Meir Benayahu ז״ל
Tel Aviv University, Jewish History, Department Member
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Jewish History, Department Memberadd
- [This page is curated by Mr. Menachem Butler of Cambridge, MA.] Rabbi Prof. Meir Benayahu ז״ל was a distinguished I... more[This page is curated by Mr. Menachem Butler of Cambridge, MA.]
Rabbi Prof. Meir Benayahu ז״ל was a distinguished Israeli scholar and historian with deep roots in religious leadership, being the son of the Rishon LeZion and Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim (1896-1981). A cornerstone of the Ben-Zvi Institute for Research on Oriental Jewish Communities from its inception in 1947, he rose to its directorship in 1964. Throughout his academic career, he prolifically explored and documented the intricacies of Jewish communities in Oriental countries. In the latter part of his career, from 1985 onwards, he headed the Yad Ha-Rav Nissim Research Institute, established as a memorial to his father.
Rabbi Prof. Meir Benayahu's commitment to uniting the essence of traditional Torah studies with modern academic methodologies was recognized in 2004 when he was conferred the Emet Prize.
He passed away in 2009.edit
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Meir Benayahu, “The Positions of Rabbi Moses Zacut and Rabbi Samuel Aboab on the Controversies about Conversos from Portugal Who Returned to Judaism,” in Daniel Carpi, ed., Shlomo Simonsohn Jubilee Volume: Studies on the History of the... more
Meir Benayahu, “The Positions of Rabbi Moses Zacut and Rabbi Samuel Aboab on the Controversies about Conversos from Portugal Who Returned to Judaism,” in Daniel Carpi, ed., Shlomo Simonsohn Jubilee Volume: Studies on the History of the Jews in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Period (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University Press, 1993), 29-44 (Hebrew)