Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (, "Council of great Torah

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) is the supreme

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nical policy-making council of the Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah movements in Israel; and of

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in the United States. Members are usually prestigious

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(heads of

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s) or

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism ( Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of conte ...

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s, who are also usually regarded by many Haredi

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to be the Gedolim ("great/est") sages of Torah Judaism. Before

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, it was the supreme authority for the World Agudath Israel in Europe.

Name

The component words of the name are transliterated in a variety of ways. This is frequently done as Moetzet, and less frequently as Gedolai and ha-Torah or ha Torah. The phrase is regularly shortened to Moetzes or The Moetzah.

History

Europe

Prior to

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, only one such body existed, the World Agudath Israel. The Council of Torah Sages was established following the establishment of Agudath Israel in

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in 1912. It was decided at the time that two councils would be set up for the movement: a council of homeowners, and a council of rabbis, composed of leading rabbis from around the world.

United States

The Moetzes of

serve as religious decisors, leadership, and political and policy liaisons with state and federal government agencies on behalf of many American Haredi Jews. The council, consisting primarily of

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s and Hasidic rebbes, directs Agudath's policies and leadership. Formerly known as the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, the body was founded in 1948. It sets all major policies, and guides the organization according to its precepts of Da'as Torah.

Israel

The Moetzes of Agudat Yisrael likewise constituted the

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Ashkenazic Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

Haredi community's religious policy leadership, and exercises strong control over political matters for strongly observant

Israelis Israelis ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵלִים‎, translit=Yīśrāʾēlīm; ar, الإسرائيليين, translit=al-ʾIsrāʾīliyyin) are the citizens and nationals of the State of Israel. The country's populace is composed primarily of Je ...

, such as joining government coalitions. Prior to Degel HaTorah's late 1980s break from

Agudat Israel Agudat Yisrael ( he, אֲגוּדָּת יִשְׂרָאֵל, lit., ''Union of Israel'', also transliterated ''Agudath Israel'', or, in Yiddish, ''Agudas Yisroel'') is a Haredi Jewish political party in Israel. It began as a political party re ...

(because of the dominance of the Polish Hasidic groups), there was only one Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in Israel. With the breakaway of the Lithuanian/"yeshivish" faction (led by Rabbi Rabbi Elazar Shach), two separate, at times complementary, councils were created. The Haredi

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of Israel had also at one time followed the leadership of the Moetzet of Agudat Yisrael when it was still a body that generally spoke for most of Israel's Haredim. Eventually, however, the Haredi Sephardim broke with their Ashkenazi counterparts (again because of the dominance of the Polish Hasidic groups), and established the

Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah (Hebrew: מועצת חכמי התורה; lit. "Council of iseTorah Sages") is the rabbinical body that has the ultimate authority in the Israeli ultra-orthodox Sephardic and Mizrahi Shas Party. History The council w ...

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Torah Sages"), which in turn became the source for the formulation and expression of the policies and agenda of the

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political party in the Israeli

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. Rabbi

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became the main leadership figure of this council.

Members – Europe

(Kattowitz),

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in 1912 were appointed to the council Rabbi

Avraham Mordechai Alter Avraham Mordechai Alter ( pl, Abraham Mordekhaj Alter, he, אברהם מרדכי אלתר; 25 December 1865 – 3 June 1948), also known as the ''Imrei Emes'' after the works he authored, was the fourth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a p ...

(1866–1948) Rebbe of Ger (Chairman), Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneerson Rebbe of

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, Rabbi

Chaim Soloveitchik Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (Yiddish: חיים סאָלאָווייטשיק, pl, Chaim Sołowiejczyk), also known as Reb Chaim Brisker (1853 – 30 July 1918), was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the popular Brisker appr ...

, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Halevy, Rabbi

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, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rabbi Itzela of Ponevezh, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Breuer, Rabbi Ze'ev Feilchenfeld of Posen, Rabbi

David Zvi Hoffmann David Zvi Hoffmann (November 24, 1843, Verbó, Austrian Empire – November 20, 1921, Berlin) (Hebrew: דוד צבי הופמן), was an Orthodox Rabbi and Torah Scholar. He headed the Yeshiva in Berlin, and published research on the Pent ...

