Mind-Benders of Jewish History
Rav Ovadia Yosef began as a rabbi in Cairo
Before he became one of the most influential poskim of modern Israel, Rav Ovadia Yosef was born in Baghdad and served as a young dayan in Cairo, Egypt.
How we know
Ovadia Yosef 1920–2013: born Baghdad; served on the Cairo beis din as Deputy Chief Rabbi of Egypt in the late 1940s before returning to Israel.
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