About Ovadia Hedaya
Lived 1889 – 1969 (aged 79). Ovadia Hedaya was an Israeli and Turkish rabbi.
Ovadia Hedaya (; 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. 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.
Published works
Yaskil Avdi : (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.
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Who was Ovadia Hedaya?
Israeli rabbi (1889–1969)
When was Ovadia Hedaya born?
Ovadia Hedaya was born on 24 December 1889 in Aleppo.
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Ovadia Hedaya died on 8 February 1969 in Jerusalem.
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Ovadia Hedaya was a rabbi.
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Ovadia Hedaya was Israeli and Turkish.
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