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Yosef Yitzchak Shloush (Chelouche) () (known to his community as "Rebbi Yosef") (1890–1960) lived in the old city of

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until 1938 when he moved to Machane Yehuda. He was the head of the Chevrah Kadisha and the

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(rabbinical court head) of the

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community of Jerusalem.

Family

Shloush and his wife Sa'ada had two sons, David Chaim Shloush the

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, Avraham Shloush the Chief Rabbi of

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and a daughter, Avigayil. His father, Rabbi David Shloush was a

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(dean of a

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) in

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References

* The Sephardic Community Committee of Jerusalem. Hod Yosef. Jerusalem: Y. A. Itiah, 1961. * yaaqovb. "גליון 13 פרשת שלח לך." Scribd. 7 Aug. 2009 https://www.scribd.com/doc/123470/-13->. * Shloush, Rabbi David. Chemdah Genuzah 1. Jerusalem: Y. A. Itiah, 1976. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shloush, Yosef Yitzchak Sephardic Haredi rabbis in Israel Haredi rabbis in Mandatory Palestine People from Marrakesh 1890 births 1960 deaths 20th-century Moroccan rabbis 20th-century Israeli rabbis Burials at Har HaMenuchot Shelichei derabonan (rabbis)

Family

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