Rabbi Yaacov YOSEF

Yaacov was born on October 18th, 1946 in Jerusalem, Israel.  Yaacov's father was Rabbi Ovadia Abdalla YOSEF and his mother was Margalit FATTAL.  His paternal grandparents were Yaacov OVADIA and Yafa Gorgia; his maternal grandparents were Rabbi Avraham HaLevi FATTAL and Zhiya. He had four brothers and seven sisters, named Avraham, Yizhak, David, Moshe, Adina, Malka, Yafa, Rivkah, Sarah, Leah and Rachel.  He died from cancer at the age of 66 on April 12th, 2013.