Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2013)

Ovadia Yosef

Talmudic scholar, posek and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983

Ovadia Yosef also known as Maran "Our Master", was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, hakham, posek, and the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983. Also known as Gadol Yisrael "great one of Israel". He is highly regarded as one of the most influential Sephardic religious…