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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 ...
Oct 9, 2013 · Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who died Monday at 93, was a revered halachic scholar whose rulings found solutions for Jews caught in complex situations, brought countless Jews back to Torah observance, and...
Oct 7, 2013 · Ovadia Yosef, an outspoken rabbi who combined religious and political leadership into a role as one of the most powerful religious figures in Israel’s history, died Monday. He was 93.
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...
