Yaakov Ades
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Yaakov Hai Zion Ades, also spelled Adas or Adess, was a Sephardi, and Rabbinical High Court judge. As rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem, he educated thousands of students, including Ova
Ades in 1952
Rabbinical High Court, 1959. From left: Ades, Ovadia Hedaya, Bezalel Zolty.
Porat Yosef Yeshiva, old building
Yaakov Meir
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Yaakov Meir CBE, was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Sephardic Chief Rabbi appointed under the British Mandate of Palestine. A Talmudic scholar, fluent in Hebrew as well as five other languages, he e
Yaakov Ades
…In 1935 Ades, then a senior maggid shiur at Yeshivat Ohel Moed, was offered a seat on the Sephardic Beit Din of Jerusalem by the Rishon Le-zion, Rabbi Yaakov Meir. Ades filled this role until 1943. In 1944, he was asked to sit on the Sephardic Beit Din of Tel Aviv, and at the same time was appointed as the Rav…
Jacob Meir Jerusalem Rabi
Rabbi Yaakov Meir
Meir as Chief Rabbi of Salonica
The funeral procession of Chief Rabbi Yaakov Meir on Jaffa Street, Jerusalem, May 1939.