Machon
Moshe
The
Legacy of Rabbi Yosef Kapach
Rabbi
Yosef Kapach was universally recognized as the leading translator and editor
of the Rambam in recent generations. His mastery of classical Arabic allowed
him to return to the Rambam's manuscripts of the commentary on the Mishna
and the Guide for the Perplexed and to review the translations of Ibn Tibbon
on which all later generations had relied. His familiarity with the world
of the Rambam and his contemporaries allowed him to check sources and the
Rambam's own commentary of the Mishna Torah and to create an entirely new
scholarly edition. These same skills enabled him to edit new editions of
Rav Saadya Gaon and Rav Yehuda HaLevi (author of the Kuzari) from the original
Arabic.
In
addition Rabbi Kapach was a Dayan, a member of the high Rabbinical Court
and the outstanding leader of the Yemenite community in Israel. Machon
Mishnat HaRambam, his publishing institute was founded in 1984.
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