BD’E − Hagaon Harav Shimon Ba’adani, Zt”l, Spiritual Leader of Shas
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 2:37 AM | י"ח טבת תשפ"ג All credit goes to the Hamodia Harav Shimon Ba’adani, zt”l . (Yaakov Cohen/Flash90) BNEI BRAK — Klal Yisrael was plunged into mourning on Wednesday morning upon hearing of the petirah of Hagaon Harav Shimon Ba’adani, zt”l , the eldest member of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah and one of the spiritual leaders of the Shas party, at the age of 95. Harav Ba’adani was admitted to Mayanaei Hayeshuah Hospital at the end of November, and his condition deteriorated in recent weeks. His levayah is set to take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, from the Torah V’Chaim yeshivah on Rabbi Akiva Street in Bnei Brak, and will proceed via Chazon Ish Street to the Bnei Brak cemetery. Harav Ba’adani was born in Chadera in 5688/1928, to Mori David and his wife, Chaviva, z”l , who moved to Eretz Yisrael and set up a household in the new Yemenite communi...