Chief Rabbi (Hebrew: רב ראשי, romanized: Rav Rashi) is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish...
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Chief Rabbi of Russia (Hebrew: הרב הראשי לרוסיה) is the leader of the Jewish communities in Russia since 1990. Currently there are two Chief Rabbis of...
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supreme rabbinic authority for Judaism in Israel. The Chief Rabbinate Council assists the two Chief Rabbis, who alternate in its presidency. It has legal and...
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following list of chief rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth gives information regarding the Chief Rabbi of the United Synagogue...
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Ephraim Mirvis (redirect from Chief Rabbi Mirvis)
British Orthodox rabbi who serves as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Ireland between...
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the council are: Rabbi David Lau—the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef—the Sephardi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Shimon Elituv—Chief Rabbi of Mateh Binyamin...
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Kalman Ber (category Chief rabbis of Israel)
1957) is an Israeli rabbi who serves as the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, appointed in 2024. He previously served as Chief Rabbi of Netanya from 2014...
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Adler, Chief Rabbi (1891–1911) Joseph Herman Hertz, Chief Rabbi (1913–1946) Israel Brodie, Chief Rabbi (1948–1965) Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi (1966–1991)...
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The position of Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem was instituted centuries ago and was originally held by a member of the Sephardic community. Moses Galante served...
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The Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth is the senior rabbi of the United Synagogue, a union of British...
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Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery (section Chief Rabbis)
and Rabbis of "Yishuv haYashan" (the old – pre-Zionist – Jewish settlement) together with Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook, the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, and...
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This is a list of prominent rabbis, Rabbinic Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders. See also: List of Jews. Hillel (?- c.10 CE) an early sage, known...
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Abraham Isaac Kook (redirect from Rabbi Kook)
Hebrew-language acronym Hara'ayah (הראי״ה), was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He is considered to be...
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Chief Rabbi (1961–2002) Ishak Haleva, Chief Rabbi (2002–present) Europe Ireland — Yaakov Pearlman, Chief Rabbi (2001–2008) Zalman Lent, Acting Chief Rabbi...
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List of chief rabbis of Poland: 1945–1956 – Ber Percowicz [pl] 1956–1957 – Zew Wawa Morejno 1957–1961 – Ber Percowicz 1961–1966 – Uszer Zibes [pl] 1966–1988...
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rabbis include: Shlomo Goren (former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel); Chaim David Halevi (former Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and Yafo); Dov Lior (Rabbi of...
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Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks (category Chief rabbis of the United Kingdom)
November 2020) was an English Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of...
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A rabbi (/ˈræbaɪ/; Hebrew: רַבִּי, romanized: rabbī) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another...
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Berlin (Bar-Ilan), it was renamed in 1914 for his brother, Chaim Berlin, Chief Rabbi of Moscow and later Jerusalem, and who had also served in Valozhyn, from...
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David Yosef (category Rishon LeZion (rabbi))
Hacham David Yosef (born August 10, 1957) is the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and Rishon LeZion. He has authored dozens of books in Jewish Law mainly...
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City of Jerusalem. These rabbis include: Rabbis Yona Metzger (Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel); Shlomo Amar (Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel); Ovadia Yosef...
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Lists of Chief Rabbis cover Chief Rabbis, the leaders of the Jewish community in each country. The position is often defined by the country's secular...
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Yitzhak Graanboom (redirect from Rabbi Yitzhak Graanboom)
Yitzhak Graanboom (1738-1807) was a Swedish-born rabbi, Jewish convert, and former interim Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam during the 18th century. Graanboom...
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Dov Lior (redirect from Rabbi Dov Lior)
Orthodox rabbi and political figure part of a far-right, nationalist movement for an ethnic and religious state. He served as the Chief Rabbi of Kiryat...
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Joseph Hertz (redirect from Rabbi Hertz)
September 1872 – 14 January 1946) was a British Rabbi and biblical scholar. He held the position of Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1913 until his death...
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Michael Melchior (redirect from Rabbi Michael Malkior)
for Meimad. He is the Rabbi of a community in Talpiyot, Jerusalem (Beit Boyar), while still holding the title of the Chief Rabbi of Norway. A descendant...
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Edah HaChareidis (section Chief Rabbis)
Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and Rabbi Yitzchok Yerucham Diskin (son of Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin) in 1921, prior to the establishment of the Chief Rabbinate...
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Haim Moussa Douek (category Chief rabbis of Egypt)
Rabbi Haim Moussa Douek (1905–August 21, 1974) (Hebrew: חיים דוויך / Arabic: حايم دويك) was the last Chief Rabbi of Egypt. Born into a Kohanim family of...
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson (redirect from Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson)
family moved to Yekatrinoslav (today, Dnipro), where Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was appointed Chief Rabbi of the city. He served until 1939, when he was exiled...
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Abraham Bing (category 18th-century German rabbis)
(1752–1841) was the Oberrabbiner (Chief Rabbi) of Würzburg, and a Rosh yeshiva there. He trained several prominent German rabbis. Bing received his rabbinic...
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