Yitzhak Yosef

Rabbi
Yitzhak Yosef
Yosef in 2017
TitleRishon LeZion
Chief Rabbi of Israel
Personal
Born (1952-01-16) January 16, 1952 (age 72)
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
Parent
Jewish leader
PredecessorShlomo Amar
PositionSephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
OrganisationChief Rabbinate of Israel
OtherRosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia

Yitzhak Yosef (Hebrew: יצחק יוסף; born (1952-01-16)January 16, 1952) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia in Jerusalem's Romema neighbourhood.

Yosef, the son of former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, bases his halakhic (Jewish law) rulings on his father's methodology,[1] which he compiled into a set of books called Yalkut Yosef.[2]

  1. ^ Rabbi Ratzon Arussi said (Hebrew) "יש לציין, שהאריך בענין הזה, בטוב טעם ודעת, הרב יצחק יוסף בנו של הרב עובדיה יוסף, שכידוע, שכל פסקיו הם כפסקי אביו" (recorded lecture [starting at 00:50] at http://net-sah.org/en/node/19263, posted February 12, 2010).
  2. ^ "Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef". mfa.gov.il.

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