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Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.
The Yadid-HaLevi Family
Write the Great Bookידיד הלוי
Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Yadid-HaLevi lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Levitical family of Baghdad and Aleppo, present in the rabbinate and in teaching. Several dayanim and educators in the yeshivot of Baghdad (Beit Zilkha) in the 19th century.
Geographic origin: Bagdad, Alep
Memory register · custodian, not owner
A book yet to be written
The Great Book of the Yadid-HaLevi lineage has not yet been written.
Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.
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Yadid-HaLevi — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/yadid-haleviVariants of the name (3)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin2
YadidYedid
עברית · Hebrew1
ידיד הלוי
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In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Yadid-HaLevi.
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Works & texts (2)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
fin XIXe – début XXe s.
Responsa manuscrits signés (cahiers)
Rabbi Yosef Yedid HaLevi
Manuscrit (responsa) de Rabbi Yosef Yedid HaLevi. (fin XIXe – début XXe s.)
1er vol. 2002
Meir Tov (commentaire sur le Tanakh / Tehillim)
Rabbi Yom Tov Yedid HaLevi
Commentaire biblique de Rabbi Yom Tov Yedid HaLevi. (1er vol. 2002)
Notable figures of the lineage
Places along the journey
Communities crossed
Diaspora regions
IrakSyrieIsraël
The days of this book
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