Monday, January 14, 2013

Accross the Spectrum: Yaakov Ariel


Yaakov Ariel


Rabbi Yaakov Ariel (Hebrewיעקב אריאל) is the chief rabbi of the city of Ramat GanIsrael and one of the leading rabbis of the religious Zionist movement. Ariel had served as the rosh yeshiva of the yeshiva in the abandoned Israeli settlement of Yamit 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 for about 25 years.




from Marc Shapiro: "I have to say that the more I read by Ariel the more impressed I am, as everything he writes is carefully formulated and full of insight. He strikes me as very open-minded with a good grasp of Jewish philosophy. He is, of course, also an outstanding posek."

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