- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- See also
- References
This list of Sephardi chief rabbis of the Land of Israel documents the rabbis who served as the spiritual leader of the Sephardic community in the Land of Israel from the mid 17th-century to present. The Hebrew title for the position, Rishon LeZion, (lit. "First to Zion"), has been used since the beginning of the 17th-century, and is sourced from a verse in Isaiah 41:27. Between 1842 and 1920 the position of Hakham Bashi of Palestine was officially recognised by the Ottoman Empire. 17th century- Moshe ben Yonatan Galante (1665–?)
- Moshe ibn Habib (1689–1696)
18th century- Avraham Ben David Yitzhaki (1709–1729)[1]
- Eliezer Ben Yaakov Nachum (c. 1730)
- Nissim Chaim Moshe Mizrachi (1748–1749)
- Israel Yaakov Algazi (c. 1754)
- Raphael Shmuel Meyuchas (1756–1771)
- Chaim Raphael Avraham Ben Asher (1771–1772)
- Yom Tov Algazi (1772–1802)
19th century- Moshe Yosef Mordechai Meyuchas (1802–1806)
- Yaakov Moshe Ayash al-Maghrebi (1806–1817)
- Yaakov Korach (1817–1818)
- Raphael Yosef Hazan (1819–1821)
- Yom Tov Danon (1822–1823)
- Shlomo Moses Suzin (1824–1836)
- Yonah Moshe Navon (1836–1841)
- Yehuda Raphael Navon (1841–1842)
- Chaim Avraham Gagin (1842–1848) - first Hakham Bashi of Palestine recognized by Ottoman government.
- Yitzhak Kovo (1848–1854)
- Chaim Nissim Abulefia (1854–1861)
- Chaim David Hazan (1861–1869)
- Avraham Ashkenazi (1869–1880)
- Raphael Meir Panigel (1880–1892)
- Yaakov Shaul Elyashar (1893–1906)
20th century- Yaakov Meir (1906)
- Eliyahu Moshe Panigel (1907)
- Moshe Franco (1911–1915)
- Chaim Moshe Elyashur (1914–1915)
- Nissin Yehuda Danun (1915–?)
- Yaakov Meir (1921–1939)
- Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel (1939–1954)
- Yitzhak Nissim (1955–1972)
- Ovadia Yosef (1973–1983)
- Mordechai Eliyahu (1983–1993)
- Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (1993–2003)
21st century- Shlomo Amar (2003—2013 )
- Yitzhak Yosef (2013—)
See also- List of Jewish leaders in the Land of Israel
- Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
- Old Yishuv
{{Sephardi Jews topics}}References1. ^{{cite book|author1=Dov Noy|author2=Ellen Frankel|author3=Dan Ben-Amos|location=Haifa, Israel|title=Folktales of the Jews|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKceGfr-al4C&pg=PA38|accessdate=18 October 2011|year=2007|publisher=Jewish Publication Society|isbn=978-0-8276-0829-0|page=38}}
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