HistoryFigure1920–2013

Ovadia Yosef

עובדיה יוסף

Region: Israël

History register · custodian, not owner

Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, a major halakhic authority of the twentieth century and founder of the Shas party. He worked to restore the pride of the Sephardic heritage.

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Family tree

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Children

Yaakov Yossef

יעקב יוסף

1946–2013

David Yoseph

דוד יוסף

1957

Yitzhak Yosef

יצחק יוסף

1952

Avraham Yosef

אברהם יוסף

1949

Moshe Yosef

משה יוסף

1966

Related lineages

Yossef

יוֹסֵף

Canaan → Égypte

Works by this author

Halachah berurah : the laws of Pesach : including a translated and elucidated Haggadah shel Pesach, Orchot Maran, stories and sermons / according to the halachic rulings of Maran Rabbenu Ovadia Yosef and HaGaon Rabbi David Yosef ; translated and elucidated by Rabbi Yonatan Nacson ; stories, Orchot Maran and Derashot edited by Rabbi Sivan Simnegar.

Document

20220101

Halijot Musar / enseñanzas del Rab Obadía Iosef ZT"L. ; [autor, Shimón Tzvi Raz ; traductor, Nissim Mugrabi].

Document

20150101

Halikhot Olam

הליכות עולם (עובדיה יוסף)

Manuscript

Ḥazon Ovadia

חזון עובדיה (ספר)

Manuscript

1952