Benaiah (person)

The Ben Ish Hai (Haham Yosef Hayyim) of Baghdad taught that he was a gilgul, a reincarnation, of the soul of Benayahu ben Yehoyada. This is why many of his most prominent books were named from words in the passuk (passage) Shmuel II 23:20 describing Benayahu. He even visited Benayahu's grave when he visited Israel in 1869.

The Haham Hayyim's books which were named after Benayahu are as follows:

• Rav Pealim - His compiled Halachic responsa.
• Ben Yehoyada - Explanations of Aggada in the Talmud.
• Benayahu - Lectures about the Holidays.
• Ben Ish Hai - His most famous work, an amazing synthesis of Halacha and Derasha.
• Ben Ish Chayil - Small sampling of his lectures on four special Shabbatoth of the year: The ones before Pesah, Shavuoth, Purim, and Yom Kippur
• Mekabetz'el

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