Ovadia Hedaya

Ovadia Hedaya (, 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. 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.

Published works

 * Yaskil Avdi : (Eight volumes)