Ovadia Hedaya

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.[1] 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.[2]

Published works

• 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)".