Soloveitchik’s essay “Kol Dodi Dofek ... This approach has rabbinic precedent. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s 1973 ruling recognizing Ethiopian Jews’ religious status was crucial in making ...

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 ...

Following the dramatic and miraculous Operation Jonathan in 1976, when Israeli commandos heroically freed 102 hostages being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda, Rav Ovadia Yosef was asked what ...

Rav Ovadia Yosef, who spoke strongly against television in general ... And yet, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein – a rosh yeshiva and the son-in-law of Rav Soloveitchik, widely considered the most preeminent ...

Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, widely regarded as the face ... making the activity comparable to purchasing stock. (A caveat: Rav Ovadia Yosef, a leading Sephardic authority who died in 2013, banned ...

Rav Soloveitchik, the Satmar Rebbe, the Belzer Rav, the Skverer Rebbe, Rav Ovadia Yosef, The Steipler Gaon, Rav Aryeh Levine, the Chazon Ish, the Lubavitcher Rebbe…. Yet while most of us can ...

Soloveitchik, known reverently as the "Rov ... That attitude is different from that of Chief Rabbis such as Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rav Avraham Shapira, Rav Mordechai Eliyahu and others, who were ...

As we mark the 3rd of Cheshvan, the day Rabbi Ovadia Yosef passed away, Jews worldwide will be remembering his outstanding scholarship, leadership, compassion, and knowledge. Yet from a general ...

Soloveitchik. The thought struck me that although I was highly knowledgeable about the life and legacy of Hacham Ovadia Yosef, I knew nothing at all about Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. This notion ...

Rav Peron established a Beit Din and chose Rav Ovadia Yosef zts"l, to sit at its head. Many years later, Rav Ovadia wrote that he remembered the months that he spent reviewing these cases day and ...