Ovadia Hedaya

Ovadia Hedaya (Hebrew: עובדיה הדאיה, 24 December 1889  8 February 1969) was a leading Israeli rabbi.

Ovadia Hedaya
עובדיה הדאיה
Born24 December 1889
Allepo, Syria
Died8 February 1969
(aged 79)
LanguageHebrew
CitizenshipIsraeli
Notable awardsIsrael Prize (1968)

Biography

Rabbi Hadaya was born in 1889 in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, to rabbi Shalom Hedaya.[1] In 1945, he succeeded his father as head of the Yeshivat haMekubalim (Kabbalists Yeshiva) at Beit El Synagogue, the center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem.

Awards and honours

  • In 1968, Rabbi Hedaya was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature.[2]

Published works

  • Yaskil Avdi (ישכיל עבדי): (Eight volumes)

See also

References


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