Special Tribute Supplement: Rav Ovadiah Yosef
Rav Ovadiah always viewed Shas as a bridge between religious and secular forces in Israel
Special Tribute Supplement: Rav Ovadiah Yosef
“These sefarim are my fathers and teachers. When I was very young, I saved penny after penny so that I could purchase them. I went without bread to be able to buy another sefer for my home.”
Special Tribute Supplement: Rav Ovadiah Yosef
For Rav Ovadiah Yosef, Torah was a single consuming passion, dearer to him than his daily bread. Yet even as he rose to prominence as one of the generation’s premier gedolim and halachic arbiters, Rav Ovadiah achieved another mission. It was his calling to restore the glory of his ancestors’ tradition to its rightful place