Dayan, Yosef
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Name (Hebrew)
דיין, יוסף בן אברהם
Name (Latin)
Dayan, Yosef
Other forms of name
Dayan, Yosef
Dayan, Yosef ben Avraham
Dayan, Iosef
Dayan, Yossi, Rabbi
דיין, יוסף
דין, יוסף בן אברהם
Date of birth
1945
Place of birth
Mexico City (Mexico)
Place of residence/headquarters
Psagot (West Bank)
Occupation
Rabbis Authors Translators
Associated Language
spa heb
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- ספר: אין לקולונל מי שיכתב אליו, תשל"ה
- הכתר מקראות גדולות יהושע, 1991:דף השער (יוסף דיין), עמוד [2] (מוקדש לזכרו של מור אבי ר' אברהם דיין)
- Yosef Dayan, born Mexico in 1945, is a rabbi and the author of several books in Hebrew, Spanish and Italian. He also worked to translate modern Spanish literature into Hebrew. ( (Wikipedia, viewed 07 October 2018) )
- Yosef Dayan is a member of the Senate of Lishkat HaGazit. He was born in Mexico City and came to Israel in 1968. He is a scholar who has published several volumes of the huge enterprise Mikraot Gedolot Haketer, the new edition of the Tanach. He has also translated the best of Spanish literature into Hebrew. Currently living in Pesagot, he was for many years Rabbi Meir Kahane's right hand man. He is a prominent member of the Dayan family of Aleppo, who claim descent from King David. ( (Lishkat HaGazit website, viewed 07 October 2018) )
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Wikipedia description:
Yosef Dayan (Hebrew: יוסף דיין; born 1945) is a Mexican-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, author and right-wing Israeli monarchist and nationalist, who claims to be the most senior heir to the Davidic line. He is the founder and director of Malchut Israel, a religious right-wing political party which advocates for a monarchy in Israel. In 2004, Dayan became a founding member of the newly reconstituted Sanhedrin.
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