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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on the Chief Rabbinate Council, and as rabbis on the Chief Rabbi Election Assembly. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel consists of two Chief Rabbis: an Ashkenazi...
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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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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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This is a list of prominent rabbis, Rabbinic Judaism's spiritual and religious leaders. See also: List of Jews. Yohanan ben Zakkai (1st century CE) 1st-century...
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Ephraim Mirvis (redirect from Chief Rabbi Mirvis)
is an 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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Yitzhak Yosef (category Israel Prize Rabbi recipients)
born (1952-01-16)January 16, 1952) is an Israeli Haredi rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat...
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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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History of the Jews in Lebanon (section Chief rabbis)
series of Chief Rabbis led the Lebanese Jewish community. Rabbi Moïse Yedid-Levy 1799–1829 Rabbi Ralph Alfandari Rabbi Youssef Mann Rabbi Aharoun Yedid-Levy...
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Haïm Korsia (category Chief rabbis of France)
Haïm Korsia (born 27 September 1963) is the Chief Rabbi of France. He was elected by the Central Consistory. Already serving as Jewish chaplain of the...
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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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Rabbi Levi Bannon, Chabad rabbi in Morocco Rabbi Mendy Chitrik, Istanbul-based Ashkenazi rabbi Rabbi Yeshaya Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Kazakhstan Rabbi Levi...
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Yehuda Sarna (redirect from Rabbi Yehuda Sarna)
Rabbi Yehuda Sarna is Chief Rabbi of the Moses Ben Maimon Synagogue of the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, UAE. He is also Executive Director 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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Yisrael Meir Lau (category Chief rabbis of Israel)
the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from 1993 to 2003. He was previously Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Israel. After his tenure as chief rabbi, he was appointed...
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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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of chief rabbis of Iran gives information regarding the Chief Rabbi of the mainstream majority Orthodox Persian Jewish community of Iran. The Chief Rabbi...
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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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This list of Sephardi chief rabbis of the Land of Israel documents the rabbis who served as the spiritual leader of the Sephardic community in the Land...
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David Lau (category Chief rabbis of Israel)
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. He was appointed after achieving a majority of the vote on 24 July 2013. He previously served as the Chief Rabbi of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut...
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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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Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto (redirect from Rabbi pinto)
prison sentence on February 16, 2016. After his release, he became the Chief Rabbi of Morocco in 2019. Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto was born in Israel to Moroccan...
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