Ovadia Hedaya

Ovadia Hedaya Template:Hebrew
Born	24 December 1889 Jerusalem, Mutassarifate of Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died	8 February 1969 (aged 79)
Language	Hebrew
Citizenship	Israeli
Notable awards	Israel Prize (1968)

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

Biography

Rabbi Hadaya was born in 1889 in Jerusalem, the son of rabbi Shalom Hedaya from Aleppo, Ottoman Syria. In 1945, he succeeded his father as head of the Yeshivat haMekubalim (Kabbalists Yeshiva) at Beit El Synagogue, the center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem.

Awards and honours

• In 1968, Rabbi Hedaya was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature.

Published works

• Yaskil Avdi (Template:Hebrew): (Eight volumes)

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients