Today, on the 3rd of Cheshvan, is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Ovadia Yosef (1920-2013).

Maran Chacham Ovadia was a leading Sephardic authority in Modern Times, Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisrael from 1973-83 & leader of Shas Political Party.

Mechaber of Yabia Omer, Yechaveh Da’as etc. An estimated 800,000 people attended his levaya.