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David Yosef elected as Sephardic chief rabbi, the third from his family in the role
The next Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel is Rabbi David Yosef, the Rabbinate announced Sunday evening, adding that the ...
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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of Shas and Sephardic sage, dies at 93
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 93. TEL AVIV (JTA ...
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Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Torah sage called greatest of generation, dies
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In an age of sound bites and celebrity seekers, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, who died Wednesday at age 102, represented a world apart. The head of the Lithuanian haredi ...