, Rabbi Kopel Reich of

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. At the great congress in

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in 1923, the Council included: the Chofetz Chaim, the Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Friedman the Chortkov Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Rabbi Meir Arik, Rabbi

Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern of Kotzk-Sokolov (Hebrew: יצחק זליג מורגנשטרן, מסוקולוב, Yiddish: זעליג מארגענשטערן, מסאקאלאוו, of Sokolov; 1866 - 16 October 1939 (3 Cheshvan 5700)) was an Admor and Ros ...

the Admor of Sokolov, Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Elazar Leiner the Admor of Radzin, Rabbi

Meir Dan Plotzky Meir Dan Plotsky (or Plotski) (1866 - March 27, 1928) was a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and the president of Kollel Polen, a talmudic scholar who authored the ''Kli Chemdah'', a commentary on the ''Torah''. He also authored the ''Chemd ...

, Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, Rabbi Avraham Mendel Steinberg of Brod, Rabbi Kalman Weber of Piestany, and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Breuer. In 1937, the members of the Council were: Rabbi

, Rabbi Yitzchak Menachem Mendel Danziger of Aleksander, Rabbi

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of Sochatchov, Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Friedman of

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, Rabbi Mordechai Shalom Yosef Friedman of Przemysl, Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman, Rabbi Aharon Levin, Rabbi

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, Rabbi Ben Zion Yoezer (Rabbi of

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and President of the Federation of the Association of Ultra-Orthodox Communities in

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), Rabbi Dov Ber

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of Ozarkov, Rabbi Moshe Blum Av Beit Din of Zamosc, Rabbi

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, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Tsirelson, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, Rabbi Menachem Ziemba, Rabbi Mordechai Rotenberg, Rabbi of

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, Rabbi

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, and Rabbi

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. The council's president was Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski.

Members – Israel

Past members

* Yehuda Ades, rosh yeshiva of Kol Yaakov etired* Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik from 1936-1949- joined Mizrachi ied 1995* Pinchas Menachem Alter, Rebbe of Ger (Chairman) ied 1996*

Simcha Bunim Alter Simcha Bunim Alter ( he, שמחה בונים אלתר; April 6, 1898 – August 6, 1992), also known as the ''Lev Simcha'' (), after the works he authored, was the sixth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1977 until his ...

, Rebbe of Ger (Chairman) ied 1992*

Yisrael Alter Yisrael Alter ( pl, Izrael Alter, Hebrew: ; October 1895 – 20 February 1977), also known as the ''Beit Yisrael'', after the works he authored, was the fifth Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he held from 1948 until 1977. Life ...

, Rebbe of Ger (Chairman) ied 1977*

Shlomo Zalman Auerbach Shlomo Zalman Auerbach ( he, שלמה זלמן אויערבאך; July 20, 1910 – February 20, 1995) was a renowned Orthodox Jewish rabbi, posek, and rosh yeshiva of the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem neighborhood Ramat Shlomo ...

, Rosh Yeshiva of

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ied 1995* Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, prominent Posek (Co-Chairman) ied 2012*

Aryeh Finkel Aryeh Finkel (1931–2016) was a Haredi Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of the Mir Brachfeld branch of the Mir Yeshiva. Before assuming his post at the new yeshiva branch in 2005, he served as the ''Mashgiach'' at the Mir in Jerusalem for many decades. ...

