Moshe Maya (; born 9 August 1938) is an Israeli Haredi

rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

and former politician who served as a member of the

Knesset The Knesset ( , ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...

for

Shas Shas () is a Haredi Judaism, Haredi religious List of political parties in Israel, political party in Israel. Founded in 1984 by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Israeli Sephardic Jews, Sephardi chief rabbi, who remained its spiritual leader until ...

between 1992 and 1996, and as Deputy Minister of Education and Culture from 1992 until 1993.

Biography

Born in

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva (, ), also spelt Petah Tiqwa and known informally as Em HaMoshavot (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of the Old Y ...

during the Mandate period, Maya was ordained as a rabbi, and served as the rabbi of

Yad Eliyahu Yad Eliyahu () is a neighborhood in east Tel Aviv, Israel. Yad Eliyahu was established in 1929. It developed in accordance with plans drawn up by Jacob Ben Sira, the Tel Aviv municipal engineer. The neighborhood, named for Haganah leader Eliyah ...

neighbourhood of Tel Aviv. He was elected to the Knesset on the

list in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, and was appointed Deputy Minister of Education and Culture in

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, his ass ...

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, holding the post until Shas left the coalition in 1993. He lost his seat in the 1996 elections. Maya remained a member of Shas, and is currently part of its Shas Council of Torah Sages. He also heads the Zikron Moshe yeshiva in Yad Eliyahu.Zichron Moshe
Olam HaTorah

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maya, Moshe 1938 births People from Petah Tikva Orthodox rabbis in Mandatory Palestine Sephardic Haredi rabbis in Israel Living people Shas politicians Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996) Deputy ministers of Israel Rabbinic members of the Knesset