Ovadia Yosef
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's ultra-Orthodox Shas party. 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".
Ovadia Yosef עובדיה יוסף | |
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Yosef in 2007 | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Abdullah Youssef September 24, 1920 |
| Died | October 7, 2013 (aged 93) |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | Margalit Fattal |
| Children | 11, including Yitzhak Yosef, Ya'akov 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 |
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