As we observe the 11th anniversary of the passing of Rav Ovadia Yosef z”l (3 Heshvan), we do so in the midst of a deep void in rabbinic leadership in Israel.

During the composition of the tenth and final volume, R. Y. H. Sofer passed away, leaving the completion of his work, to the then young prodigy, Chacham Ovadia Yosef, whom he came to know in their ...

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, an Iraqi-born sage who turned an Israeli underclass of Sephardic Jews of Middle Eastern heritage into a powerful political force, died on Monday at the age of 93, a hospital ...