Life & contribution
Baghdad-born rabbi and kabbalist remembered for his scholarship in traditional Jewish mystical literature.
Detailed biography & historical context
Baghdad-born rabbi and kabbalist remembered for his scholarship in traditional Jewish mystical literature.
The documented record currently assembled for Yitzhak Kaduri includes the following: Baghdad-born kabbalist who moved to Jerusalem in the early twentieth century and became associated with the Iraqi-Sephardi mystical tradition there. In Jerusalem he was connected with kabbalistic study circles and later led the Nahalat Yitzhak yeshiva; reports of his exact birth year vary.
This biography belongs to the long Baghdadi rabbinic tradition centered on study houses, courts and communal institutions. The figure is significant not only for personal scholarship but also for the transmission of Iraqi Jewish religious learning across generations and, later, across diaspora communities.
Archive classification: Rabbinic & Kabbalistic Leadership. Recorded life dates/status: c. 1898–2006.
This profile synthesizes the documentary sources listed below; where the record is limited or contested, the dossier avoids unsupported detail.
Additional documented context
- Baghdad-born kabbalist who moved to Jerusalem in the early twentieth century and became associated with the Iraqi-Sephardi mystical tradition there.
- In Jerusalem he was connected with kabbalistic study circles and later led the Nahalat Yitzhak yeshiva; reports of his exact birth year vary.
Documentary references
Additional biographical details are tied to the source records below.
Permanent ID · IJHDA-PER-0025
This biographical figure record is integrated into Discover Jewish Iraq from the Virtual Embassy’s Iraqi Jewish heritage collection.