Ben Zion Abba Shaul
Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul בן-ציון אבא-שאול | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 31 July 1924 |
| Died | 13 July 1998 (aged 73) Jerusalem |
| Spouse | Hadassah Shaharbani |
| Children | Eliyahu |
| Parent(s) | Eliyahu and Benaya Abba-Shaul |
| Alma mater | Porat Yosef Yeshiva |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Yehuda Tzadka |
| Position | Rosh Yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Porat Yosef Yeshiva |
| Began | 1983 |
| Ended | 1998 |
| Buried | Sanhedria Cemetery |
Ben Zion Abba Shaul (Hebrew: בן-ציון אבא-שאול; 31 July 1924 – 13 July 1998; on the Hebrew calendar: 29 Tammuz 5684 – 19 Tammuz 5758) (first name also spelled Ben Sion) was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars and halakhic arbiters of his day, and the rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem for the last 15 years of his life. He was responsible for a religious revival among Sephardic Jews with his founding of Ma'ayan HaChinuch HaTorani, a network of Torah schools for Sephardic children in Israel, and was widely known for his ability to give blessings that were fulfilled.