Yitzhak Yosef
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef יצחק יוסף | |
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Yosef in 2016 | |
| Title | Rishon LeZion Chief Rabbi of Israel |
| Personal life | |
| Born | January 16, 1952 |
| Nationality | Israel |
| Spouse | Ruth Yosef |
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| Alma mater | Hebron Yeshiva (Knesset Yisrael), Porat Yosef Yeshiva |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Sephardic Orthodox |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Shlomo Amar |
| Successor | David Yosef |
| Position | Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel |
| Organisation | Chief Rabbinate of Israel |
| Began | 2013 |
| Ended | June 30, 2024 |
| Main work | The "Yalkut Yosef" series,
"Otzar Dinim Le'isha Velebat" (Laws for Women and Girls), "Dinei Chinuch Katan" (Laws on Child Education), "Ayin Yitzchak," and others |
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Yitzhak Yosef (Hebrew: יצחק יוסף; born January 16, 1952) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia 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.