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Name Origin

Yosef is a Hebrew given name meaning 'God will increase' or 'May God add.'

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Famous People

Yosef ben Mattityahu

Patriarch of the Jewish people in the Bible

  • Father of Judah, from whom the Tribe of Judah descended and the Davidic lineage originated

Yosef Caro (1488-1535)

Rabbi and author of the Shulchan Aruch

  • Codified Jewish law in his seminal work, the Shulchan Aruch

Yosef Haim Brenner (1888-1921)

Writer and poet

  • Considered a pioneer of modern Hebrew literature