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    Vashem. Lau was born on 1 June 1937, in the Polish town of Piotrków Trybunalski. His father, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau (Polish: Mojżesz Chaim Lau), the last...
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    Bar-On, Mordechai. Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero (Yale University Press; 2012) 247 pages Lau-Lavie, Napthali. Moshe Dayan – A Biography,...
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    March 1942 and deposited their testimonies with Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau. Widawski spoke with Rabbi Lau as well as some members of the prewar Communal Council...
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  • mystic, founder of Hasidic Judaism Isaac Nieto (1702–1774), English rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto (Ramchal, 1707–1746), Italian ethicist, philosopher, and mystic...
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  • (1921–1925) Chaim Nahum (1925–1960) Haim Moussa Douek (1960–1972) Michael Alony (1995–1996) Shmuel Kot (2000–present[update]) Aharon Moshe Kiselev (1937–1949)...
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    Bechor Chaim Yitzhak Nachum (1834–1896) Israel Sheikh Hazan (1835–1896) Moshe Hazan Sarah (m. Joseph Raphael Uziel) Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel Hazan, Chaim David...
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    Chaim Eliezer Walder (Hebrew: חיים אליעזר ולדר, romanized: Ḥayyim Eliʿezer Valder; 15 November 1968 – 27 December 2021) was an Israeli Haredi author of...
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  • to sit on a Beth Din. The current members of the council are: Rabbi David Lau—the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef—the Sephardi Chief Rabbi Rabbi...
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    for a book to be published about his family history. His sons are Dr. Moshe Chaim Zacks and Dr. Yitzchak Zacks. The Shapira family was known for its dayanim...
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    Kol Torah was headed by Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, until his death in 1995. Moshe Yehuda Schlesinger, eldest son of the founder, is currently serving as rosh...
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    the yeshiva and received his ordination as a city rabbi. In 1980, Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Goldvicht appointed him as a lecturer (ram) at the yeshiva. Alongside...
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  • elections. Ahi Yisraeli pulled out before the election, and Bar Shalom endorsed Moshe Kahlon's Kulanu party. Yaakov Yosef (1946-2013) was the eldest son and second...
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    Talmudic genius known as the Rogachover Gaon. In 1933 he also met with Chaim Elazar Shapiro, as well as with Talmudist Shimon Shkop. During this time...
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    born in 1992 to a Vizhnitz family in Bnei Brak. Motty is the son of Rabbi Moshe and Rebecca Steinmetz, and the fourth of nine children. When Steinmetz was...
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    Schimmelman, was a real estate manager. His education included Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Mesivta Torah Vodaath, and Yeshiva College. Schacter was protege...
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    Eshkol – prime minister (1963–69) Chaim Herzog – former president of Israel, first and only Irish-born Israeli President Moshe Katsav – president (2000–07)...
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  • 2023-02-18. "Moshe Sharett". gov.il. Retrieved 2023-02-24. "Moshe Sharett (Shertok) (1894–1965)". m.knesset.gov.il. Retrieved 2023-02-24. "Moshe Sharett"...
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    plot of land next to Heichal Shlomo was purchased with the efforts of Dr Moshe Avrohom Yaffe, chairman of the Board of Management of Heichal Shlomo. The...
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    Rishon LeZion. Leah Butbul Moshe Yosef, (b. 1966), a rabbi married to Yehudit. Both lived and cared for Yosef in his apartment. Moshe is the head of the Badatz...
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    Torah Vodaas, Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin, Mir Yeshiva, as well as a string of similar smaller yeshivas. The Torah Vodaas and Chaim Berlin yeshivas allow some...
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    26, 1990. Video of Rabbi Shach speaking at Kallah at Ponevezh Yeshiva Video of Rabbi Shach giving eulogy for Rabbi Moshe Feinstein at Etz Chaim Yeshiva...
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    Moshe Sanbar (Hebrew: משה זנבר; March 29, 1926 – October 1, 2012) was an economist and Israeli public figure. He served as Governor of the Bank of Israel...
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    of Rabbi Chaim Schapiro. The ordination degrees have been signed by former Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and Yisroel Meir Lau. Yeshiva...
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  • Yosef Moalam Boaz Biton Yehuda Ovaidi Moshe Kaicov Refael Benraz Yaakov Maalimi Moshe Ailuz Michael Tafiro Chaim Rosh Asher Shoker Meir Cohen Ben Hayim...
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    March 2019. Chaim Levinson, 'Israel Police creates unit to fight 'price tag' attacks - but only in West Bank,' at Haaretz 26 June 2013 Chaim Levinson, Jonathan...
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  • their movement. The Shin Bet supports the position of Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who has called for limited use of administrative detention against...
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    name used by Yosef Karo, who was a Sepharadi, in his Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 493:2, and cf. 489:1 where BaOmer is inserted by Moses Isserles). (The form...
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  • 11 May 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012. Leading nationalist religious Rabbi Chaim Druckman will receive the Israel Prize for his contributions to society...
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    divorce Dov Kalmanovich – Israeli politician Moshe Koppel – American-Israeli computer scientist Binyamin Lau – Israeli Orthodox rabbi, Rav of Kehillat Ramban...
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    Africa 17 August 2020 Elsimar M. Coutinho 90 Doctor Brazil (São Paulo) Chaim Dov Keller 90 Rabbi United States (Chicago) Nishikant Kamat 50 Actor India...
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