The Rishon L’Tzion, Rav Yitzchok Yosef, spoke publicly in the early morning of Monday after the petirah of Chacham Shalom Cohen zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Porat Yosef and nosi of the Shas party’s Moetzet Chachmei Hatorah.
“Together with the entire House of Yisroel, we mourn and are broken to the point of despair at the departure from us of our teacher and rebbi…
“Woe to the ship that has lost its captain… For the sake of the honor of the Torah, it is obligatory for everyone to come and participate in the levayah of Maran zt”l, who taught Torah to many, raised generations of talmidei chachomim, returned the crown to its glory, and re-established Sephardic Jewry… Umacha Hashem dimah me’al kol ponim.”
{Matzav.com Israel}
