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Yaakov Ades
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Yaakov Hai Zion Ades ( Hebrew : יעקב חי ציון עדס ; February 24, 1898 – July 19, 1963), also spelled Adas or Adess , was a Sephardi Hakham , Rosh Yeshiva , and Rabbinical High Court judge. As rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem , he raised thousands of students, including Rabbi Ovadia Yosef , Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel ; Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul , rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef; and Rabbi Yehuda Hakohen Rabin, Chief Rabbi of Bukharan Jewry in Israel.
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sephardi hakham
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sephardi
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