Mourners gather outside the Jerusalem home of <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F10%2F07%2Fworld%2Fmeast%2Fisrael-spiritual-leader-death%2F">Rabbi Ovadia Yosef</a>, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, on Monday, October 7. Yosef, 93, died after medical complications from a stroke he suffered earlier this year. He was considered the leading authority in religious rulings in the realm of Jewish law and was a founder of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, playing a pivotal role in Israeli politics.
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Mourners gather outside the Jerusalem home of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, on Monday, October 7. Yosef, 93, died after medical complications from a stroke he suffered earlier this year. He was considered the leading authority in religious rulings in the realm of Jewish law and was a founder of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, playing a pivotal role in Israeli politics.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, escorts Yosef's body during the rabbi's funeral in Jerusalem on October 7.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, escorts Yosef's body during the rabbi's funeral in Jerusalem on October 7.
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Orthodox Jews watch Yosef's funeral procession on October 7 in Jerusalem.
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Orthodox Jews watch Yosef's funeral procession on October 7 in Jerusalem.
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Yosef's body gets carried up stairs during the funeral procession.
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Yosef's body gets carried up stairs during the funeral procession.
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Orthodox Jews sit next to the rabbi's body on October 7 in Jerusalem.
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Orthodox Jews sit next to the rabbi's body on October 7 in Jerusalem.
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Police try to hold back Orthodox men and children from reaching the vehicle carrying the rabbi's body.
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Police try to hold back Orthodox men and children from reaching the vehicle carrying the rabbi's body.
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A man weeps outside Yosef's home in Jerusalem after hearing about the rabbi's death.
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A man weeps outside Yosef's home in Jerusalem after hearing about the rabbi's death.
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A woman makes a phone call in a hallway near Yosef's room at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. The rabbi died at the hospital.
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A woman makes a phone call in a hallway near Yosef's room at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. The rabbi died at the hospital.
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