Ovadia Yosef עובדיה יוסף | |
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 Ovadia Yosef in the synagogue below his house | |
| Personal | |
| Born | September 24, 1920 |
| Died | October 7, 2013 (aged 93) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | Margalit Fattal |
| Children | 11, including Yitzhak Yosef, Ya'akov Yosef, David Yosef and Adina Bar-Shalom |
| Parent(s) | Yaakov and Gorjiya Ovadia |
| Denomination | Sephardi Haredi Judaism |
| Alma mater | Porat Yosef Yeshiva |
| Occupation | Author, Politician, Rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and recognized halakhic authority |
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| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Yitzhak Nissim |
| Successor | Mordechai Eliyahu |
| Position | Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel |
| Organisation | Chief Rabbinate of Israel |
| Began | 1973 |
| Ended | 1983 |
| Other | Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Spiritual leader of the Shas political party |
| Buried | Sanhedria Cemetery |
| Residence | Jerusalem |
| Semikhah | Rabbi Ben Zion Hai Uziel[1] |
Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף, romanized: Ovadya Yosef, Arabic: عبد الله يوسف, romanized: ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf;[2] September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013)[3] was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, a posek, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and a founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party.[4][5] Yosef's responsa were highly regarded within Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, among whom he was regarded as "the most important living halakhic authority".[6]
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- ^ "Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef dies at 93". The Jerusalem Post. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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