Top 11 Quotes by Ovadia Yosef

Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world - only to serve the People of Israel,. Why are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi

Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world - only to serve the People of Israel,. Why are gentiles needed? They will work, they will plow, they will reap. We will sit like an effendi and eat. That is why gentiles were created.

Ovadia Yosef

Hate, Work, Israel

"Christmas 2015 Brings More Misery, Poverty and Dispossession for Bethlehem and Palestinians" by Raouf Halaby, www.counterpunch.org. December 25, 2015.

In Israel, death has no dominion over them With gentiles, it will be like any person – they need to die, but [God] will give them longevity. Why? Imagine that one's donkey would die, they'd lose their money. This is his servant That's why he gets a long life, to work well for this Jew. Gentiles were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world – only to serve the People of Israel.

Ovadia Yosef

Israel, Long, People

It is forbidden to be merciful to them. You must send missiles to them and annihilate them. They are evil and damnable... The Lord shall return the Arabs' deeds on their own heads, waste their seed and exterminate them, devastate them and vanish them from this world.

Ovadia Yosef

Evil, World, Deeds

"Rabbi calls for annihilation of Arabs", news.bbc.co.uk. April 10, 2001.

It is easy for a rabbi to establish prohibitions, but a rabbi's real strength is to teach Torah and rule on lawwith an emphasis on what is permitted.

Ovadia Yosef

Real, Easy, Prohibition

Jewish Chronicle (p. 22), October 11, 2013.

Where there is Torah it sustains the world.

Ovadia Yosef

World, Torah

We should have a banquet on the day haters die.

Ovadia Yosef

Should Have, Should, Banquets

You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.

Ovadia Yosef

Support, Tree, Might

Saving a life overrides territories.

Ovadia Yosef

Life, Saving, Territory

Ovadia Yosef's sentence according to Jewish law, 1979.

When we ask God to 'bring an end to our enemies,' we should be thinking about Iran, those evil ones who threaten Israel.

Ovadia Yosef

Thinking, Israel, Iran

"Say a New Year prayer for the destruction of our enemies in Iran, Shas spiritual leader urges" by Asher Zeiger and Greg Tepper, www.timesofisrael.com. August 26, 2012.