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Sephardic Haredi leader Rabbi Meir Mazuz dies at 80

Rabbi Meir Mazuz speaks at a press conference the Yachad political party in Bnei Brak, March 27, 2019. (Yehuda Haim/Flash90)
Rabbi Meir Mazuz, one of the leaders of Israel’s Sephardic ultra-Orthodox community, dies aged 80.
Mazuz, a Tunisian Jew, headed the Kisse Rahamim Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.
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