He was the boy who finished an entire difficult and long sefer by learning it on the short bus ride to and from yeshivah each day.

He was the young man who memorized entire sefarim while leafing through them in the bookstore.

He was the Torah genius who underwent a painful procedure without anesthesia, yet didn't feel a thing - because he was concentrating so intensely on studying a Gemara.

He was the gadol hador whose love for Torah was so great that even a few minutes of learning meant more to him than speaking on the phone with the prime minister of the country.

He was one of the greatest Torah leaders of our generation.

He was Maran Hacham Ovadia Yosef ztvk"l.

Maran's greatness in Torah, his diligence in learning, and his ahavat Yisrael are legendary. In A Life of Torah, you wlil read twenty-five incredible stories about this saintly tzaddik and gaon. each inspirational anecdote will fill you with awe for this Torah giant...and with a longing to follow in his ways.

By: Rabbi Avraham Ohayun / Sephardic Legacy Series