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Ovadia Hedaya עובדיה הדאיה‎
Born	24 December 1889 Allepo, Syria
Died	8 February 1969(1969-02-08) (aged 79)
Language	Hebrew
Citizenship	Israeli
Notable awards	Israel 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. 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.

Published works

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• Yaskil Avdi (ישכיל עבדי‎): (Eight volumes)

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients

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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