. 19-24 before becoming chief juris ...
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