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Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף , romanized: Ovadya Yosef, Arabic: عبد الله يوسف, romanized: ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) 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 ...
- The ‘guilt’ of Jewish victims of the Holocaust: “The six million Holocaust victims were reincarnations of the souls of sinners, people who transgressed and did all sorts of things which should not be done.
- Hurricane Katrina as divine punishmen t for godlessness and American support for the disengagement from Gaza: “There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there isn’t enough Torah study… Black people reside there [New Orleans].
- The purpose of Gentiles — to serve Jews: “Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel.”
- On making peace with Arabs: “How can you make peace with a snake?” “Those evildoers, the Arabs — it says in the Gemara [Talmud] that God is sorry he ever created those sons of Ishmael.”
Oct 7, 2013 · Ovadia Yosef was a prominent and influential rabbi who combined religious and political authority in Israel. He was known for his liberal rulings on Jewish law, his controversial statements, and his role in founding the Shas party.
Oct 7, 2013 · Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, preeminent authority on Jewish law and political mentor to many in Israel’s Sephardic Jewish community, passed away on Monday, Oct. 7. He was 93.
Oct 7, 2013 · JERUSALEM — Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who became a fiery figure in Israeli politics as the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, championing the interests of Jews of Middle Eastern and...
Haim Ovadia Yosef was a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and one of the foremost Talmudic authorities of his generation. Yosef (born September 23, 1920; died October 7, 2013) was born in Baghdad under the name Ovadia Yosef Ovadia, or Abdullah Youseff in his native Arabic.
Oct 7, 2013 · Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who died on Monday at the age of 93, was one of the most respected arbiters of Jewish law of this generation and the spiritual leader of the Shas movement since its inception...
