Chacham Ovadiah Yosef zt"l

הרב עובדיה בן יעקב יוסף זצ"ל

Cheshvan 3 , 5774

Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel

Father's Name: Yaakov Ovadiah

HaRav Ovadia Yosef (3 Cheshvan 2013), born in Baghdad, Iraq, was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983, and the founder and long-time spiritual leader of Israel's "Shas" political party. His decisions and responsa in Jewish Law have influenced an entire generation of Sephardic rabbis, and are often consulted by Torah scholars across the spectrum.

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