Marking five years since the petira of Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L, children from the Shas-affiliated Bnei Yosef education network will be bussed to Jerusalem’s Arena Stadium for a memorial event for the yahrzeit, which falls on erev Shabbos this year, 3 Marcheshvan.

Among the speakers planned for the event are a number of sons including, Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef, HaGaon HaRav David Yosef, who is a member of Shas Moetzas Chachmei HaTorah, and Shas chairman, Minister Aryeh Deri.

The late posek hador dedicated a significant portion of his life to reaching out to save the children, to provide them with a Torah education, and on Thursday, they will gather to remember the great leader.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)