Rabbi Ovadia Yosef left nearly everything to his youngest son; his other children fought over the Jerusalem flat until 2016

Ovadia Yosef was Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983 and the spiritual leader of the Shas party. He died in October 2013, aged 93, leaving 11 children. His youngest son, Moshe, and Moshe's wife Yehudit had cared for him in their home for about 20 years. In a handwritten document given to lawyer David Glass in 2005 and renewed in 2012, he left most of his assets, estimated at tens of millions of shekels, to Moshe, including the rights to publish and sell his books. It said his wishes must not be challenged. It excluded his flat on HaKablan Street in Har Nof, Jerusalem, and personal effects. Most of the other children opposed Moshe, and some questioned the document. The dispute over the flat reached the Jerusalem Family Court in March 2015 and was also argued before rabbinical courts. In February 2016 the family announced a mediated agreement. As reported, the flat would be sold for NIS 11 million and the money split evenly among the other siblings; the flat would become a heritage centre keeping his library of 30,000 books; Moshe and Yehudit would keep living there. Three siblings said they would not sign. A week later the Tax Authority said Moshe owed tax on about NIS 19 million in income; his lawyer said the money belonged to a charitable loan fund. Under the Succession Law his daughters share equally with his sons; under Jewish law they would not inherit where there are sons.