R’ Yehuda Deri, 77, was niftar in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, Monday morning, following an illness. The niftar was the father of former Shas leader and cabinet minister Rav Aryeh Deri as well as the chief rabbi of Beersheva, Rav Yehuda Deri Shlita.
The niftar made aliyah to Eretz Yisrael from Morocco in 1968 with his family and they lived in Bat Yam. They eventually moved to Har Nof in Yerushalayim.
The niftar maintained close ties with Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef Shlita and Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Moshe Shlomo Amar Shlita.
The levaya took place on Monday, 1 Iyar 5772 at 13:00 beginning from Toldot Yitzchak in Har Nof and kvura in Har Menuchos.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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his name is Rav ELIYAHU Deri zt”l
NOT yehuda
that’s his son’s name
gotta get the news straight … especially when reporting a death!