All Topics  
Yaakov Ariel

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Yaakov Ariel
 
 
  Topics Yaakov Ariel Topic Home

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel is the chief rabbi
Chief Rabbi

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 authorities....
 of the city of Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, which borders Tel Aviv to its west. It houses Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium, Bar-Ilan University, an advanced medical center , and The National Park ....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and one of the leading rabbis of the religious Zionist movement
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
. Ariel had served as the rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the Dean of a Yeshiva . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh ? meaning head, and yeshiva ? a school of religious Jewish education....
 of the yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 in the abandoned Israeli settlement of Yamit
Yamit

Yamit was an Israeli settlement. It was home to about 2,500 people in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula that was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War, until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty....
 in the Sinai desert until 1982 and is currently the president of the Ramat Gan Yeshiva (rosh yeshiva is Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira). He also served as the rabbi of Kfar Maimon
Kfar Maimon

Kfar Maimon is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 5,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council....
 for about 25 years.

Born in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, Rabbi Ariel learnt at the Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva

Bnei Akiva , founded in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929, is the largest Religious Zionism youth movement in the world today. It is active worldwide, with over 125,000 members in 37 countries....
 Yeshiva in Kfar HaRoeh
Kfar Haroeh

Kfar Haroeh is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
, Midreshet Noam in Pardes Hana, and Mercaz HaRav
Mercaz haRav

Mercaz HaRav , also known as Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav, is a Hardal yeshiva situated in Jerusalem, Israel. The yeshiva was founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and was initially headed by Rabbi Aharon Bronstein, the Ilui of Tebrig....
 in Jerusalem.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Yaakov Ariel'
Start a new discussion about 'Yaakov Ariel'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Rabbi Yaakov Ariel is the chief rabbi
Chief Rabbi

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 authorities....
 of the city of Ramat Gan
Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, which borders Tel Aviv to its west. It houses Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium, Bar-Ilan University, an advanced medical center , and The National Park ....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 and one of the leading rabbis of the religious Zionist movement
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
. Ariel had served as the rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the Dean of a Yeshiva . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh ? meaning head, and yeshiva ? a school of religious Jewish education....
 of the yeshiva
Yeshiva

Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
 in the abandoned Israeli settlement of Yamit
Yamit

Yamit was an Israeli settlement. It was home to about 2,500 people in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula that was established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War, until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty....
 in the Sinai desert until 1982 and is currently the president of the Ramat Gan Yeshiva (rosh yeshiva is Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira). He also served as the rabbi of Kfar Maimon
Kfar Maimon

Kfar Maimon is a religious moshav in southern Israel. Located near Netivot and covering 5,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council....
 for about 25 years.

Born in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, Rabbi Ariel learnt at the Bnei Akiva
Bnei Akiva

Bnei Akiva , founded in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1929, is the largest Religious Zionism youth movement in the world today. It is active worldwide, with over 125,000 members in 37 countries....
 Yeshiva in Kfar HaRoeh
Kfar Haroeh

Kfar Haroeh is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located in the Israeli coastal plain between Hadera and Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council....
, Midreshet Noam in Pardes Hana, and Mercaz HaRav
Mercaz haRav

Mercaz HaRav , also known as Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav, is a Hardal yeshiva situated in Jerusalem, Israel. The yeshiva was founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and was initially headed by Rabbi Aharon Bronstein, the Ilui of Tebrig....
 in Jerusalem. At Mercaz HaRav, he was one of the most important students of Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda HaCohen Kook
Zvi Yehuda Kook

Zvi Yehuda Kook was a rabbi, leader of Religious Zionism and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mercaz HaRav yeshiva. He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and named in honor of his father's mentor, Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, also known as the Netziv....
.

In 2003, Ariel was a leading candidate for the Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbinate of Israel

The Chief Rabbinate of Israel is the supreme Jewish religious governing body in the state of Israel. There are always two active Chief Rabbis in Israel, an Ashkenazi rabbi and a Sephardi rabbi known as the Rishon L'Tzion....
. His brother, Rabbi Yisrael Ariel
Yisrael Ariel

Rabbi Yisrael Ariel was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai desert during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel....
 is the former chief rabbi of Yamit and founder of the Temple Institute
Temple Institute

The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash , is an organization in Israel focusing on the controversial endeavor of re-establishing the Third Temple....
.

External links