Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz (; 5 March 1918 – 19 October 2009) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the

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for

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from 1951 until 1984, and a close confidant of many

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Biography

Born in

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, between 1933 and 1935, he studied with Rabbi

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at the Papa Yeshiva in Hungary. In late 1935, he went to Poland to study at the Mir Yeshiva. He then returned to Hungary and from there Lorincz made

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in 1939, and was involved in

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of Jews from Hungary. In his youth, he was involved in the radical underground organisation Brit HaKanaim, which sought to establish a

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in Israel by imposing Jewish religious law in the country. In 1949, he was amongst the founders of moshav Komemiyut, and later helped found two youth villages: Sde Hemed (now a moshav) and Hazon Yehezkel (now named

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).Shlomo Lorincz: Public Activities
Knesset website In 1956, he helped found the Housing and Development company of Agudat Yisrael. He was first elected to the Knesset in 1951 on the Agudat Yisrael list. He was re-elected in 1955 as part of the

Religious Torah Front The Religious Torah Front (, ''Hazit Datit Toratit'') was a political alliance in Israel composed of Agudat Yisrael and Poalei Agudat Yisrael. History The Religious Torah Front was formed when the Ultra-orthodox parties Agudat Yisrael and Poalei ...

list (an alliance of Agudat Yisrael and

Poalei Agudat Yisrael Poalei Agudat Yisrael () was a trade union and Jewish political party in the Second Polish Republic and a minor political party in Israel. It was also known as PAI or PAGI, its Hebrew abbreviation (Hebrew: or ). History Poalei Agudas Izrael wa ...

). He was re-elected again in 1959, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, and 1981. Between 1974 and 1984 he chaired the Finance Committee. Much Israeli paper currency bears his signature. As a young man, Rabbi Lorincz became a close confidant to some of the generation's most prominent Torah personalities, including the

Chazon Ish Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (; 7 November 1878 – 24 October 1953), also known as the Chazon Ish () after his magnum opus, was a Belarusian-born Orthodox rabbi who later became one of the leaders of Haredi Judaism in Israel, where he spent ...

, Rav Shach, and the Brisker Rov. He later compiled memoirs of these times in his book, ''B'Mechitzasam''.

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