Moshiach Is On His Way

הרב עובדיה: המשיח יפסוק כמו הספרדים

בשיעורו השבועי שעסק בהלכות ראש השנה, התייחס הרב עובדיה יוסף להבדלים בין העדות וקבע שכל אחד צריך להיצמד למנהגיו עד בוא המשיח - "ואז האשכנזים יחזרו בתשובה"

קובי נחשוני

YNet Hebrew News

In his weekly shiur in Jerusalem, which focused on hilchos tekiyas shofar, HaRav Ovadiya Yosef touched on the differences between Ashkenazi and Sephardic halachic authorities.

“Every individual must follow his forefathers’ custom…Al titosh torat imecha…Elu v’elu divrei Elokim chayim. But when Moshiach comes, everybody will follow the Sephardic custom,” he said. The remark was consistent with HaRav Ovadiya’s approach and the halachic transformation he has led in the past generation, uniting Sephardic Jews under the halachic rulings of Maran Hashulchon Oruch zy”o.

“We cannot know with certainty until Moshiach comes and brings everyone together as one. Only Moshiach will be able to do that,” he said.

In the past HaRav Ovadiya has been known to advise yeshiva students who are uncertain which set of customs to follow that the "shita of the Mechaber" takes precedence in Eretz Yisroel.

As reported at VosIzNeias news