Rabbi Ovadia Yosef checked in to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital
in Jerusalem early Sunday afternoon, marking his second hospital stay in as
many weeks.
The Shas party’s spiritual leader had spent three days at Hadassah
beginning last Sunday, after he complained of back pain following his arrival
there for an examination.
It is likely that the venerable rabbi will be scheduled for
back surgery in an effort to relieve his condition, Maariv reported.
Yosef, 92, was lightly injured after he fainted and fell in
his home earlier this month and has since then reportedly experienced pain in
his back and leg. In January he was hospitalized for several days after
suffering a minor stroke.
Last weekend, Yosef was suffering from increased pain in his
leg and was unable to give his weekly Shabbat sermon.
The Baghdad-born, outspoken Yosef served as the Sephardi
chief rabbi from 1973 to 1983. He is a noted authority on Jewish law and the
spiritual leader of the Shas political party.
On Sunday, in a sign of the severity of his condition, his
family publicly asked that prayers be said for Yosef’s healing and released his
Hebrew name: Ovadia Yosef ben Georgia (עובדיה יוסף בן ג’ורג’יה).
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