“You taught us to come down to the nation and not just to climb higher,” said Rabbi Avraham Yosef, eldest son of Ovadia, in his eulogy. “There was no one like him in our generation and no ...

Many Jewish legal scholars do not agree with Yosef’s ruling. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), one of the leading Orthodox scholars and Jewish legal adjudicators of the 20th century, ruled in ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who died Sunday at age 93, confounds anyone who claims to understand Israeli society in simple terms. He was perhaps the most powerful rabbi in Israel for the last quarter ...

The Arab press dedicates many articles to the deceased leader of Sephardi Jews in Israel, Ovadia Yosef, alongside coverage of a presidential Egyptian visit to Saudi Arabia. “The rabbi who called ...

Israel is mourning a legendary political and spiritual figure, after Rabbi Ovadia Yosef died in Jerusalem on Monday. He was 93. The longtime spiritual leader of Sephardic Jews, Yosef also was a ...

Shas’ spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, expressed on Wednesday his opposition to the controversial Torat Hamelech book, Israel’s Channel 2 News reported. “We should give considerable ...

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 ...

as a “new” video was revealed showing the late Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef praising ex-Shas chairman Eli Yishai. In the video, the rabbi calls Yishai “my favorite, I love you ...