Yitzhak Yosef
Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (born 1952)
Yitzhak Yosef
Yitzhak Yosef (Hebrew: יִצְחָק יוֹסֵף, lit. 'Isaac Joseph'; born (1952-01-16)January 16, 1952) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood. Since the end of his term as Chief Rabbi, he joined Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, the rabbinic leadership council of the Shas party. In August 2026, he was recognized as the spiritual leader (Nasi) of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah and Shas party. Yosef, the son of former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, bases his halakhic (Jewish law) rulings on his father's methodology, which he compiled into a set of books called Yalkut Yosef. He received the Israel Prize in Rabbinical literature for the year 2024.
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