Ten years since the passing of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: The leader who shook up Israeli politics
He was the greatest and most influential leader of the ultra-Orthodox-Sefardi world, the one whose door the heads of state knocked on, who amazed with moderate and progressive rulings, but who always found time for ordinary people and did not hesitate to lash out at those who angered him. Dudi Fatimer all credit goes to Dudi Fatimer and Maariv. 12:12 | 29/09/2023 32 Follow us Rabbi Ovadia Yosef | Photo: Flash 90 8 gallery May 1949. Night. Suddenly, there was a loud knock on the door of the head of the Ahava Ve'Avva Yeshiva in Egypt, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Immediately afterwards, Egyptian detectives burst into the rabbi's home with drawn pistols and demanded that he hand over the weapons he had. The rabbi, nonchalantly and wisely, led the detectives to the bookcases and told them: "Here, gentlemen, this is my weapon." Fifteen months before this event, the rabbi had visited the palace of the Egyptian King, Farouk, in honor of the king's birthday. This did not help t...