Ovadia Hedaya
Ovadia Hedaya עובדיה הדאיה | |
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| Born | 24 December 1889 |
| Died | 8 February 1969 (aged 79) |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
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| Language | Hebrew |
| Notable awards | Israel Prize (1968) |
Ovadia Hedaya (Hebrew: עובדיה הדאיה; 24 December 1889 – 8 February 1969) was a leading Israeli rabbi.
Biography
Rabbi Hedaya was born in 1889 in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, to rabbi Shalom Hedaya.[1] In 1945, he succeeded his father as head of Yeshivat HaMekubalim, the center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem.
Awards and honours
- In 1968, Rabbi Hedaya was awarded the Israel Prize in Rabbinical literature.[2]
Published works
- Yaskil Avdi (ישכיל עבדי): (Eight volumes)
- Yaskil Avdi is a collection of Hedaya's responsa - ruling on questions of Jewish law - published in eight volumes. He also wrote commentaries on the Talmud and on Maimonides, as well as works on Kabbalah. [3]
See also
References
- ↑ "הד המזרח | עמוד 10 | 29 דצמבר 1944 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ↑ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1968 (in Hebrew)".
- ↑ "The Crucial Role of Rav Ovadia Hedaya in Sephardic Life". The Jewish Link.
Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1969 deaths
- Sephardi Jews from Ottoman Syria
- Sephardi rabbis in Mandatory Palestine
- Orthodox rabbis in Mandatory Palestine
- Israeli Orthodox rabbis
- Israeli Sephardi Jews
- Religious Zionist Orthodox rabbis
- Israel Prize Rabbi recipients
- Israel Prize in Rabbinical literature recipients
- Rabbis in Jerusalem
- Burials at Har HaMenuchot
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