[Audio below.] The following shiur was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill\Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on Matzav.com.
The shiur was given by Rav Yaakov Moishe Shurkin, author of Sifrei Biur Achizah Be’eikev al Teshuvos Rebbi Akiva Eiger and other seforim. The topic of the shiur is “A Woman Moheles, A Goy Mohel, and Hagaon Chacham Ovadia Yosef zt”l”
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Why is he called Hagaon Chaim Ovadia Yosef?
The name Chaim was added because of his sickness. However, the custom is that if the niftar did not heal after the naming then he is not referred as such.
#1 Please reread. He is called with title Chacham, not name Chaim.
You might want to reread it.
if yu learned to read it says Hagaon CHACHAM Ovadia Yosef ztl thats chacham not chaim