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    Hakham (or Chakam(i), Haham(i), Hacham(i), Hach; Hebrew: חכם, romanized: ḥāḵām, lit. 'Wise') is a term in Judaism meaning a wise or skillful man; it often...
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    Hakham Bashi - חכם באשי (Ottoman Turkish: حاخامباشی, Turkish: Hahambaşı, IPA: [haˈham baˈʃɯ]; Ladino: xaxam (חכם) baši; translated into French as: khakham-bachi)...
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    Amos Hakham (Hebrew: עמוס חכם) (1921 – 2 August 2012) was the first winner of the International Bible Contest, who went on to become a Bible scholar and...
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    Rabbi Shimon Hakham (Hebrew: שמעון חכם; 1843, Bukhara- 1910, Jerusalem) was a Bukharan rabbi residing in Jerusalem who promoted literacy by translating...
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  • Yedidia Shofet (also spelled Shophet, and often referred to as Hakham Yedidia; November 14, 1908 – June 24, 2005) was the former Chief Rabbi of Iran and...
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  • הקראים) were: Hakham Moshe El-Kodsi (1856–1872) Hakham Shlomo Ben Afeda Ha-Kohen (1873–1875) Hakham Shabbatai Mangoubi (1876–1906) Hakham Aharon Kefeli...
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  • (1873–1961), ḥakham of the Lithuanian Karaite community Sima Babovich (1790–1855), ḥakham of the Crimean Karaites Mordecai Alfandari (1929–1999), Ḥakham, known...
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  • Jacob Abendana (1630 – 12 September 1685) was hakham of London from 1680 until his death. Abendana was the eldest son of Joseph Abendana and brother to...
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  • Isaac S. D. Sassoon (born 1946) is a Sephardic rabbi (hakham), scholar and educator. Hakham Sassoon, who is currently one of the leading scholars in the...
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  • The late Ḥakham Immanuel Massouda (the first Chief Karaite Ḥakham in Israel since 1948) met him shortly afterward and gave him a Ḥakham's cap (hat) as...
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