Ben Ish Chai (R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad)

Chacham Yosef Chaim understood that cut-and-dry Torah law would not appeal to many, so the bulk of his discourses were coupled with Kabbalah and Aggadah. He helped his followers make associations between Biblical lore and the law, so their hearts would be...

Applicant A was a manager of a successful retail establishment. Applicant B was an entrepreneur who failed to show a profit. Whom do you hire?

Elul 13 is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad (1835-1909), the renowned Sephardic Halachic authority and Kabbalist, known as "Ben Ish Chai" after his work by that name. Links: The Ben Ish Chai, A Biography The Ultimate Employee (from the teachi...

The Jewish people have never stopped studying Torah, regardless of whether we’ve lived in times of prosperity or persecution . . .

Halakhah refers to Jewish law. Per its literal translation, “the way,” halachah guides the day-to-day life of a Jew.