David Yosef

Hacham David Yosef (; born August 10, 1957) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and Rishon LeZion. He has authored dozens of books in Jewish Law mainly based on the rulings of his father, Hacham Ovadia Yosef. His most notable work is a set of books named Halacha Berura, which is an encyclopedia like commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, with letters of approbation from his father and Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv.

On September 29, 2024, Yosef was elected to serve a ten-year term as the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, The Rishon LeZion. Both his older brother Yitzchak Yosef and his father Ovadia Yosef previously served in the office. Yosef was formally inaugurated in a crowning ceremony on December 11, 2024 in Jerusalem, where he officially donned the traditional garments of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi. Yosef honored the legacy of his father by wearing his fathers vestments during the ceremony. Yosef's personal vestments will resemble the design of his father's. Yosef currently serves as the president of the Chief Rabbinate Council, and will rotate with his Ashkenazi counterpart, to later serve as Head of the Rabbinic Court.

He previously served as the chief rabbi of the Har Nof neighborhood in Jerusalem, the head of the Yechaveh Da'at Kollel, and a member of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah of the Shas party.

Early life and education

Yosef was born and raised in Jerusalem. He is the ninth child of the former Israeli Chief Rabbi and Shas political party spiritual leader Ovadia Yosef, and is paternally of Iraqi Jewish descent and maternally of Syrian Jewish descent. Yosef studied at the Or Israel Yeshiva in his youth, at the Ponevezh Yeshiva and then at the Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Personal life Rabbi David Yosef and his brother Rabbi Yitzchak YosefYosef is married to Sofia, sister of former MK Eli Suissa. They have nine children. Yosef lives in the Har Nof neighborhood of Jerusalem.