Yitzhak Yosef
Yitzhak Yosef (Hebrew: יצחק יוסף; born 16 January 1952) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia in Jerusalem's Romema neighbourhood.
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef יצחק יוסף | |
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Yosef in 2017 | |
| Title | Rishon LeZion Chief Rabbi of Israel |
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| Born | 16 January 1952 |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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| Predecessor | Shlomo Amar |
| Position | Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel |
| Organisation | Chief Rabbinate of Israel |
| Other | Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia |
Yosef, the son of former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, bases his halakhic (Jewish law) rulings on his father's methodology, which he compiled into a set of books called Yalkut Yosef.
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