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...

beginning of the 17th century, the title of Rishon LeZion was given to the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. In 1842, the position of "Hakham Bashi", Chief Rabbi of Constantinople...

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...

during his tenure was Yona Metzger. In 2014 he became the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Amar was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to Eliyahu and Mima (Miriam)...

was an Orthodox rabbi, and the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine. He is considered to be one of the fathers of religious Zionism...

members of the council are: Rabbi David Lau—the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef—the Sephardi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Shimon Elituv—Chief Rabbi of Mateh...

Zionist rabbi, Miami Beach and Chicago Chalom Messas (1913–2003), Chief Rabbi of Morocco and Jerusalem David Messas (1934–2011), Chief Rabbi of Paris Solomon...

neighborhood in central Jerusalem founded in 1926. It is named for Rabbi Shmuel Salant, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem in 1878–1909. Kiryat Shmuel...

(Hebrew: שלום משאש) was a Moroccan rabbi and scholar who served as Chief Rabbi of Morocco, and later as Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Messas was born in Meknes,...

became the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. Meir Auerbach was born in Koło in the Duchy of Warsaw. He was a member of the rabbinic Auerbach family...

scholar and served as Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for several decades (1936-1960). Frank was born in Kovno, Vilna Governorate, the son of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Frank...

November 1944) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel, and the chief editor of the Halacha Brura and Berur...

Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem. He later served as the Rishon LeZion, or Chief Rabbi of Israel, from 1983 to 1993. As a leader of Religious Zionism, Eliyahu...

rosh yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Council. Shapiro was born in Jerusalem to Rabbi Avraham Shapira...

Shlomo Amar (born 1948), former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel and current Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Argov (1929–2003), Israeli diplomat...

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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...

Chief Rabbi of Israel, and his wife Tzviya. As a boy, he studied at Yashlatz in Jerusalem, and later at Mercaz HaRav Kook, where he was a student of Zvi...

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 of Israel...

following. Berab then ordained a few other rabbis, including the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Levi ibn Habib, rabbi Joseph Caro, Moses ben Joseph di Trani, and...

December 11, 2024 in Jerusalem, where he officially donned the traditional garments of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi. Yosef honored the legacy of his father by wearing...

from Rabbi Itzhak Kolitz, the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem and Dean of the Jerusalem Beth Din. Suchard founded Gateways to promote the continuity of Judaism...

Israeli Haredi rabbi. The former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, he also serves as the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Hazon Ovadia [he] in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood...

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for almost 70 years. He was a renowned Talmudist and Torah scholar. Shmuel Salant was born in Białystok, then part of the...

he enjoyed a reputation as one of Jerusalem's most respected rabbis. Meir was born in Jerusalem in 1856, the son of successful merchant Calev Mercado...

Sephardi ḥakham and chief rabbi of Jerusalem. Joseph Hazan was born at Smyrna in 1741 and died in Jerusalem on November 11, 1819. At first rabbi in his native...

Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Chaim Berlin, Chief Rabbi of Moscow She'ar Yashuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Haifa Haim Moussa Douek, Chief Rabbi of Egypt Jacob...

Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber (born 24 December 1957) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and President of the Chief Rabbinate Council. Previously, he served...

Zionist Rabbi David Cohen, the Nazir of Jerusalem, and the sister of Rabbi She'ar Yashuv Cohen, former deputy-mayor of Jerusalem and later Chief Rabbi of Haifa...

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...