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Porat Yosef Yeshiva (number 57 and adjacent schools) in the 1936-47 Survey of Palestine map. Yeshivat Ohel Moed, cofounded by Rabbis Ezra Harari-Raful and Refael Shelomo Laniado in Jerusalem in 1904, was the forerunner to Porat Yosef Yeshiva. Harari-Raful also opened another yeshiva in 1918 that merged with Porat Yosef in 1923. [1]
Ben-Porat (Hebrew: בן-פורת) is a Hebrew language surname. The name is associated with the line "Ben Porat Yosef" from the Book of Genesis, Chapter 39, Verse 22, which is commonly used as a protection against the evil eye. Notable people with the surname include: Miriam Ben-Porat (1918–2012), Israeli jurist
Joseph ben Samuel ha-Mashbir [note 1] (Hebrew: יוסף בן שמואל המשביר; c. 1650 – 13 January 1700) [1] was a Karaite ḥakham and theologian. He was born in Derazhnia , Volhynia , and moved to Halicz , Galicia in about 1670.
1803 Sephardic prayer book, in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland’s collection. This List of Sephardic prayer books is supplementary to the article on Sephardic law and customs. It is divided both by age and by geographical origin. For the evolution of the laws and customs of prayer in Sephardic communities, see the main article.
A prayer recited in the synagogue at the beginning of the evening service on Yom Kippur (יום כיפור ), the Day of Atonement. It is a declaration of absolution from vows taken, to free the congregants from guilt due to unfulfilled vows during the previous (and/or coming) year. Kabalat Shabbat: קבלת שבת
Geula branch of Porat Yosef Yeshiva. In 1937 Attiya suggested Tzadka as a replacement for a senior Talmudic lecturer who was unable to continue teaching. Tzadka's first class included Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi Ben Zion Abba Shaul, Rabbi Yehuda Moallem, Rabbi Baruch Ben Haim, and Rabbi Ezra Ades, all of whom would go on to leadership positions in the Sephardi Torah world.
Ben Zion Abba Shaul (Hebrew: בן-ציון אבא-שאול ; 31 July 1924 – 13 July 1998; on the Hebrew calendar: 29 Tammuz 5684 – 19 Tammuz 5758) (first name also spelled Ben Sion) was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars and halakhic arbiters of his day, and the rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem for the last 15 years of his life.
He married Yael, the daughter of Rabbi Mansour Ben Shimon, a Safed kabbalist who also taught at Porat Yosef. [1] The couple had eight children. [1] Cohen began delivering shiurim at Porat Yosef after his wedding, [2] and taught students for decades. He was named rosh yeshiva of the Old City branch of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in 1966. [1]