Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef | |
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עובדיה יוסף | |
Yosef in the synagogue below his house | |
| Title | Rishon LeZion |
| Personal life | |
| Born | September 24, 1920 |
| Died | October 7, 2013 (aged 93) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Buried | Sanhedria Cemetery |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | Margalit Yosef (Fattal) |
| Children | 11, including Yitzhak Yosef, Ya'akov Yosef, David Yosef and Adina Bar-Shalom |
| Parent(s) | Yaakov and Gorjiya Ovadia |
| Dynasty | Yosef family |
| Alma mater | Porat Yosef Yeshiva |
| Occupation | Author, Politician, Rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and recognized halakhic authority |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Sephardi Haredi Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Yitzhak Nissim |
| Successor | Mordechai Eliyahu |
| Position | Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel |
| Organisation | Chief Rabbinate of Israel |
| Began | 1972 |
| Ended | 1983 |
| Other | Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv Spiritual leader of the Shas political party |
| Residence | Jerusalem |
| Dynasty | Yosef family |
| Semikhah | Ben Zion Hai Uziel |
Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף, romanized: Ovadya Yosef, Arabic: عبد الله يوسف, romanized: ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013), also known as Maran (Hebrew: מרן; lit. 'Our Master'), was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, hakham, posek, and the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1972 to 1983. Also known as Gadol Yisrael ("great one of Israel"), Yosef is regarded as one of the most influential Sephardic religious authorities of all time. He was also a founder and longtime spiritual leader of Israel's religious Shas party. Yosef's responsa were highly regarded in Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, which considered him "the most important living halakhic authority".