Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef
Ovadia Yosef was a Talmudic scholar, an authority on Jewish religious law, and the longtime spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party. Born in Iraq, he was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983. Yosef's responsawere highly regarded within Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, among whom he was regarded as "the most important living halakhic authority."...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionClergyman
CountryIraq
hate israel people
Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world - only to serve the People of Israel,. Why are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat. That is why gentiles were created.
evil world deeds
It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable. [...] The Lord shall return the Arabs' deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world.
real easy prohibition
It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on lawwith an emphasis on what is permitted.
should-have banquets should
We should have a banquet on the day haters die.
saving territory
Saving a life overrides territories.
tree support might
You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.
littles study natural
There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, all of this because of too little Torah study.
fashion years lasts
The most significant halachic authority of the last 100 years, whose positions helped fashion a balanced and moderate Judaism.