Raphael Yair Elnadav

Rabbi Raphael Yair Elnadav (born 1921 in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine; died December 11, 2011 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) was a cantor (hazzan) known for his recordings of Sephardic piyyutim (religious poems) and songs, as a composer, and as an expert in Sephardic liturgy. He lived in Tel Aviv from 1950 until 1956 where he served as the chief hazan at Congregation Ohel Moed, the largest Sephardic synagogue in the city at the time. He served as Chief Rabbi of Cuba from 1956 until 1959. From 1959 until 1980 he was the chief cantor at Congregation Shaare Zion in Brooklyn.