Ovadia Hedaya
עובדיה הדאיה
Born24 December 1889
Allepo, Syria
Died8 February 1969(1969-02-08) (aged 79)
LanguageHebrew
CitizenshipIsraeli
Notable awardsIsrael Prize (1968)

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

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 Yeshivat HaMekubalim, 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

  1. "‏⁨הד המזרח⁩ | עמוד 10 | 29 דצמבר 1944 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית". Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1968 (in Hebrew)".


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