Rav Cohen cites multiple halakhic sources including Rav Ovadia Yosef (Yechaveh Daat 2:14 ... to the Hasmonean Kohanim at the center of the Chanukah story, who waged war to protect Jewish ...

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 ...

Similarly, the Chanukah miracle is celebrated for 8 ... had sinned so they could do teshuva and regain their health. Rav Ovadia Yosef ((שו”ת יחוה דעת ח”א סי’ סא writes ...

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 ...

Rabbi Moshe Yosef, excludes other 10 children from most of the inheritance. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef poster 370 (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post) In his last will and testament ...

A new highway into Jerusalem will be named for the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the Shas party. JERUSALEM (JTA) — A new highway into Jerusalem will be named for the late ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was targeted by at least one would-be assassin – and one attempt, in 2004, came perilously close to succeeding, his bodyguard Tzachi Berkovitch has revealed. “This was at a ...

When I asked him what he meant, he explained that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was the one responsible for him being able to move to Israel, since “Rabbi Ovadia was the only one who made the halachic ...

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More than 700,000 people gathered in Jerusalem yesterday to mourn the death of a great sage, Ovadia Yosef, a former chief rabbi of Israel and the supreme guide of the Shas political party.

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 ...

A throng estimated at more than 800,000 filled the streets of Jerusalem for the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Sephardic sage and political leader. (JTA) — A throng estimated at more than ...