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Is that Rav Ovadiah Yosef? If so, I really need to start learning it because there is a Sephardi woman who attends my halacha shiur.
lilmod ulelamaid- – Yalkut Yosef is actually Rav Yitzhak Yosef, shlita’s sefer. I believe most of the work is based on his father’s (Rav Ovadia z”l) halachas, but there are points were he paskins differently than his father.
There is another work done by Rav Yitzhak’s brother Rav David Yosef, shlita that is base on the Mishna Berura call Halacha Berurah.
Both are excellent kitzur halacha seforim for sefardim.
For those that can learn on a much higher level I recommend (to everybody including Ashkenazi) Rav Ovadia Yosef’s sefer She’elot U’Teshuvot Yabia Omer. This must be one of the greatest sefer to come out in the last 100 years.
I’m reading the Halacha of the Ben Ish Chai. It is very good to read because he’ll give you the deeper reason for not/doing something the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch doesn’t say. He frequently quotes the Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe so heknewthe Chabad customs, and abundantly quotes the Chida and Rav Palachi and other authorities — the Malbim and Rav Eibshitz too!
Softwords – I’m assuming that Halacha Brurah follows the Psakim of Rav Ovadiah? If so, that would probably be helpful for me, since I am basically teaching according to the MB, so I need to know when Rav Ovadiah differs, for my Sefardi student. Does Rav Ovadia have something on the Shulchan Aruch? If so, that is probably something I could use. Or is that what Yabia Omer is? Problem is that you probably have to buy the whole set, and I probably can’t afford it…
Why should Ashkenazim learn Yabia Omer if we don’t posken according to Rav Ovadiah?
Excellence – The Ben Ish Chai is good reading. However, for Sefardim, most are noheg to follow Rav Ovadia in Halacha, so it is better to learn Yalkut Yosef if you want to know present day Sefardi halacha. The Ben Ish Chai was noted to be machmir in several areas and Rav Ovadia would bring down his deiya and state “those that would like to follow like that Tov Alav Bracha”.
I’m not saying not to learn the Ben Ish Chai. By all means do. I’m just stating that if someone wants to know contemporary Sefardi halacha better to look at Yalkut Yosef.
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lilmod ulelamaid – I’m sorry, but I am not as familiar with the Halacha Berurah than I am with Yalkut Yosef. Unfortunately, I am not well enough versed in either of them to tell you the differences. Best to consult with a knowledgeable Sefardi. As far as whether you can buy them individually, the answer is yes you can buy individual volumes. (I’m not sure about Yabi Omer though).
As far as your question about Ashkenazim learning Yabi Omer, Yabi Omer is a sefer to study. It is not meant as a quick guide book in halacha. Rav Ovadia’s Bikeus was vast and he brings down just about every halachic source out there (including all the Ashkenazi poskim). He shows you everybody’s approach to a specific halacha, where the sources are that they are drawing from and who he leans towards in psak. It is an excellent starting point for anyone building a chabura or wanting to have a full grasp on any given topic. There just about no topic I have not found him discussing. It is the sefer that really helped me see the greatness of a man that others foolishly looked towards with political eyes. He was certainly one of the greatest Talmid Chochom of our Dor.
“Does Rav Ovadia have something on the Shulchan Aruch?”
In a biography that I have about Ran Ovadia Yosef, it says that he always held like the B”Y, except for 53 times. When you consider that there are like 10,000 siifim in the Shulchan Aruch, 53 times is not much. In one instance, the biography states that R”OY said that the the B”Y did not have a copy of the R”OSh for that inyan. We now have that girsa, so even the B”Y would agree to the change.
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“Why should Ashkenazim learn Yabia Omer if we don’t posken according to Rav Ovadiah? “
To learn his derech halimud and psak. You might pasken differently, but his clarity and completeness are amazing.
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You can download the Kitzur Yalkut Yosef for free on Android in the play store.
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“I’m reading the Halacha of the Ben Ish Chai… He frequently quotes the Shulchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe…, .. the Chida and Rav Palachi and other authorities — the Malbim and Rav Eibshitz too! “
Rav Ovadia Yosef was critical of the Ben Ish Chai because ROY felt that the BICh somewhat deviated from the Sephardic Halachic Tradition by including Ashkenazic psak and also Kabbalistic psak.
This is not to say that ROY didn’t have the utmost respect for the BICh. He did. But he felt that he had to voice his opinion as needed. ROY used to teach a BICh class(I believe in depth) on Sundays. He taught through the BICh 10 times and wrote a commentary based on those classes. He published that commentary, and it’s called Halichot Olam.
YALKUT YOSEF IS AMAZING! THE BEST SEFER FOR HALACHA !!!
I STUDY IT EVERYDAY! I PICKED UP SO MUCH INFORMATION IN ALL AREAS OF HALACHA (EX: SHABBAT, BERACHOT, HOLIDAYS, ETC)
IT IS A MUST FOR EVERY HOME!!!
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON GROWING DAILY WITH THE STUDY OF HALACHA I WILL SUPPLY MY EMAIL ADDRESS SO YOU CAN CONTACT ME.
HACHAM OVADIA YOSEF WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST POSKIM IN THE LAST 1000 YEARS. HE IS UP THERE WITH THE RAMBAM & MARAN R’ YOSEF KARO.
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