Ovadia Hedaya (, 24 December 1889 – 8 February 1969) was a leading Israeli rabbi. Biography Rabbi Hadaya was born in 1889 in Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, to rabbi Shalom Hedaya. In 1945, he succeeded his father as head of Yeshivat HaMekubalim, the center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem. Awards and honours In 1968, Rabbi Hedaya was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature. Published works Yaskil Avdi (): (Eight volumes) See also List of Israel Prize recipients References 1889 births 1969 deaths Orthodox rabbis in Mandatory Palestine Israeli Orthodox rabbis Religious Zionist Orthodox rabbis Israel Prize Rabbi recipients Israel Prize in Rabbinical literature recipients Rabbis in Jerusalem