Dedication

pp v-vi

Preface and Acknowledgements

pp vii-x

Contents

pp xi-xii

Note on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text

pp xiii-xiv

List of Abbreviations

pp xv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-16

PART I - HARBINGERS OF UPHEAVAL

pp 17-18

1 - Sadkah Houssin's Struggle for Control over the Baghdad Community

pp 19-29

2 - Raphael Solomon Laniado and the Struggle in Aleppo against the Inheritance of the Rabbinate

pp 30-52

PART II - RABBIS OF THE REFORM

pp 53-54

3 - The Saga of Raphael Kassin: From Ḥakham Bashi in Baghdad to Reform Rabbi in Aleppo

pp 55-78

4 - The Baghdad Community Torn between Rabbis Samoha and Dangoor

pp 79-111

5 - Abraham Dweck Hakohen (Khalousi): The Last Ḥakham Bashi Born in Aleppo

pp 112-143

6 - Yitshak Abulafia's Troubled Path to Rabbinic Office in Damascus

pp 144-167

7 - The Appointment and Deposition of Rabbi Yitshak Abulafia

pp 168-198

PART III - RABBIS OF THE REVOLUTION

pp 199-200

8 - The Appointment and Removal of Rabbi Solomon Eli’ezer Mercado Alfandari in Damascus

pp 201-233

9 - Jacob Danon's Appointment as Chief Rabbi of Damascus and its Consequences

pp 234-271

10 - Hezekiah Shabetai's Struggle against Deposition in Aleppo

pp 272-308

11 - The Removal of the Ḥakham Bashi of Baghdad, David Pappo, by the Young Turks

pp 309-333

Epilogue

pp 334-344

Glossary

pp 345-350

Bibliography

pp 351-366

Index

pp 367-380