Shmuel Auerbach

Rabbi
Shmuel Auerbach
שמואל אוירבך
Auerbach in 2013
Personal
Born(1931-09-21)September 21, 1931
DiedFebruary 24, 2018(2018-02-24) (aged 86)
Jerusalem
ReligionJudaism
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseRachel (deceased)
Parent(s)Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin
DenominationHaredi
PositionRosh yeshiva
YeshivaYeshivas Ma'alos HaTorah
OrganisationJerusalem Faction
ResidenceSha'arei Hesed, Jerusalem

Shmuel Auerbach (Hebrew: שמואל אוירבך; September 21, 1931 – February 24, 2018)[1] was a Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem.[2] He was considered a leader in the non-Hasidic Haredi community in Israel. His followers formed a political organisation known as the Jerusalem Faction.[3] In 2013, as the Israeli government launched a campaign to draft Ultra Orthodox men into the IDF, the organisation adopted a controversial policy of demonstrations and incitement against the draft.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach dies at 86". 24 February 2018.
  2. ^ Nahshoni, Kobi (13 October 2010). "Top rabbis: IDF conversions endorse gentiles as Jews". Ynetnews. Retrieved 4 January 2011..
  3. ^ "Rav Shmuel Auerbach – beyond the headlines". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  4. ^ "Radical Haredi leader Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach dies suddenly". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com.
  5. ^ "Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach, the leader of radical Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox sect, dies at 86". Haaretz.

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