Maran Harav Ovadia The Making of an Iconoclast ... - YUTorah

 Israel’s Chief Rabbis II: Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu
R’ Mordechai Torczyner - torczyner@torontotorah.com

On November 15, exactly one month after their election, Harav Ovadia felt that he had no choice but to report to the press that his Ashkenazi counterpart had issued an ultimatum four days earlier: If Harav Ovadia would not join him on a new three-man beit din, Chief Rabbi Goren would cut off all contact with him and refuse to participate in a joint inaugural ceremony. Chief Rabbi Goren denied issuing the ultimatum, but Harav Ovadia Yosef repeated the charge in an interview published in the Jerusalem Post.