Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was a preeminent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi, halachic authority, and spiritual leader of the Shas movement, renowned for his extensive legal writings and influential religious rulings.

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instanceOf Chief Rabbi ⓘ
Sephardi Jew ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
posek ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
awardReceived EMET Prize (Torah and Talmud) ⓘ
Israel Prize ⓘ
Israel Prize for Torah literature ⓘ
linked to: Israel Prize
birthCountry Iraq ⓘ
birthDate 1920-09-24 ⓘ
birthPlace Baghdad ⓘ
burialPlace Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Israel ⓘ
dateAwarded Israel Prize for Torah literature: 1970 ⓘ
linked to: Israel Prize
deathDate 2013-10-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Porat Yosef Yeshiva ⓘ
endTime as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Yafo: 1973 ⓘ
as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel: 1983 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mizrahi Jews ⓘ
Sephardi Jews ⓘ
familyName Yosef ⓘ
fieldOfWork Halakha ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Sephardic halakhic tradition ⓘ
givenName Ovadia ⓘ
influenced Sephardic rabbinic establishment in Israel ⓘ
Shas political leadership ⓘ
linked to: Shas
influencedBy Ben-Zion Abba Shaul ⓘ
Yosef Chaim of Baghdad ⓘ
knownFor extensive responsa literature ⓘ
halakhic rulings regarding Ba'alei Teshuva ⓘ
halakhic rulings regarding Ethiopian Jews ⓘ
influential rulings on agunot after the Yom Kippur War ⓘ
lenient halakhic rulings within traditional framework ⓘ
restoring prestige of Sephardic Jewry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movement Shas ⓘ
name Ovadia Yosef ⓘ
linked to: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
notableWork Halichot Olam ⓘ
Yabia Omer ⓘ
Yechaveh Da'at ⓘ
numberOfChildren 11 ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Yafo ⓘ
Rishon LeZion ⓘ
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Jerusalem ⓘ
Tel Aviv ⓘ
role spiritual leader of Shas ⓘ
spouse Margalit Fattal Yosef ⓘ
startTime as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Yafo: 1968 ⓘ
as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel: 1973 ⓘ

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ש״ס → founder → Ovadia Yosef ⓘ
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Yitzhak Yosef → father → Ovadia Yosef ⓘ
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Aryeh Deri → associatedWith → Sephardic Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ⓘ
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