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Who was this righteous and holy tzaddik, this giant of Sephardic Jewry whose Torah teachings and halachic responsa from Bavel spread throughout the entire Jewish world, influencing Jewish history forever; the one about whom it is said that there is no one in our generation like him in his expertise in the words of kabbalah and the Ari zt&quot;l.<br \/>In this magnificent biography Yehuda Azoulay, author of A Legacy of Leaders Volumes I and II, paints an accurate and vivid portrait of this multi-faceted tzaddik and hacham. Readers will emerge from this book with a most profound understanding of the life and the times of the Ben Ish Hai, as well as an unprecedented appreciation for who this tremendous gadol hador was.<br \/>For more information visit https:\/\/www.sephardiclegacy.com<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Life &amp; Times of Hacham Yosef HaimThe Ben Ish Hai. 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