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Isaac S.D. Sassoon

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Isaac S.D. Sassoon is a Sephardic Orthodox rabbi (chakham) and educator. Chakham Sassoon was born into the Sassoon family of London. His initial education was under the tutelage of his father, the renowned scholar Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon, Chakham Yosef Doury, and others. Later studies were at the Gateshead Yeshiva and various yeshivoth in Israel. He holds a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Lisbon. Chakham Sassoon teaches at the Institute of Traditional Judaism-The Metivta.

Selected works

  • Destination Torah ISBN 0-88125-639-0, a commentary on Chumash (Hebrew language edition Ve-ha'arev Na).
  • Costa, Uriel da, Examination of Pharasaic Traditions, ed. and trans. with H.P. Salomon, Brill, Leiden, (1993) [orig. ed. Amsterdam, 1623]
  • The Marrano Factory, with HP. Salomon, Leiden, 2001
  • Siddur Ve-ha'arev Na (2007), a prayerbook according to the Syrian nusach.

Articles

  • The Relevance for Today of Uriel Da Costa's 'Examination of Pharisaic Traditions' , Studia Rosenthaliana, vol. 28, no. 1 (1994)
  • Et Lirpoh (A Time to Heal), Hadoar, vol. 82, no. 4 (2004).
  • Review essay[1] on Agunot entitled Ra'ah Ma'aseh Ve'Nizkar Halakhah, Judaism, vol. 54, nos. 1-2 (2005)

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