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Oct 19, 2026 · 19 min · 7 segments
The first in a series exploring Yechave Day- the responsa of Rav Ovadia Yosef
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Reuven BrandHost
Oct 19, 2026 · 19 min · 7 segments
The first in a series exploring Yechave Day- the responsa of Rav Ovadia Yosef
Reuven BrandHost
One of the many gems, insights that I picked up that has shaped how I understand halacha is how Rav Ovadia became a figure at the table, oftentimes, for Rav Schwartz.
He was a Sephardic Odom Godol who lived first in Egypt, but lived in Yerushalayim and led a huge community, especially in his later years, also in a political sense.
And Rav Ovadia's Halachic Ovor, his literary output is perhaps the greatest of our generation.
The amount, the volumes, the amount of writing that Rav Ovadia published, primarily in Halacha, but in every aspect, is overwhelming.
And I assumed, as a kid, as a young, growing Talmud Chacham, I assumed Rav Ovadia's first Svardim.
And then Rav Schwartz explained to me that in his approach, Rav Ovadia is not for svardim.
Rav Ovadia sometimes has a psakh which is only for svardim, but Rav Ovadia is someone who his encyclopedic knowledge cannot be ignored.
And his point, Rav Schwartz's point, was that oftentimes, most often, Rav Avadziz Pesach obtains just as much for Ashkenazim as he does for Svardim.
And when it doesn't, it's evident, it's clear that based on the Makoros and the way that he presents it and the way that we have a tradition, that Rav Avadziz Pesach in this particular area is only for Svardim.
But what I'm interested in sharing with all of you are some of Rav Avadziz's tshuvahs, because these are, each one in their own right, they are masterpiece, individual texts illuminating the world of halacha.
In his lifetime, Rav Ovadia published six volumes of these small brief responsum.
He obviously was a tremendous masmit, as people who knew him described, but the breadth of sources that are cited is unparalleled.
One of the many gems, insights that I picked up that has shaped how I understand halacha is how Rav Ovadia became a figure at the table, oftentimes, for Rav Schwartz.
He was a Sephardic Odom Godol who lived first in Egypt, but lived in Yerushalayim and led a huge community, especially in his later years, also in a political sense.
And Rav Ovadia's Halachic Ovor, his literary output is perhaps the greatest of our generation.
The amount, the volumes, the amount of writing that Rav Ovadia published, primarily in Halacha, but in every aspect, is overwhelming.
And I assumed, as a kid, as a young, growing Talmud Chacham, I assumed Rav Ovadia's first Svardim.
And then Rav Schwartz explained to me that in his approach, Rav Ovadia is not for svardim.
Rav Ovadia sometimes has a psakh which is only for svardim, but Rav Ovadia is someone who his encyclopedic knowledge cannot be ignored.
And his point, Rav Schwartz's point, was that oftentimes, most often, Rav Avadziz Pesach obtains just as much for Ashkenazim as he does for Svardim.
And when it doesn't, it's evident, it's clear that based on the Makoros and the way that he presents it and the way that we have a tradition, that Rav Avadziz Pesach in this particular area is only for Svardim.
But what I'm interested in sharing with all of you are some of Rav Avadziz's tshuvahs, because these are, each one in their own right, they are masterpiece, individual texts illuminating the world of halacha.
In his lifetime, Rav Ovadia published six volumes of these small brief responsum.
He obviously was a tremendous masmit, as people who knew him described, but the breadth of sources that are cited is unparalleled.
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