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Full Story Rabbi Meir Nissim Mazuz, an outstanding talmid chacham and one of the most prominent Torah ... While Iraqi-born gaon Rabbi Ovadia Yosef advocated for universal adoption of the Beit Yosef’s ...

A settlement was recently reached in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, requiring Rabbi Yosef to issue a public apology both in writing and during his weekly class. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ...

As we observe the 11 th anniversary of the passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l (3 Heshvan), we do so in the midst of a deep void in rabbinic leadership in Israel. When I say “Rabbinic Leadership ...

After Sharon unilaterally disengaged from Gaza, Rav Ovadia Yosef said about Sharon, "He will sleep and never wake up." Soon after, Sharon fell into a coma, a sleepless state, and later died only ...

Harav Hagaon Chacham Nissim Ben-Shimon, Rosh Av Bet Din of Tel Aviv – Yafo, visited the Crown Heights neighborhood in honor of Chai Elul and as a preparation for Tishrei 5784. Full Story, Photos Harav ...

The Crown Heights community is invited to hear Divrei Bracha and Chizuk from Harav Hagaon Chacham Nissim Ben-Shimon, Rosh Av Bet Din of Tel Aviv - Yafo in honor of Chai Elul and as a preparation for ...

Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef endorsed his son Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, author of the Yalkut Yosef work on Jewish law, as the party’s candidate for the position of Sephardi chief rabbi on ...

Shas supporters verbally abused Deputy Religious Services Minister Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan outside the mourners tent for Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on Wednesday morning. Ben-Dahan of Bayit Yehudi first ...

As we mark the 3rd of Cheshvan, the day Rabbi Ovadia Yosef passed away ... the Jewish community as a whole is blind to Chacham Ovadia’s most important role he must be acknowledged for.