Shlomo goren biography of abraham

Shlomo Goren (Hebrew: שלמה גורן) (born 3 February , died 29 October ), was an Orthodox Religious Zionist rabbi in Israel who founded and served as the first head of the Military Rabbinate of the Israel Defense Forces and subsequently as the third Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel from to

He served in the Israel Defense Forces during three wars, wrote several award-winning books on Jewish law, and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv in Goren served as Chief Rabbi of Israel from to , after which he established a yeshiva in Jerusalem, which he headed until his death.

Shlomo goren biography of abraham

Childhood

Goren's original family name was Gorenchik. He was born in Zambrów, Poland and immigrated with his family to the British Mandate of Palestine in

Goren was raised in Kfar Hasidim, a village of religious Jews near Haifa that his father co-founded.

He began studying at the Hebron yeshiva in Jerusalem at age 12, where he was identified as a prodigy. His first book was published