Prominent Israeli rabbi She’ar Yashuv Cohen dies

Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef She’ar Yashuv Cohen, the former chief rabbi of Haifa and a renowned authority on Jewish law, has died at the age of 88, reports say.

Rabbi She'ar Yashuv Cohen, former chief rabbi of Haifa, in Jerusalem, on August 18, 2010 (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)
Rabbi She’ar Yashuv Cohen, former chief rabbi of Haifa, in Jerusalem, on August 18, 2010 (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)

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