Ashdod Religious Honors Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on His Yahrzeit
Translated & summarized from JDN by baba
For over a month, the council has also been distributing and encouraging residents to light candles featuring the late rabbi's image. Prominent rabbis, including Chaim Shimon Pinto and Ovadia Dahan, participated in the commemoration, lighting candles and praying for the welfare of the Jewish people.
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- Thousands of memorial candles featuring Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's image have been distributed in Ashdod.
- Rabbi Chaim Shimon Pinto praised the initiative to honor the revered spiritual leader.
- Synagogues across Ashdod also held memorial candle lighting ceremonies for Rabbi Yosef.
Throughout the day, rabbis, council employees, guests, and service recipients were invited to light a candle in his memory and pray for the salvation of the Jewish people.
Thousands of these candles have reportedly been distributed and lit by many in the city.
Rabbi Chaim Shimon Pinto, the local rabbinical authority, lit a candle upon entering the building and prayed for protection and redemption for Israel.
Rabbi Ovadia Dahan himself, along with Rabbi Chaim Kalmanowitz, a member of the Chief and head of the Eruvin department, as well as department managers and employees, also lit candles and prayed for the welfare of the community and the annulment of harsh decrees against the Jewish people.
Additionally, many synagogues in Ashdod that hold Torah study sessions have also had their rabbis light memorial candles for Rabbi Ovadia Yosef and pray for the salvation of Israel.
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