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Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עובדיה יוסף, romanized: Ovadya Yosef, Arabic: عبد الله يوسف, romanized: ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf; [2] September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) [3] 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.
Shas (Hebrew: ש״ס) is a Haredi religious political party in Israel. [12] Founded in 1984 under the leadership of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until his death in October 2013, it primarily represents the interests of Sephardic and Mizrahi Haredi Jews.
The Yosef family is an Israeli family noted for prominent Mizrahi Rabbis, and for its involvement in Israeli politics through the Shas political party. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973-1983 and founder of Shas, was considered the pre-eminent leader of Mizrahi Jews during and after his lifetime.
Funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: October 7, 2013 Israel: Jerusalem: 850,000 [131] [132] State funeral of Võ Nguyên Giáp: October 12–13, 2013 Vietnam: Hanoi: at least 1,000,000 [133] Commemoration of Nelson Mandela: December 10–15, 2013 South Africa: Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Qunu: at least 1,000 [134] [135] (state funeral) at least ...
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The most important and influential leader of present-day Sephardic Haredi community in Israel was Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, former Chief Rabbi of Israel and the spiritual leader of the Shas political party. He was considered the foremost religious authority by most Sephardic Yeshivas, especially large and influential ones such as Porat Yosef.
Yitzhak Yosef (Hebrew: יצחק יוסף; born () January 16, 1952) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel , he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia [ he ] in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is seated, with his son Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef to his right, Rabbi Shalom Cohen at the far right, and Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron in the back. Shimon Peres stands at the far left. The council was established along with the establishment of Shas in 1982, in order to serve as the spiritual leadership of the new movement.