Ovadia Yosef — Iraqi Clergyman

Ovadia Yosef was a Talmudic scholar, an authority on Jewish religious law, and the longtime spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party. Born in Iraq, he was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1973 to 1983. Yosef's responsa were highly regarded within Haredi circles, particularly among Mizrahi communities, among whom he was regarded as "the most important living halakhic authority.".. (wikipedia)

You must not lean on a tree on Sabbath, if the tree might be dependent on you for support.
Where there is Torah it sustains the world.
There was a tsunami and there are terrible natural disasters, all of this because of too little Torah study.
We should have a banquet on the day haters die.
Saving a life overrides territories.