Yitzhak Kovo Explained

Yitzhak Ben-Hezekiah Yosef Kovo
Birth Date:1770
Birth Place:Salonica, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:1854
Death Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality: Jew
Occupation:Rabbi, hacham bashi
Known For:Succeeded Chaim Abraham Gagin as hacham bashi
Notable Works:Mishnah, Talmud, Shulchan Aruch, responsa

Yitzhak Ben-Hezekiah Yosef Kovo (1770–1854) was born in the large Sephardi community of Ottoman Salonica and later settled in Jerusalem. In 1848, he succeeded Chaim Abraham Gagin as hacham bashi aged 78. Throughout his career he went on fundraising missions to Poland, London and Egypt. In 1854, he died while in Alexandria. He authored many works on the Mishnah, Talmud and Shulchan Aruch and wrote responsa.

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