Yitzhak Kaduri

Yitzhak Kaduri
Personal life
Born
Yitzhak Diba

c. 1898
Died28 January 2006 (aged 103-108)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
ParentRabbi Kadurie Diba
OccupationRabbi, kabbalist
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationSephardic Haredim

Yitzhak Kaduri (Hebrew: יצחק כדורי, Arabic: إسحاق الخضوري), also spelled Kadouri, Kadourie, Kedourie; "Yitzhak" (c. 1898 – 28 January 2006),[1] was a Haredi rabbi and kabbalist. He taught and practiced the kavanot of the Rashash. His amulets were distributed to voters before the Israeli election in May, 1996, in exchange for their votes for Benjamin Netanyahu and the Shas party. During his lifetime he published no religious articles or books.[2]

At the time of his death, estimates of his age ranged from 103 to 108, and his birth year is still disputed. His funeral, held in Jerusalem, drew over 200,000 followers.

  1. ^ Wagner, Matthew (2006-02-06). "Judaism: The magic of the late Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Rabbi Yitzhak Kaduri | World news | the Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2009. "In May 1996 he probably swung the crucial balance of 29,000 voters who ensured that the Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu was elected prime minister of Israel. He did so by distributing thousands of "magic" amulets to his devotees, who were then obliged to vote for Netanyahu in the prime ministerial poll and for the Orthodox Shas party in the simultaneous party elections... Conventionally Orthodox Jews... enjoyed pointing out that his supposedly divine amulets were marked "Made in Taiwan"."

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