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Yitzhak Yosef
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “author of a popular set of books on jewish law called yalkut yosef”. Today it says “israeli haredi rabbi”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel”. It now reads “Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (born 1952)”.
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The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel , he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia [ he ] in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood. Since the end of his term as Chief Rabbi, he joined the rabbinic leadership council of the Shas party. Yosef, the son of former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef , bases his halakhic (Jewish law) rulings on his father's methodology , which he compiled into a set of books called Yalkut Yosef . He received the Israel Prize in Rabbinical literature for the year 2024.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “author of a popular set of books on jewish law called yalkut yosef”. Today it says “israeli haredi rabbi”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel”. It now reads “Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (born 1952)”. Read the current article and compare.
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author of a popular set of books on jewish law called yalkut yosef
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israeli haredi rabbi
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