whole Am Israel

Shas people need to adore some man and make him much greater than he actually was,..he was one to take the job... He did not leave any mark on those outside his followers. May he rest in peace, and may we also have peace!

Well written and respectful. He will be missed by all in Israel. May G-d have mercy on us.

Bah bah bah bah

this is the very essence of any brainwashing done by any cult/ideology. Get them as young as possible and you'll have faithful followers tearing their clothes & dying for you if needed. That's how Dear Leaders are born on this Earth and trust me: Imaginary Friend has nothing to do with their appointment!

and move on. He may have been your Jesus Christ but he certainly wasn't mine. God will deal with him. His spiteful words concerning the Kedoshim of Europe 39-45 will be marked by the only one that counts. Now move on, get a job, take that welfare teat out of your mouth and be a mench for once in your life. A cult of fools if I ever saw. You have learned nothing from our history. The only Jew that counts is a Jew ready to fight for his country and his life. Our soldiers are our heroes. It is them I admire and pray for.

The loss to the Jewish Nation? Ummm somehow i dont think so

"A spiritual leader is a leader of the entire Jewish nation" He did not see himself as such. He was a divisive individual who mixed religion with politics whilst blurring the lines between religion and “cult”. He is largely responsible for hundreds of thousands of his followers being unable to contribute to the economic wellbeing of the country. Had he concentrated on being a religious leader, his legacy may have warranted this public accolade, but having chosen a different path, let us hope his legacy is short lived.

Really not for me !!! Please do not speak for all of us whom this man spent his entire life despecting and disrespecting. We are certainly not going to miss him !

I rather suspect the latter. The Yosef family will soon be on the Forbes List.

Couldnt have put it better ! No wonder 850,000 turned up, because the brain washed parasites who dont work have nothing better else to do !

like "non-Jews is to serve Jews"? How is popularity of his ideas compatible with your depiction of yourself as "eternal victims"?

Wake up and smell the coffee Dude, not every Jew is in mourning today, I'm not. Personally, I think he was full of the worst kind of verbal tripe. Counted among the great leaders are Ben Gurion, Che Guevara, Nelson Mandela, Yitzhak Rabin and Steve Jobs. The list is long, and nor does it, nor will it EVER include Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. I'm a part of a Jewish nation, and I'll ask you not to include me in mourning the loss of this man.

...No mark except some: 1) Allowing agunot of IDF mia's to marry (went against everyone else) 2) recognizing ethiopians as jews without requirement for giur lechumra (went against everyone else) 3) accepting huge numbers of soviet jews without proof of their jewishnes (went against everyone else) ...etc.

Is this the same tzadik who said that any man standing, or walking, between two women is a donkey? What profound wisdom!!! This man had the memory of a microchip and the ethics of a crass boor.

AMEN!! Perfectly said.

don't worth the article in the newspaper. it also not clear from the post what is to be so excted about. SHAS created classical Mid Eastern cult with clear political agenda. His followers are hysterical crowd and remind rather Shia muslims during Ashura festival.

Definitely not a leader of the Jewish people but only to his followers and politicians

Jewish religion is not what you think your are wrong ,

his levaya. Think twice before saying he had no affect on the masses, or was a cult leader.

He claimed that women are worthless without sons... If you call this a great leader then you're not better than Iranian mullahs

Ovadia despised the majority of the Jewish nation, not to mention the rest of humanity. What looked great in the eyes of the Torah world looked very bad in the real world. Cultism, xenophobia, antagonism to mention just a few of the problems. I imagine he was a better person than his childish outbursts but a great spiritual leader he was not.

beautiful jews as cult people have a problem with the jewish people.This is not a cult or something . This is Am Yisrael pure and simple.

Every few month when one of this ultra orthodox Olga guy dies this the same Stupid thing"we lost one of the most important men of our generation "" And bla bla bla Stop worshiping a men A fanatic ,a racist,a macho that had said soooo many stupidities That no great men can say