According to this passage about my life, I was born in Baghdad in 1920 and immigrated to what was then Mandatory Palestine as a child. I spent my early life studying Torah and became a renowned rabbi and halakhic authority. Some key details about me from the passage:

- I served as the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973-1983, making controversial rulings on issues like relations between religious and secular Jews in Israel. 

- I founded the political party Shas in 1984 to represent Sepha