Ovadia Yosef Quotes

• Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world - only to serve the People of Israel,. Why are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat. That is why gentiles were created.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Hate, Work, Israel

  "Christmas 2015 Brings More Misery, Poverty and Dispossession for Bethlehem and Palestinians" by Raouf Halaby, www.counterpunch.org. December 25, 2015.

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• In Israel, death has no dominion over them With gentiles, it will be like any person – they need to die, but [God] will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that one's donkey would die, they'd lose their money. This is his servant That's why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew. Gentiles were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Israel, Long, People

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• It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable... The Lord shall return the Arabs' deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Evil, World, Deeds

  "Rabbi calls for annihilation of Arabs", news.bbc.co.uk. April 10, 2001.

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• It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on lawwith an emphasis on what is permitted.

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  Real, Easy, Prohibition

  Jewish Chronicle (p. 22), October 11, 2013.

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• Where there is Torah it sustains the world.

  Ovadia Yosef

  World, Torah

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• We should have a banquet on the day haters die.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Should Have, Should, Banquets

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• You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Support, Tree, Might

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• Saving a life overrides territories.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Life, Saving, Territory

  Ovadia Yosef's sentence according to Jewish law, 1979.

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• When we ask God to 'bring an end to our enemies,' we should be thinking about Iran, those evil ones who threaten Israel.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Thinking, Israel, Iran

  "Say a New Year prayer for the destruction of our enemies in Iran, Shas spiritual leader urges" by Asher Zeiger and Greg Tepper, www.timesofisrael.com. August 26, 2012.

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• There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, because there isn't enough Torah study.

  Ovadia Yosef

  Littles, Study, Natural

  "Rabbi: Hurricane punishment for pullout" by Zvi Alush, www.ynetnews.com. September 7, 2005.

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• The most significant halachic authority of the last 100 years, whose positions helped fashion a balanced and moderate Judaism.

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  Fashion, Years, Lasts

  Obituary Jewish Chronicle (p. 33), October 11, 2013.

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