The legacy of Rabbi Shalom Cohen
Shas spiritual leader, Rabbi Shalom Cohen, died Sunday night at the age of 91 at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, where he had been hospitalized this past week.
Rabbi Cohen, a native of Jerusalem, served for many years as the principal of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva, which is considered to be the flagship yeshiva in the Sephardic-Haredi community.
Rabbi Cohen was appointed president of Shas’s Council of Torah Sages after Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s death eight years ago.
Cohen was in and out of the hospital over the past year, and had been hospitalized in recent weeks for a leg infection. His…
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