Yosef Yitzchak Shloush Explained

Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Shloush (Chelouche) (known to his community as "Rebbi Yosef") (1890–1960) lived in the old city of Jerusalem until 1938 when he moved to Machane Yehuda. He was the head of the Chevrah Kadisha and the Av bet din (rabbinical court head) of the Sephardic community of Jerusalem.

Family

Shloush and his wife Sa'ada had two sons, David Chaim Shloush the Chief Rabbi of Netanya, Avraham Shloush the Chief Rabbi of Kfar Saba and a daughter, Avigayil.

His father, Rabbi David Shloush was a Rosh Yeshiva (dean of a yeshiva) in Marrakech, Morocco.

See also

• Tzuf Dvash Synagogue
• Maghrebim

References

• The Sephardic Community Committee of Jerusalem. Hod Yosef. Jerusalem: Y. A. Itiah, 1961.
• yaaqovb. "גליון 13 פרשת שלח לך." Scribd. 7 Aug. 2009 https://www.scribd.com/doc/123470/-13->.
• Shloush, Rabbi David. Chemdah Genuzah 1. Jerusalem: Y. A. Itiah, 1976.