# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-zion-abba-shaul
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:24:21.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-zion-abba-shaul"
name: "Ben Zion Abba Shaul"
slug: "ben-zion-abba-shaul"
description: "Ben Zion Abba Shaul was one of the leading Sephardic rabbis, Torah scholars and halakhic arbiters of his day, and the rosh yeshiva of Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem for the last 15 years of his life. He was responsible for a religious revival among Sephardic Jews with his founding of Ma'ayan HaChinuch HaTorani, a network of Torah schools for Sephardic children in Israel, and was widely known for his ability to give blessings that were fulfilled."
tagline: "Sephardic rabbi, Torah scholar and halakhic arbiter"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1924-07-31"
deathDate: "1998-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           5.549106666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "بن صهيون ابا شاؤول"
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    title: "בן ציון אבא שאול"
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    title: "Ben Sion Abba Chaoul"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump