Ovadia Yosef

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

Ovadia Yosef (Hebrew: עוֹבַדְיָה יוֹסֵף‎, romanized: Ovadya Yosef, lit. 'Obadiah Joseph', Arabic: عَبْد اللّٰه يُوْسُف, romanized: ‘Abd Allāh Yūsuf; September 24, 1920 – October 7, 2013), also known as Maran (Hebrew: מרן; lit. 'Our Master'), was an Iraqi-born Talmudic scholar, hakham, posek, and the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1972 to 1983. Also known as Gadol Yisrael ("great one of Israel"), Yosef is regarded as one of the most influential Sephardic religious authorities of all time. He was also a founder and longtime spiritual leader of Israel's religious Shas party.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA. More on occurri.