R’ Shalom Cohen ZT”L, the head of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem and the spiritual leader of the Sefaradic Charedi party of Shas. He was 91 years old.
He was a member of the party’s Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah rabbinic council from 1984 until he passed away and was its oldest member.
The Levaya took place today at 2 PM from Yeshiva “Porat Yosef” in the old city to Sanhedria Cemetery. Tens of thousands attended the Levaya today in Jerusalem.
Born on November 3rd 1930, Shalom Cohen was one of eight children born to Rabbi Efraim Hakohen, a Sephardi kabbalist, in Jerusalem. His father had been a disciple of the Ben Ish Chai in Baghdad before immigrating to Palestine in 1924. In 1931, the year Shalom was born, his father was appointed rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Shalom began studying at Porat Yosef Yeshiva at the age of 13, and developed a reputation for “diligence and ingenuity”. He married Yael, the daughter of Rabbi Mansour Ben Shimon, a Safed kabbalist who also taught at Porat Yosef. The couple had eight children.
Notwithstanding his youth, Cohen began delivering shiurim at Porat Yosef after his wedding, and taught students for decades. He was named rosh yeshiva of the Old City branch of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in 1966.
וכל בני ישראל יבכו את השריפה אשר שרף ה'. pic.twitter.com/zJpAcXZVdZ
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BDE: Tens of thousands attend the funeral in #Jerusalem of Rabbi Shalom Cohen OBM (91) the spiritual leader of #Sephardic Jewry. pic.twitter.com/eUxVi2LJpY
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Today Rabbi Shalom Cohen ZTK"L leader of the Sephardi community was laid to rest at the age of 91 next to his wife Yael in Sanhedria J'lem.
On one of his 1st meetings in May 2021 @AmbAlKhaja of the #UAE went to vist the Rabbi pic.twitter.com/6ohJ8xQG64— ElBluemountain #JusticeforMalkiRoth (@EBluemountain1) August 22, 2022
