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Rabbi Eliyahu in traditional Sephardic dress
Rabbi Eliyahu in traditional Sephardic dress

Mordechai Eliyahu (Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu, Hebrew: מרדכי אליהו‎, born 12 March 1928, Jerusalem) is a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Sephardi Jews ( Hebrew: ספרדי, Standard Səfardi Tiberian Səp̄arədî; plural Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.

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Background

Eliyahu was born the son of Rabbi Salman Eliyahu, a well-known Jerusalem Kabbalist from an Iraqi Jewish family. Rabbi (pronunciation, although in English usually) in Judaism, means a religious ‘teacher’ or more literally ‘my great one’ when addressing any master Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Kabbalah (קַבָּלָה lit "receiving" is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism. Iraqi Jews are Jews born in Iraq or of Iraqi heritage The history of the Jews in Iraq is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c His mother's name is Mazal Tov. Salman died when Eliyahu was a child, and he proceeded to study with a number of notable personalities in the Orthodox world, including the Chazon Ish, Baba Sali, and Rabbi Ezra Attia. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, (1878-1953 popularly known by the name of his Magnum opus Chazon Ish, was a Belarusian born Orthodox Rabbi Rabbi Yisrael Abuhatzeira (ישראל אבוחצירא known as Baba Sali באבא סאלי (بابا صلى "praying father" (1890-1984 was a Moroccan Rabbi Ezra Attia (1885–1970 ( عزرا عطية) was a distinguished Sephardic Rosh Yeshiva and Torah scholar Following his years of preliminary study, Eliyahu became the youngest person ever elected as a religious judge (dayan) in Israel. A beth din, beit din or beis din ( Hebrew: בית דין "house of judgment" plural battei din) is a Rabbinical He served as the Chief Rabbi of Beersheba for four years, and was then elected to the Supreme Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem, a position he continued to hold during his term as Chief Rabbi of Israel and through the present. Beersheba (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Be'er Sheva, بئر السبع, Birüssebi is the largest City in the Negev desert of southern He has four children, one of whom, Shmuel Eliyahu, is the Chief Rabbi of Safed. Safed (צְפַת pronounced Tsfat; صفد pronounced Safad) is a city in the Northern District of Israel.

He worked for the preservation of the Iraqi Jewish rite and the opinions of the Ben Ish Chai, and opposed the attempts of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef to impose a uniform "Israeli Sephardi" rite based on the Shulchan Aruch and his own halachic opinions. Yosef Chaim ( 1 September, 1832 – 30 August, 1909) ( Hebrew: יוסף חיים מבגדאד) was a leading Hakham Rabbi Ovadia Yossef ( עובדיה יוסף) (born in 1920 in Basra, Iraq) is a Haredi Rabbi, Talmudic scholar a recognized The Shulchan Aruch (שולחן ערוך literally " Set Table " (also Shulhan Aruch or Shulchan Arukh) is a Codification Halakha ( הלכה; alternative transliterations include Halocho and Halacha) is the collective body of Jewish Religious law He published a prayer book called Qol Eliyahu based on this stance. A siddur ( Hebrew: סידור plural siddurim) is a Jewish Prayer book, containing a set order of daily prayers.

Eliyahu is one of the spiritual leaders of the Religious Zionist movement and was an outspoken opponent of the Gaza Disengagement of 2005. Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement (a branch of which is also called Mizrachi) is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Israel's unilateral disengagement plan ( Hebrew: תוכנית ההתנתקות Tokhnit HaHitnatkut or תוכנית ההינתקות Tokhnit HaHinatkut in Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is considered somewhat controversial for his decades-long support of what some characterize as the radical right of the Religious Zionist movement. Eliyahu was a friend of Rabbi Meir Kahane and his family. Rabbi Meir David Kahane (מאיר דוד כהנא also known by the Pseudonyms Michael King and David Sinai, 1 August 1932 – He officiated at the marriage of Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane and delivered the eulogy at Meir Kahane's funeral. Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (בנימין זאב כהנא born 3 October 1966, died 31 December 2000) was the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane. He is a longtime supporter of Jonathan Pollard and became his spiritual mentor while Pollard was in prison. Jonathan Jay Pollard (born August 7, 1954 in Galveston, Texas) is a convicted Israeli Spy and a former United States

Chief Rabbi

Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu wearing Talit
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu wearing Talit

During Rabbi Eliyahu's term as Chief Rabbi between 1983 to 1993, one of his focuses was on attempting to reach out to secular Israeli Jews, giving them a better understanding of Jewish customs and their importance. The tallit (טַלִּית also called tallis ( Yiddish, plural taleysm) is a prayer Shawl worn during the morning Jewish services Secular Jewish culture embraces several related phenomena above all it is the Culture of secular communities of Jewish people but it can also include He traveled extensively throughout Israel and the world, emphasizing the importance of Jewish education, Shabbat observance, family purity, fighting assimilation, and making aliyah. Shabbat or Shabbos ( Hebrew: שַׁבָּת, shabbāt, shabbes, "rest/inactivity" is the Weekly Sabbath Niddah (or nidah, nidda, nida; Hebrew:נִדָּה is a Hebrew term which literally means separation, generally considered to refer A region or society where several different groups are spontaneously assimilated is sometimes referred to as a Melting pot. Aliyah ( refers to Jewish Immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948 the State of Israel) Eliyahu showed a willingness to go to secular environments in order to connect with other Jews, occasionally lecturing in secular moshavim and kibbutzim. Moshav ( is a type of Cooperative Agricultural Community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second A kibbutz ( Hebrew: קיבוץ קִבּוּץ lit "gathering clustering" plural kibbutzim) is a collective community in

Opinions

Gaza Disengagement

In January 2005, Eliyahu stated that the 2004 Tsunami was (pre-emptive) "divine punishment" for Asian governments supporting Israel's unilateral disengagement plan plan. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea Earthquake that occurred at 005853 UTC on December 26 2004 with an Epicentre off the west coast of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan ( Hebrew: תוכנית ההתנתקות Tokhnit HaHitnatkut or תוכנית ההינתקות Tokhnit HaHinatkut in 2

During the Gaza expulsion, Eliyahu made multiple statements (some issued jointly with former Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira,) which were widely interpreted as forbidding Orthodox Jews from participating in or facilitating the expulsion of the Jews from Gaza. Ashkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim ( Hebrew: אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים, ˌaʃkəˈnazim sing Avraham Elkanah Kahana Shapira (אברהם אלקנה כהנא שפירא May 20, 1914, Jerusalem &ndash September 27, 2007) was Eliyahu later clarified his remarks by saying he did not mean for soldiers to engage in "active refusal"3:

. . . a soldier must tell his commander, "I am not refusing orders, but I cannot fulfill this order. ". . . We do not want to dismantle the army that protects the residents and the citizens, and therefore we are against refusal in principle. The soldier must say, "I can't. " If they force him to do this forbidden act, he should enter the family's house, sit on the floor, cry with them, and be saved from the prohibition in a passive manner. 4

Eliyahu's son, Shmuel, was also involved in anti-"Disengagement" protests before the uprooting.


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Preceded by
Ovadia Yosef		 Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Mordechai Eliyahu
1983–1993		 Succeeded by
Eliyahu Bakshi Doron
Rabbi Ovadia Yossef ( עובדיה יוסף) (born in 1920 in Basra, Iraq) is a Haredi Rabbi, Talmudic scholar a recognized Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron (born 1941 is a former Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel.
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