, Rosh Yeshiva of Mir-Brachfeld ied 2016* Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Rosh Yeshiva of

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ied 2011* Avraham Yaakov Friedman, 3rd Rebbe of

ied 1961* Avraham Yaakov Friedman, 5th Rebbe of

ied 2013* Yisroel Moshe Friedman,

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ied 2020* Moshe Yehoshua Hager (Chairman 1980–2012) ied 2012* Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, Rebbe of

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ied 2009* Chaim Kanievsky, (Chairman) ied 2022* Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Nissim Karelitz ied 2019*

Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (1913 – 27 June 2011) was a respected Haredi Lithuanian Torah leader and rosh yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel, for over 70 years. He was a '' maggid shiur'' at Yeshivas Tiferes Tzion from 1940 to 2011 and rosh yeshiva of Yes ...

ied 2011* Isser Zalman Meltzer (Chairman) ied 1953* Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg ied 2012*

Yitzchok Scheiner Rabbi Yitzchok Scheiner (November 5, 1922 – January 31, 2021) was an Israeli–American rabbi who was the ''rosh yeshiva'' of the Kamenitz yeshiva of Jerusalem. Early life and education He was born in May 1922 in Pittsburgh to immigrants from ...

, rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva Kamenitz ied 2021* Boruch Shimon Schneerson ied 2001*

Elazar Menachem Shach Elazar Menachem Man Shach ( he, אלעזר מנחם מן שך, Elazar Shach; January 1, 1899 O.S. – November 2, 2001) was a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi, heading the non-Hasidic ''Litvak'' Orthodox from the early 1970s until his death. He ...

ied 2001* Yitzchak Isaac Sher ied 1952*

Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman ( he, אהרן יהודה לייב שטינמן), also Shtainman or Steinman (November 3, 1914 – December 12, 2017), was a Haredi rabbi in Bnei Brak, Israel. Following the death of Yosef Shalom Elyashiv in 2012, ...

ied 2017* Yochanan Sofer,

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ied 2016*

(Chairman) ied 1966* Yisroel Don Taub ied 2006* Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel Twerski ied 1987* Dov Yaffe, of Kfar Chasidim ied 2017* Binyamin Zilber ied 2008

Current members (Agudat Yisrael)

* Yaakov Aryeh Alter,

of Ger (Hasidic dynasty) * Shmuel Barzovski,

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* Nachum Dov Brayer,

of Boyan (Hasidic dynasty) * Eliezer Hager,

of Seret-Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty) * Menachem Mendel Hager,

of Vizhnitz-Merkaz (Hasidic dynasty) *

Zvi Elimelech Halberstam Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952) is the present Sanz Rebbe of Netanya, Israel. He is also known as the Sanzer Rebbe. He is the eldest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the first Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, who in his will divided the lead ...

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Mayer Alter Horowitz Mayer Alter Horowitz is an American Hasidic rabbi. Since 2009, he has been the Bostoner rebbe of Jerusalem. Early life and education Horowitz was born in Boston, the son of Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, the second Bostoner rebbe, and Raichel Unge ...

of Boston (Hasidic dynasty) * Ben Zion Rabinovich,

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* Yissachar Dov Rokeach,

of Belz (Hasidic dynasty) * Chaim Shaul Taub,

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Current members (Degel HaTorah)

* Meir Tzvi Bergman, rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva Rashbi * Dovid Cohen, rosh yeshiva of Chevron Yeshiva *

Gershon Edelstein Gershon Edelstein (born 18 April 1923) is ''rosh yeshiva'' of the Ponevezh Yeshiva, president of the Vaad Hayeshivos, and the spiritual leader of the Degel HaTorah party in Israel. He is widely considered to be the Gadol Hador by the Litvish ...

, rosh yeshiva of the

Ponevezh Yeshiva Ponevezh Yeshiva, often pronounced as Ponevitch Yeshiva ( he, ישיבת פוניבז׳), is a yeshiva founded in 1908, and located in Bnei Brak, Israel since 1944. The yeshiva has over three thousand students, including those of affiliated insti ...

