Posted on 10/07/2013 7:12:08 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
Rabbi Chain Ovadia Yosef, unarguably the greatest Sephardi Torah sage and one of the most influential political leaders of the past 40 years, died in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital Monday after several months of deteriorating health.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected at his funeral, which will begin at 6 p.m. (11 a.m. EDT) at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva and he will be buried in the cemetery at Sanhedria in Jerusalem. Several main streets will be closed.
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Ping.
Baruch Dayan Ha’Emet
A reminder to Israel and the world that there was and is an enormous Jewish community that does not define itself in terms of the vicious atrocities that were perpetrated in Europe.
If I were rich, I’d have the time that I lackTo sit in the synagogue and pray.And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall.And I’d discuss the holy books with the learned men, several hours every day.That would be the sweetest thing of all.
Baruch Dayan Emet.
Vicious atrocities? Too many to be bothered counting, still ongoing and still ignored by the larger world. So why bother. Better to do something constructive.
Besides reunion with God. But I’m not impatient.
Rabbi Yosef. Yahrzeit.
Thanks for posting, ZC.
RIP.
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