Yihya Yitzhak Halevi

Mori Yiḥya Yitzḥak Halevi
Title	Chief Rabbi of Yemen
Personal
Born	יחיא יצחק הלוי‎ 1867 Sana'a
Died	1932 Sana'a
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Yemeni
Children	Shalom Yitzḥak Halevi, chief rabbi in Tel Aviv
Parent	Moshe (Musa) (father)
Denomination	Baladi-rite
Profession	Rabbi and Judge
Occupation	Ritual slaughterer, tanner
Jewish leader
Profession	Rabbi and Judge
Position	Av Beit Din (1902–1932)
Organisation	Rabbinic court at Sana'a
Buried	Sana'a
Residence	Sana'a

Yiḥya Yitzḥak Halevi, son of Moshe (Musa) Yitzḥak Halevi (Hebrew: יחיא יצחק הלוי 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 scholars and chief jurists of the rabbinic court at Ṣan‘ā’, which post he held for nearly thirty years,^[1] a time interrupted only during the siege laid to the city (Dec. 1904—Jan. 1906) by loyal Yemeni forces under Imām Yaḥyā Ḥamīd ad-Dīn (1904—1948) in their bid to oust the Ottoman Turks who then controlled the city. The Rabbi, meanwhile, had fled with his family to Dhamar.^[2]