Eliyahu Leon Levi

Rabbi Eliyahu Leon Levi (Hebrew: אליהו ליאון לוי), also called "Baba Leon", (1939 – July 20, 2015) was a well known Rabbi and Kabbalist, author of "Tikun-Yesod Yeshuat-Eliyahu".

Born as youngest child in family to Shafika & Rabbi Yeshua who was chief rabbi of Maraash, Turkey. When he was 8 years old, his family immigrate to Israel and settled in Ness Ziona colony, and later moved to Ezra neighborhood in Tel Aviv, where his father established "Ezra and Tushia" Beth Midrash and was the Rabbi of Turkey immigrants.

At the age of 12 he studied in "Ohel Moed" Yeshiva in Tel-Aviv, and at the age of 18 he learned in Chabad Yeshiva at the city. When he was 21 he joined the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Paratroopers Brigade, but as a child to a bereaved family who lost her son Yehuda at the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he was released a year later. He married Shoshana and learned 4 years at the Beit Hillel Kolel, and afterwards started his Kabbalah studies.

Later he moved to Bnei Brak and established the "Tikuney-Eliyahu and Maayaney-Hayeshua" Yeshiva for Kabbalah studies.

Rabbi Leon was also well known as big cantor and was proficient in the Maqam singings.

Rabbi Leon authored the "Tikun-Yesod Yeshuat-Eliyahu" – a special prayer for Pgam Habrit, and during decades he traveled between synagogues in Israel and abroad, to bequeath this prayer. This special prayer took place every Tuesday of the Shovavim days, in a night of praying, singing and crying until sunrise. The last pray each year took place at the Western Wall and drifted thousands of followers.

During about 45 year, Rabbi Leon visited the Western Wall twice each week: once at the middle of the week and the second time at Saturday night with his followers, where they read the Plams book few times and Rabbi Leon gave his weekly homily. They also visited the Western Wall each Rosh Chodesh for a special Rosh Chodesh prayer.

• "Yeshuot Eliayhu" (Hebrew: ישועות אליהו)
• "Kdushat Israel" (Hebrew: קדושת ישראל)
• "Tsaakat Israel" (Hebrew: צעקת ישראל)
• "Mishbezot Zahav Levusha" (Hebrew: משבצות זהב לבושה)

• His firstborn Rav Yehusua, head of "Ateret Haleviim" Yeshiva
• Rav Haim, a Rabbi at the "Ateret Haleviim" Yeshiva
• Cantor Shmual, chief cantor of the Safra synagogue in Manhattan
• Avraham, Isaac and Yosef