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Influential Israeli rabbi Yosef dies Influential Israeli Rabbi Ovadia Yosef dies
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Influential leader of Israel's Sephardic Jewish community, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, has died at the age of 93 The influential leader of Israel's Sephardic Jewish community, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, has died aged 93.
More to follow. Vigils had been held for the past month at a hospital in Jerusalem where he was being treated as his health declined. He will be buried later on Monday.
He was a revered Talmudic scholar and also the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas political party.
He founded the party in 1984 to increase representation for Jews of Middle Eastern and African descent.