Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel

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The Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel is one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in the country, serving as the spiritual leader and halachic authority for Israel’s Ashkenazi Jewish community.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chief rabbinate office ⓘ
religious leadership position ⓘ
advisesOn Jewish personal status issues in Israel ⓘ
conversion to Judaism in Israel ⓘ
kashrut standards in Israel ⓘ
marriage and divorce for Jews in Israel ⓘ
appointedBy Chief Rabbinate Council of Israel ⓘ
State institutions of Israel ⓘ
associatedWith Israeli Chief Rabbinate Council ⓘ
Rabbinical courts of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Rabbinic courts
authorityScope primarily Orthodox Jewish law ⓘ
coexistsWith Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
collaboratesWith Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel on national religious policy ⓘ
country State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
denomination Ashkenazi Judaism ⓘ
Orthodox Judaism ⓘ
establishedIn 1948 ⓘ
firstHolder Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog ⓘ
influences public policy on Jewish religious matters in Israel ⓘ
jurisdiction Ashkenazi Jewish community in Israel ⓘ
State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
languageOfOffice Hebrew ⓘ
legalStatus state-recognized religious office in Israel ⓘ
notableHolder Avraham Shapira ⓘ
David Lau ⓘ
Israel Meir Lau ⓘ
Isser Yehuda Unterman ⓘ
Shlomo Goren ⓘ
Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog ⓘ
Yona Metzger ⓘ
officeLocation Jerusalem ⓘ
oversees religious services for Ashkenazi Jews in Israel ⓘ
state kashrut system (together with Sephardi Chief Rabbi) ⓘ
state rabbinical courts (together with Sephardi Chief Rabbi) ⓘ
partOf Chief Rabbinate of Israel ⓘ
predecessorOffice Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
rank one of the two highest-ranking rabbinic authorities in Israel ⓘ
religiousLaw Halakha ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
residence Jerusalem ⓘ
role halachic authority for Israel’s Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
spiritual leader of Israel’s Ashkenazi Jewish community ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by a special electoral body ⓘ
symbolicStatus national religious figure for Ashkenazi Jews in Israel ⓘ
termLength 10 years ⓘ
titleInHebrew הרב הראשי האשכנזי לישראל ⓘ
worksWith Israeli Ministry of Religious Services ⓘ

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Israeli Chief Rabbinate → headedBy → Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel → predecessorOffice → Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Yona Metzger → positionHeld → Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
David Lau → positionHeld → Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
David Lau → hasHonorificTitle → Chief Rabbi ⓘ
linked to: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Isser Yehuda Unterman → positionHeld → Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
Isser Yehuda Unterman → officeHeld → Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
Avraham Shapira → positionHeld → Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Avraham Shapira → positionHeld → Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ⓘ