Born in Yemen in 1902, he immigrated to Palestine in 1909, where he became one of the leaders of the Yemenite community in Israel. In 1922, he founded Degel Hazvi, a charitable association for Yemenite Jews in Jerusalem. A graduate of the Mizrahi seminary in Jerusalem in 1925, R. Hubashi served for many years as principal of the Tora Or Yemenite school in Jerusalem. As representative of the Yemenite Association in the Land of Israel and member of the Provisional Council of State, R. Hubashi was one of the 37 signatories of The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel on Iyyar 4th, 5708 - May 14th, 1948. In 1970, he was appointed Chief Rabbi of the Yemenite congregation in New York.

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The Signatories of the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel

The Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel - May 14, 1948