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Rav Ovadia YosephOur Sage, Gaon, & Leader of the Sephardi World
Rav Ovadia Yoseph shelit'a
"His picture can be seen hanging in the homes and shops of non-religious Sephardim and Israelis. Whereas leading ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi rabbis have confined themselves to the yeshiva, Yossef has preached in synagogues and halls around the country in an effort to reach simple Israelis. He is adorned and loved by the simple and even non-observant Jew."
"Only when he was older did he begin to feel that Sephardi tradition was being treated as inferior in the world of Jewish law and jurisprudence in the State of Israel. It was then that he added another item to the "production line": restoring the pride and heritage of Mizrahi Jewry. Whenever he teaches a class or participates in a halakhic debate, he slips in some mention of the superiority and originality of Sephardi-Mizrahi halakhic rulings"
His Statements, twisted by media, on the Holocaust & Reincarnation:

 

 
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