Final Years
Advancing age and weakness forced Rabbi Attiya to give up much of his responsibilities at the yeshiva. However, he continued to make himself available for advice and consultation with anyone who needed him. In this way, he continued to nurture the Sephardic Torah leaders he had trained and dispatched to communities around the world.
In 1969, he became seriously ill and drifted in and out of a coma for an entire year. He died in Jerusalem on the morning of 25 May 1970 (19 Iyar 5730) and was buried on Har HaMenuchot.
He was succeeded as rosh yeshiva by Rabbi Yehuda Tzadka, who had learned under him since the age of 14. Rabbi Tzadka died in November 1970.
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