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Rabbi Ovadia Yosef buried in largest funeral in Israeli history
800,000 attend last procession for revered leader of Sephardi Jewry; 300 require medical treatment — but no serious injuries… and one birth; worried police chief had feared disaster as crowds swelled; public figures send condolences, recall a giant of Jewish thought
By Gavriel Fiske
7 October 2013, 5:15 pm
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- Hundreds of thousands of mourners attend the Jerusalem funeral procession of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Monday, October 7, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
- Police helicopter night vision photo of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's funeral in Jerusalem on Monday (photo credit: @MickyRosenfeld via Twitter)
- Hundreds of thousands attend the funeral procession for Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the 93-year-old spiritual leader of the Shas party, on Monday (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Hundreds of thousands attend the funeral procession of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef on Monday, October 7, 2013 in Jerusalem (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
- Hundreds of thousands attend the funeral procession for Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jerusalem Monday (photo credit: @GPOIsrael via Twitter)
- Mourners observe the funeral procession for Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Monday, October 7, 2013 (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
- Mourners at the Porat Yosef yeshiva in Jerusalem, during the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in Jerusalem on October 7, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- The body of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef arrives at the Porat Yosef yeshiva in Jerusalem, from which hundreds of thousands of mourners will walk to the Sanhedria cemetery where Rabbi Ovadia Yosef will be buried later in the evening. Rabbi Yosef passed away earlier in Jerusalem, on October 7, 2013 at the age of 93. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Ultra Orthodox Jewish men cry out as they mourn Shas spirtual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who passed away in Jerusalem on October 07, 2013 at the age of 93. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Mourners gather outside the Porat Yosef yeshiva in Jerusalem for the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, on October 7, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Mourners on a rooftop near the Porat Yosef yeshiva in Jerusalem, where hundreds of thousands are gathering for the funeral of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in Jerusalem, on October 7, 2013. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
- Shas party leader Aryeh Deri (center) cries as he stands with Israeli President Shimon Peres (right) near the body of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in Jerusalem on October 7, 2013. (photo by Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90
- President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shas party leader Aryeh Deri and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat are seen helping carry the body of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who passed away earlier at the age of 93, in Jerusalem, on October 7, 2013. (photo credit: Mark Neyman/GPO/Flash90)
- Followers of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef watch the television news to learn of his condition while waiting at the hospital where he was being treated shortly before he died, October 7, 2013. (photo credit: Mitch Ginsburg)
- Orthodox Jews cry as they react to the news that Shas spirtual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef passed away in Jerusalem on October 07, 2013 at the age of 93. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)