(Chairman) * Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, rosh yeshiva of Ateres Yisrael * Moshe Hillel Hirsch, rosh yeshiva of Slabodka yeshiva * Berel Povarsky, rosh yeshiva of the

* Moshe Yehuda Shlesinger, rosh yeshiva of

* Yitzchak Zilberstein, Rav of Ramat Elchanan

New members (2020)

* Tzvi Drebkin, rosh yeshiva of the Grodno Yeshiva in Beer Yaakov * Yitzchok Hecker, rosh yeshiva of the Grodno Yeshiva in Beer Yaakov * Aviezer Piltz, rosh yeshiva of Tifrach * Boruch Weisbecker, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Bais Matisyahu in Bnei Brak * Avrohom Yitzchok Hakohein Kook, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Maor Hatalmud in Rechovot * Aryeh Levy, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva S'char Sochir * Shraga Shteinman, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Orchos Torah *

Eliezer Yehuda Finkel Eliezer Yehuda Finkel may refer to one of the two rosh yeshivas of the Mir yeshivas: * Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (born 1879) (1879–1965), also known as Reb Leizer Yudel, rosh yeshiva of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and Jerusalem * Eliezer Yehuda Finke ...

, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim

Members – United States

Past members

* Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld * Yitzchok Feigelstock *

Dovid Feinstein Rabbi Dovid Feinstein ( he, דוד פיינשטיין; 1929 – November 6, 2020) was a Torah scholar and ''halachic'' authority, considered by many as the leading halachic authority in the United States in the 21st century. He served as the r ...

* Moshe Feinstein (Chairman) * Mordechai Shlomo Friedman of Boyan * Mordechai Gifter *

Refael Reuvain Grozovsky Refael Reuvain Grozovsky ( be, Рафаэль Гразоўскі; 1886, Minsk, Belarus – 1958, United States) was a leading Orthodox rabbi, Jewish religious leader and rosh yeshiva ("dean") known for his Talmudic analytical style. Early years ...

* of Kapischnitz * Shlomo Heiman (Chairman) * Levi Yitzchak Horowitz * Moshe Horowitz ( Bostoner Rebbe of New York) * Yitzchak Hutner * Yaakov Kamenetsky * Chaim Mordechai Katz *

(Chairman) * Shneur Kotler * Avrohom Chaim Levine *

Avraham Yaakov Pam Avraham Yaakov Pam (1913 – August 16, 2001) was the ''rosh yeshiva'' of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in Brooklyn, New York. Biography Rabbi Pam began his career at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas in 1938, when was appointed '' maggid shiur'' (Talmudic lecture ...

* Nochum Mordechai Perlow of Novominsk *

Yaakov Perlow Yaakov Perlow ( yi, יעקבֿ פּערלאָוו he, יעקב פרלוב‎; November 16, 1930 – April 7, 2020) was an American Hasidic rabbi and rosh yeshiva, and Rebbe of the Novominsk Hasidic dynasty. From 1998 until his death in 2020, h ...

(Chairman) * Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman *

Gedalia Schorr Gedalyahu HaLevi Schorr (27 November 1910 – 7 July 1979),http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/jo/tworld/rschorr.html also known as Gedalia Schorr, was a prominent rabbi and rosh yeshiva. He was regarded as the "first American Gadol" (Torah g ...

* Eliezer Silver (Chairman) * Joseph B. Soloveitchik''Hapardes'', September 1941, p. 16 * Baruch Sorotzkin * Yisroel Spira of Bluzhev *

Elya Svei Elya Svei (March 19, 1924 ('' Taanis Esther 5684'') – March 26, 2009 ('' Rosh Chodesh Nisan 5769'')) was a Russian-born American Haredi Jewish rabbi and '' rosh yeshiva'' (dean) of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia together with Rabbi ...

Mendel Zaks Menachem Mendel Yosef Zaks ( he, מענדיל זאקס; 1898–1974) (commonly known as Rabbi Mendel Zaks) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi in Belarus and the United States, best known for being the ''Rosh Yeshiva'' of the Raduń Yeshiva and being the ...

Current members

* Elya Brudny * Hillel David * Aharon Feldman * Yosef Chaim Frankel ( Rebbe) * Aharon Dovid Goldberg * Yaakov Horowitz (Rosh Yeshivas Beis Meir) *

Shmuel Kamenetsky Shmuel Kamenetsky (born November 1924) is an American Haredi rabbi. He is the co-founder and rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia. He is also a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages). Biography R ...

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