Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef was a preeminent 20th-century Sephardic rabbi, halachic authority, and spiritual leader of the Shas movement, renowned for his extensive legal writings and influential religious rulings.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ovadia Yosef | 4 |
| Rabbi Ovadia Yosef canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Chief Rabbi
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Sephardi Jew ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
EMET Prize (Torah and Talmud)
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Israel Prize ⓘ Israel Prize ⓘ
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Israel Prize for Torah literature
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| birthCountry | Iraq ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1920-09-24 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Baghdad ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Givat Shaul Cemetery
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surface form:
Har HaMenuchot cemetery, Jerusalem
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| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| dateAwarded |
Israel Prize
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surface form:
Israel Prize for Torah literature: 1970
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| deathDate | 2013-10-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Porat Yosef Yeshiva ⓘ |
| endTime |
as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Yafo: 1973
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as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel: 1983 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Mizrahi Jews
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Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Yosef ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
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Jewish law ⓘ Sephardic halakhic tradition ⓘ |
| givenName | Ovadia ⓘ |
| influenced |
Sephardic rabbinic establishment in Israel
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Shas ⓘ
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Shas political leadership
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| influencedBy |
Ben-Zion Abba Shaul
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Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad) ⓘ
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Yosef Chaim of Baghdad
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| knownFor |
extensive responsa literature
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halakhic rulings regarding Ba'alei Teshuva ⓘ halakhic rulings regarding Ethiopian Jews ⓘ influential rulings on agunot after the Yom Kippur War ⓘ lenient halakhic rulings within traditional framework ⓘ restoring prestige of Sephardic Jewry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Aramaic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| movement | Shas ⓘ |
| name |
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
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Ovadia Yosef
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| notableWork |
Halichot Olam
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Yabia Omer ⓘ Yechaveh Da'at ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 11 ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Yafo
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Rishon LeZion ⓘ Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Jerusalem
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Tel Aviv ⓘ |
| role | spiritual leader of Shas ⓘ |
| spouse | Margalit Fattal Yosef ⓘ |
| startTime |
as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Yafo: 1968
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as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel: 1973 ⓘ |
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