Isak Haleva, the chief rabbi of the Jewish community in Türkiye, passed away at the age of 85, the community announced on Jan ...
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s Jewish community is mourning after Isak Haleva, chief rabbi since 2002, died at 84.
Turkish Chief Rabbi Ishak Haleva died on Tuesday at the age of 84 after serving for 23 years in the position, the country’s Chief Rabbinate said. “We mourn the departure of our hakham bashi [chief ...
Haleva, too, spent time in Israel, receiving his rabbinic ordination from the Porat Yosef Yeshiva there in the 1960s. There he learned from leading rabbis including Ovadya Yosef, Yaakov Ades ...
The legacy of Haleva, who was born in Istanbul in 1940 and received his education at Jerusalem’s Sephardic Porat Yosef Yeshivah, “will serve as a guiding light for many generations to come ...
This phrase about Yosef has been adapted, particularly by the Sefardi and Mizrahi community. Those of you who are familiar with the main yeshivot of Jerusalem will know that overlooking the Western ...