Yitzhak Kovo

Yitzhak Ben-Hezekiah Yosef Kovo
Personal
Born	1770 Salonica, Ottoman Empire
Died	1854 Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality	Ottoman Empire Jew
Notable work(s)	Mishnah, Talmud, Shulchan Aruch, responsa
Known for	Succeeded Chaim Abraham Gagin as hacham bashi
Occupation	Rabbi, hacham bashi

Yitzhak Ben-Hezekiah Yosef Kovo (1770–1854) was born in the large Sephardi community of Ottoman Salonica and later settled in Jerusalem. In 1848, he succeeded Chaim Abraham Gagin as hacham bashi aged 78. Throughout his career he went on fundraising missions to Poland, London and Egypt. In 1854, he died while in Alexandria. He authored many works on the Mishnah, Talmud and Shulchan Aruch and wrote responsa.

Sources

• Tidhar, David (1947). "Yitzhak Kovo" הרב יצחק קובו. Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel (in Hebrew). Vol. 14. Estate of David Tidhar and Touro College Libraries. p. 4544.
• Gaon, M.D. (1938) Yehudei ha-Mizrach be-Eretz Yisrael, Vol. 2, pg. 623–626.