Yitzhak Arieli

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Yitzhak Arieli
יצחק אריאלי
Born 1896
Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Died 5 April 1974
(aged 77 or 78)
Language Hebrew
Ethnicity Jewish
Citizenship Israeli
Notable award(s) Israel Prize (1966)

Yitzhak Arieli (Hebrew: יצחק אריאלי; born 1896, died 5 April 1974) was a leading Israeli rabbi.

Biography

Arieli was born in 1896 in the Old City of Jerusalem, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, and studied at Torat Hayim and Etz Chaim yeshivot in Jerusalem.

He was one of the founders of Kiryat Shmuel and Neve Sha'anan neighborhoods in central Jerusalem.

Arieli developed a close relationship with Rav Kook following the latter's arrival in Jerusalem in 1921, and became one of his leading students.

Arieli was appointed as posek of Bikur Holim Hospital and served as the mashgiach ruchani of Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.

His grandson Asher Arieli is a senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir.

Awards and honours

  • In 1966, Rabbi Arieli was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature.[1]
  • The is a street named after Rabbi Arieli in Beitar Illit, and in the Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem there is a street name after the title of one of his books "Anayim Lemishpat".

Published works

  • Anayim Lemishpat
  • Shirat Hage'ulah - on the Passover Hagadah
  • Midrash Arieli

References

See also

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