Background
He was born in Jerusalem and studied under Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva.
He was born in Jerusalem and studied under Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva.
הרב חיים דוד הלוי), was Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Jaffa. When R. Uziel was appointed Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he hired R. HaLevi as his personal secretary and as a close student. He then served as the rabbi of various cities in Israel: Romema, Jerusalem.
Served in the Israel Defense Forces (Israel Defense Forces) during 1948 Arab-Israeli War Rishon Le-Zion (as Chief Rabbi of that city, 1951–1973) Israel"s Chief Rabbinate Council (beginning in 1964) Tel Aviv-Jaffa (beginning in 1973, taking over from R Ovadia Yosef).