Rabbi Hayim David HaLevi (1924/5-1998), also written Haim David ha-Levi, etc. (הרב חיים דוד הלוי), was Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yaffo. He was born in Jerusalem and studied under Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva. When R. Uziel was appointed Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he hired R. HaLevi as his personal secretary and as a close student. He then served as the rabbi of various cities in Israel:

• Romema, Jerusalem.
• Served in IDF during War of Independence
• Rishon Le-Zion (as Chief Rabbi of that city, 1951-1973)
• Israel's Chief Rabbinate Council (beginning in 1964)
• Tel Aviv-Yaffo (beginning in 1973, taking over from R. Ovadia Yosef).