The great Posek and Mekubal, Hacham Ovadia Hedaya זצ"ל, author of the seminal Teshuvot “Yaskil Avdi” and other renowned works, straddled the worlds of Halacha and Kabbala – Nigle and Nistar – in the tradition of his ancestors and the outstanding Hachamim of Am Yisra’el. Born in Aleppo in 1889 to his father, Hacham Shalom and his mother, Rabbanit Sara, great-granddaughter of the … [Read more...]
The Dayan of Yerushalayim: Hacham Yosef Yedid Halevy זצ”ל
A BIT OF HISTORY / דברי הימים One of the giants in Torah and community leadership in the dawn of the 20th century was Hacham Yosef Yedid Halevy זצוק"ל. Hacham Yedid was born in Aleppo in 1867 to his father, Hacham Mordechai – a humble schoolteacher – who taught children the Alef Bet. Hacham Mordechai ע"ה knew all of Tanach and its Arabic translation by heart, and was a master … [Read more...]