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עובדיה יוסף; Arabic: عبد الله يوسف ‘Abdullah Youssef (September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013) was a Talmudic scholar, an authority on Jewish religious law (halakha), and the longtime spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party.
Born in Iraq, he was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983 Harav ovadia yosef's responsa (religious law rulings) were highly regarded within Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, among whom he was regarded as "the most important living halakhic authority."
He was מחבר ספרים,
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1920 |
September 23, 1920
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Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
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1945 |
January 5, 1945
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1946 |
October 18, 1946
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
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