Ovadia Hedaya
Ovadia Hedaya עובדיה הדאיה | |
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| Born | 24 December 1889 Allepo, Syria |
| Died | 8 February 1969 (aged 79) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
| Notable awards | Israel Prize (1968) |
Ovadia Hedaya (Hebrew: עובדיה הדאיה, 24 December 1889 – 8 February 1969) was a leading Israeli rabbi.
Biography
[edit]Rabbi Hadaya was born in 1889 in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, to rabbi Shalom Hedaya.[1] In 1945, he succeeded his father as head of Yeshivat HaMekubalim, the center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem.
Awards and honours
[edit]- In 1968, Rabbi Hedaya was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature.[2]
Published works
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- Yaskil Avdi (ישכיל עבדי): (Eight volumes)
See also
[edit]References
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