Large ultra-Orthodox Jewish communal organization based in Jerusalem
Headquarters in Jerusalem
The Charedi Council of Jerusalem (Hebrew: העדה החרדית, haEdah haCharedit, Ashkenazi pronunciation: ha-Aideh Charaidis or ha-Eido ha-Chareidis; "Congregation of God-Fearers") is a large Haredi Jewish communal organization based in Jerusalem, with several thousands affiliated households. It is led by an independent rabbinical court, chaired by the Gaon Convenor, acronymed Ga'avad, and operated by the Rabbi Convenor, Ra'avad. The Council provides facilities such as dietary laws supervision, ritual baths, a Sabbath enclosure, and welfare services. The Council was founded in 1921 by devout Ashkenazi residents of Jerusalem, especially of the Old Yishuv, who refused to be affiliated in any way with the new Zionist institutions.
Inspired by militant anti-Zionist ideology, it refuses to receive any state funding from the Israeli authorities, or to endorse voting in the elections, relying on donations from fellow anti-Zionist Haredi Jews abroad and its own income. Its members often engage in demonstrations against Sabbath desecration, autopsies, or archaeological excavations of human remains, which they regard as sins, and are noted for their poverty and extreme religious strictness. The Council also sponsors a Sephardi Haredi Council.
Edah, should not be confused with the Haredi communal body in Israel known as the EdahHaChareidis. Edah was a Modern Orthodox Jewish organization, generally...
1919, Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and Yitzchok Yerucham Diskin founded the EdahHaChareidis as part of Agudath Israel in then-Mandate Palestine. In 1924, Agudath...
Israeli Haredi rabbi. He serves as the ga'avad (Gaon Av Beis Din) of the EdahHaChareidis in Jerusalem, and the rabbi of the Gra Synagogue in the Har Nof neighbourhood...
position and in 1945 they succeeded in expelling Agudah members from the EdahHaChareidis. In 1947, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky petitioned...
the Chief Rabbi, or Gaavad (Gaon Av Beis Din), of Jerusalem for the EdahHaChareidis. He was appointed to this post in 2004, after having served as a dayan...
Israel, the term Badatz is often used to refer to the Badatz of the EdahHaChareidis; however, it is not the title of this group, and other batei din use...
continued after statehood was achieved. Haredi Jewish groups (such as EdahHaChareidis) do not recognize the authority of the Chief Rabbinate. They usually...
journalist and author Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss (1926–2022), Chief Rabbi of the EdahHaChareidis in Jerusalem Vera Gissing (1928–2022), writer and translator Of the...
or receive any state funding. They are mainly affiliated with the EdahHaChareidis and the Central Rabbinical Congress. The great majority belong to Agudas...
Israeli state. Among them are both the Orthodox (the Satmar Hasidism, EdahHaChareidis, Neturei Karta) and Reform (American Council for Judaism). In addition...
no Israeli markings. The Israeli educational networks of Satmar and EdahHaChareidis, the latter also led by the Grand Rebbe, are fully independent and...
notable Haredi religious organizations, including the Jerusalem-based EdahHaChareidis, have issued strong and vocal statements condemning the burqa sect's...
Jerusalem, issued a protest letter on behalf of his community, the EdahHaChareidis, and Agudas Yisroel strongly condemning the desecration of the holy...
Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem for the EdahHaChareidis, author of Leflagos Reuven Shmuel Berenbaum (1920–2008), rosh yeshiva...
Satmar Hasidim, as well as the larger movement they are part of, the EdahHaChareidis, are opposing its ideology for religious reasons. They number in the...
December 1848 – 26 February 1932), was the rabbi and co-founder of the EdahHaChareidis, a Haredi Jewish community in Jerusalem, during the years of the British...
Rabbi of Jerusalem (EdahHaChareidis) Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky – first Dushinsky rebbe and Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem (EdahHaChareidis) Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky...
keep away from them and condemn their actions". On 21 December, the EdahHaChareidis rabbinical council of Jerusalem also released a statement calling on...
Binyomin Rabinowitz, was a member of the Badatz (rabbinical court) of the EdahHaChareidis. He has been quoted as saying: "If religious Jews would not co-operate...
out to the Zionist movement and in 1937 a vote took place within the EdahHaChareidis in which the Neturei Karta party won by a landslide, with Agudah having...
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