Aba Shaʼul, Ben Tsiyon, 1924-1998

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Name (Hebrew)
אבא שאול, בנציון בן אליהו, 1924-1998
Name (Latin)
Aba Shaʼul, Ben Tsiyon, 1924-1998
Other forms of name
Shaʼul, Ben Tsiyon Aba, 1924-1998
Abba Shaul, Ben Zion, 1924-1998
Ben Tsiyon, Aba Shaʼul, 1924-1998
אבא שאול, בן ציון בן אליהו
אבא שאול, בן ציון בן אליהו, 1924-1998
Date of birth
1924-07-31
Date of death
1998-07-13
Occupation
Rabbis
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 162784471
Wikidata: Q4886759
Library of congress: n 88210365
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Wikipedia description:

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 was responsible for a religious revival among Sephardic Jews with his founding of Ma'ayan HaChinuch HaTorani, a network of Torah schools for Sephardic children in Israel, and was widely known for his ability to give blessings that were fulfilled.

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