Israeli rabbi, posek, and spiritual leader (1929–2010)
Rabbi
Mordechai Eliyahu מרדכי צמח אליהו
Title
Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, 1983–1993
Personal
Born
Mordechai Eliyahu
March 3, 1929
Jerusalem
Died
June 7, 2010(2010-06-07) (aged 81)
Jerusalem
Religion
Judaism
Nationality
Israeli
Parent(s)
Salman and Mazal Eliyahu
Denomination
Hardal
Jewish leader
Predecessor
Ovadia Yosef
Successor
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron
Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu (Hebrew: מרדכי צמח אליהו, March 3, 1929 – June 7, 2010, on the Hebrew calendar: 21 Adar I, 5689 - 25 Siwan, 5770),[1] was an Israeli rabbi, posek, and spiritual leader.
The son of a Jerusalem Kabbalist, in his youth, Eliyahu was active in Brit HaKanaim, a radical religious underground organization. He served as a dayan in Beersheba, and in the Supreme 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 was instrumental in moving many of its members over to the religious right, sparking the beginnings of the Hardal movement. A supporter of Meir Kahane and Jonathan Pollard, Eliyahu expressed his opposition to the Israeli disengagement from Gaza.
Eliyahu died at age 81, after complications from a heart condition. He was buried on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.
^"The Life and Times of Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu", Hebrew; Harav.org
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