Ben Zion Abba Shaul

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Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Personal
Born	31 July 1924 Jerusalem
Died	13 July 1998(1998-07-13) (aged 73) Jerusalem
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Hadassah Shaharbani
Children	Eliyahu
Parent(s)	Eliyahu and Benaya Abba Shaul
Alma mater	Porat Yosef Yeshiva
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Rabbi Yehuda Tzadka
Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva	Porat Yosef Yeshiva
Began	1983
Ended	1998
Buried	Sanhedria Cemetery

Ben Zion Abba Shaul (Hebrew: בן-ציון אבא-שאול‎; 31 July 1924 – 13 July 1998; on the Hebrew calendar: 29 Tammuz 5684 – 19 Tammuz 5758) (first name also spelled Ben Sion) was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars and halakhic arbiters of his day, and the rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem for the last 15 years of his life. He was responsible for a religious revival among Sephardic Jews with his founding of Ma'ayan HaChinuch HaTorani, a network of Torah schools for Sephardic children in Israel, and was widely known for his ability to give blessings that were fulfilled.^[1]