Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Charlap (; born 16 November 1882 - died 6 December 1951) was an

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ist, kabbalist,

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of the

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, and a disciple of Rabbi

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. Rabbi Charlap served as rabbi of the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood in central

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, and author of the ''Mei Marom'' series of books on

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Biography

Rabbi Charlap was born in Jerusalem in 1882, where his father served as a rabbinic judge ( dayan) in the bet din of Rabbi

Yehoshua Leib Diskin Moshe Yehoshua Yehuda Leib Diskin (1818–1898), also known as the Maharil Diskin, was a leading rabbi, Talmudist, and Biblical commentator. He served as a rabbi in Łomża, Mezritch, Kovno, Shklov, Brisk, and, finally, Jerusalem, after moving ...

. Shortly after Rabbi

arrived in Israel in 1904, the two developed a close relationship; Rabbi Charlap was particularly influenced by Rabbi Kook's thought. When the Sha'arei Hesed neighborhood of Jerusalem was established outside the Old City in 1908, Rabbi Charlap was appointed rabbi of the neighborhood. In 1924, when Rabbi Kook established the

yeshiva, Rabbi Charlap was appointed

, a position he held until his death in 1951. When the State of Israel was founded in 1948, he expressed both orally and in writing that this event signified “the beginning of the redemption”. Among his notable students were rabbis

Yehuda Amital Yehuda Amital (; born Yehuda Klein; 31 October 1924 – 9 July 2010) was an Orthodox rabbi, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and a member of the Israeli cabinet, associated with the Israeli Left. The concept of a Hesder Yeshiva is att ...

, Shaul Yisraeli,

Moshe-Zvi Neria Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria (; 29 January 1913 – 12 December 1995) was an Israeli educator, writer, and rosh yeshiva who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1969 and 1974. Neria established and headed the Bnei ...

, and Avraham Zuckerman. He died in 1951 and is buried in the

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of Jerusalem. His grandson was Rabbi Zevulun Charlop.

References

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