more detailed explanation of the reasoning underlying certain decisions. It has been speculated that Hakham Yosef Hayim's insistence on having all his works printed in the Land of Israel prevented this essential work from being published. Ben Yehoyada (Ben Yəhoyadaʻ) and Benayahou: his commentary on the Talmud, considered a basic resource in understanding the Aggada (narrative sections of the Talmud). The Responsa () Rav Pe'alim (Rab Pəʻalim) and Torah Lishmah. (reprinted in 1994) The names Ben Ish Hai, Me-Kabtziel, Rav Pe'alim and Ben Yehoyada derive from 2 Samuel 23:20. He chose these names because he claimed to have been a reincarnation of Benayahu ben Yehoyada (described as Ben Ish Hayil, the son of a valiant man); the man in whose merit, it is said, both the first and second Holy Temples stood. Hakham Yosef Hayim was also noted for his stories and parables. Some are scattered through his halakhic works, but have since been collected and published separately; others were published as separate works in his lifetime, as an alternative to the European-inspired secular literature that was becoming popular at the time. His Qânûn-un-Nisâ (قانون النساء) is a book filled with parables concerning self-improvement. The book, directed towards, but not limited to women, is rare since it was composed in Judeo-Arabic. It was last published in Israel in the 1940s. See also Jonatan Meir, "Toward the Popularization of Kabbalah: R. Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad and the Kabbalists of Jerusalem", Modern Judaism 33(2) (May 2013), pp. 147–172 Kaf HaChaim — a more discursive, and contemporaneous, Sephardi work of Halakha by Rabbi Yaakov Chaim Sofer. Yalkut Yosef, a contemporary Sephardi work of Halakha, based on the rulings of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Yehuda Fatiyah — a student of Yosef Chaim. Ben Ish Hai," - The Life & Times of Hacham Yosef Haim by Yehuda Azoulay References The “Ben Ish Chai” Chacham Yosef Chaim (1834 – 1909), ou.org Great Jewish Leaders, Eliezer C. Abrahamson The Ben Ish Chai, tzemachdovid.org Rabbenu Hakham Ribbi Yoseph Hayyim, benishhai.org Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad, torah.net Benaihu Ben Yehoyada, ascent.org.il Resources Ben Ish Chai text (missing the Introduction) (Hebrew), shechem.org Ben Ish Chai, fulltext, He:Wikisource Ben Ish Chai portrait by Tiefenbrun Ben Ish Chai audio lectures (MP3) Les Fleurs de l'Orient: The Genealogy Site, farhi.org The Halachot of the Ben Ish Hai, transl. S. Hiley, Philipp Feldheim. Golden Apples: Parables Of The Ben Ish Chai , Y. Kahn, Artscroll.