Baba Sali

Known for the many miracles he performed, Baba Sali was so adored by his followers that his death in 1984 drew more than 100,000 mourners to his gravesite in less than twenty-four hours. The authors of this book, Rav Eliyahu Alfasi, Baba Sali’s shamash (attendant), and Rav Yechiel Torgeman, Baba Sali’s grandson, offer us a precious glimpse of his life and teachings and clearly demonstrate that the Talmudic expression “The tzaddik (righteous person) decrees, and G-d fulfills” was entirely true of Rav Yisrael Abuchatzeirah, the “praying father” of Sephardic Jewry.