Ovadia Yosef

MQG demands gov't open criminal probe into Shas spiritual leader after attack on attorney-general

According to videos shared on social media, Yosef said that Miara was "crazy," and threatened that "God will curse her."

 Shas spiritual leader and former Sephardic chief rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, seen during a weekly lecture at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, June 07, 2025; illustrative.
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 ZVIKA DEFINED himself as neither secular nor religious and perhaps it would be better to think of him as both secular and religious, says the writer.

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Grapevine: Speedy decision on interchange

Transportation Minister Israel Katz announced Sunday that Highway 16, will be named for Shas spiritual mentor Rabbi Ovadia Yosef.

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Mufti of Jerusalem calls for preachers throughout the world to speak about Al-Aksa Mosque

Popular Arab daily runs article stating recently deceased Rabbi Ovadia Yosef is going to hell.

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The passing of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

Last Monday Rabbi Ovadia Yosef passed away.

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Tens of thousands gather again in Jerusalem in remembrance of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

Late rabbi’s son to join Shas Council of Torah Sages, says party won't allow haredi enlistment decree to happen.

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October 13: Rav Ovadia

Let us be balanced and realistic about Rabbi Yosef's legacy.

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Middle Israel: The party’s over

Rabbi Yosef’s political revolution, unlike his religious relevance, has reached its end – not because he has died but because it has exhausted itself.

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My word: Jews and living legacies

Jewish tradition maintains that going to a funeral is the most noteworthy mitzva because it is the most altruistic – you do it for someone who cannot repay the favor.

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Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

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Grumpy Old Man: Who was that rabbi?

Ovadia Yosef was so many different things to so many different people that thus far, there’s no one word to describe him.

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Paying respect to Rabbi Yosef

The paradox was that what made Shas so popular among Sephardi Israelis also seemed to per perpetuate many of the problems that Sephardim faced.

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