Bidspirit auction | OVADIA YOSEF (Sephardic sage and

OVADIA YOSEF (Sephardic sage and Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1920-2013). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead. A resounding letter of recommendation for a new yeshiva, Ma’oz Chayil in Bayit Vegan. One page. Jerusalem, 8th Iyar, 1984. Hakham Ovadiah Yosef (1920-2013) was the prolific author of over seventy volumes composed across the entire expanse of rabbinic literature. He was the most influential spiritual and political Sephardic leader of his generation. His Shas Movement transformed his followers into a strongly cohesive social and political power-base. Yeshivat Ma’oz Chayil, also known as Ma’alot Chaim, was founded by R. Aharon Frank.