Kevarim and nesios across Europe and Asia — a section of White Glove Kosher Travel.
Kever · Izmir (Smyrna) · Turkey
רבי חיים פאלאג׳י
Rabbi Chaim Palachi
The Chikekei Lev — Chacham Bashi of Izmir
Who he was
Born in Izmir in 1788 and Chacham Bashi — chief rabbi — of the city. He wrote prolifically in halachah and mussar; the Kaf HaChaim here is his and is not the later sefer of the same name by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. His kever is the most visited in the cemetery.
Visitor experience
Practical notes from visitors — access, directions, and the condition of the site.
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- Seforim
- חקקי לב · כף החיים · תוכחת חיים
- Yahrzeit
- י״ז שבט · 10 February 1868
- Buried in
- Gürçeşme — kever of Rabbi Chaim PalachiIzmir (Smyrna) · Turkey
Also buried there
- Son of the Chikekei Lev, and rov of Izmir after him · Rabbi Avraham Palachi