Zambrów, Government General of Warsaw, German Empire
Died
29 October 1994 (aged 77)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Religion
Judaism
Nationality
Israeli
Spouse
Tzfia Cohen
(m. 1945)
[2]
Children
3
Alma mater
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation
Chief of the Military Rabbinate (1948–1968) Chief Rabbi of Israel (1973–1983)
Military career
Allegiance
State of Israel
Service/branch
Haganah (1936–1948) Israel Defense Forces (1948–1968)
Years of service
1936–1968
Rank
Aluf
Battles/wars
Arab–Jewish conflict in Palestine
1947–1949 Palestine War
Arab–Israeli conflict
1948 Arab–Israeli War
1956 Arab–Israeli War
1967 Arab–Israeli War
Shlomo Goren (Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה גֹּרֶן; 3 February 1917 – 29 October 1994), was a Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Talmudic scholar. An Orthodox Jew and Religious Zionist, he was considered a foremost rabbinical legal authority on matters of Jewish religious law (halakha). In 1948, Goren founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), a position he held until 1968.[3][4] Subsequently, he served as Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv–Jaffa between 1968 and his 1972 election as the Chief Rabbi of Israel; the third Ashkenazi Jew to hold office.[5][6] After his 1983 retirement from the country's Chief Rabbinate, Goren served as the head of a yeshiva that he established in Jerusalem.
While serving in the IDF, Goren fought in three of the Arab–Israeli wars, and wrote several award-winning books on halakha.[7]
^In his autobiography Oz ve-ta'atsumot, page 21, Rabbi Goren writes that he was born at the end of 1917.
^"Rabbi Goren (Goronchick) Shlomo – Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association". Retrieved 2023-08-31.
^Edrei, Arye (2005-12-08). "Divine Spirit and Physical Power: Rabbi Shlomo Goren and the Military Ethic of the Israel Defense Forces". Theoretical Inquiries in Law. 7 (1): 255–297. doi:10.2202/1565-3404.1124. ISSN 1565-3404. S2CID 146473165.
^"1994: First Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Army Dies". Haaretz. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^"Judaism: Innovator in Israel". Time. 1968-06-21. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^Pace, Eric (1994-10-30). "Shlomo Goren, 77, Is Dead; Rabbi Opposed P.L.O. Pact". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
^"Rabbi Shlomo Goren". www.boeliem.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
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Six-Day War, the Western Wall came under Israeli control. Brigadier Rabbi ShlomoGoren proclaimed after its capture that "Israel would never again relinquish...
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definition, a Mitzvah. ShlomoGoren, the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi, agreed with Yosef based on the previous Chief Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Goren did not, however...
Moriah). In August 1967, after the Israeli capture of the Mount, Rabbi ShlomoGoren (deceased 1994) the former Chief Rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...
power plant on Shabbat to generate electricity. Rabbis Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and ShlomoGoren permit this, but Auerbach and Moshe Feinstein question...
document, but its underlying religious basis was articulated by Chief Rabbi ShlomoGoren (1917–1994), who had served in the IDF as both paratrooper and chief...
Netanya cemetery. Among the escorts was Menachem Begin and Chief Rabbi ShlomoGoren. Beginning in 2015, the Shomron Regional Council began organizing annual...
מתת האל. היה צורך להסביר כיצד שבטים נודדים הצליחו לגבור על ישויות מבוססות בערים בצורות. (in Hebrew) "Milhemet Mitzva and Milhemet Reshut", ShlomoGoren...
Egypt Jacob Saul Elyashar, Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Ottoman Palestine ShlomoGoren, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel Immanuel Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi of...
history of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), after his predecessor, Rabbi ShlomoGoren, created the position in 1948. Rabbi Piron served in the position from...
Beersheba, brother of member of Knesset, Aryeh, related to Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar by marriage Rabbi Yitzchak Levi—Chief Rabbi of Nesher Rabbi Ratzon...
authorities who made similar rulings, including the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi ShlomoGoren. The Igbo Jews of Nigeria variously claim descent from the tribes of...
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