Jacob ben Joseph Harofe

Jacob ben Joseph Harofe (Hebrew: יעקב בן יוסף הרופא, Ya'aqov ben Yosef the Doctor) (c. 1780[1] – October 2, 1851[2]), also known as Yaakov bar Yosef, was a 19th-century Talmudic scholar and dayan (rabbinic court judge) in Baghdad, Iraq.

He studied under Rabbis Moshe Hayyim, Reuven Nawi, and Nissim Mashliah.

[2] In 1848 he was visited by the Romanian-Jewish traveler Benjamin II, who called him: "Highly respected, by virtue of his fine qualities and broad knowledge".

[2] He was buried in the courtyard of the tomb of Joshua the High Priest in Baghdad.

[4] His son, Joseph, also became a Talmudic scholar; he died on October 21, 1877.