Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ZT'L Passes Away

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel’s Sephardic Jews who transformed his downtrodden community of immigrants from North Africa and Arab nations and their descendants into a powerful force in Israeli politics, died on Monday. He was 93.Yosef,

He had suffered from a variety of medical ailments for several years, was hospitalized in recent days in critical condition after suffering kidney failure and problems with other bodily systems. Officials at the Jerusalem hospital that treated him announced his death

In January of 2011, director Ben Sheni and photographer Uriel Sinai, received rare permission to photograph Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in his apartment and Shul. The result is different from what we are accustomed to have seen until now. "4 Minutes with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef"


Rare video of when Rav Ovadia was crowned as Sephardic chief Rabbi of Israel in 1973.