In order to mark the yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Council will convene a special yahrzeit session in the former Har Nof home of the Torah giant, on Kablan Street.

The yahrzeit is on Friday, 3 Cheshvan. A special memorial session for Maran will be held by the council in his home on Thursday at noon.

Tens of thousands are expected to visit the kever in Jerusalem’s Sanhedria Cemetery as well, beginning on Thursday night and continuing into erev Shabbos.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem/Photo Credit: Chief Rabbinate Spokesman Unit)