Yitzhak Arieli Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rabbi
Yitzhak Arieli
Native Name:יצחק אריאלי
Native Name Lang:he
Birth Date:1896
Birth Place:Old City, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality:Israeli
Denomination:Orthodox Judaism
Occupation:Rabbi
Known For:Founder of Kiryat Shmuel and Neve Sha'anan neighborhoods, spiritual leader of the Knesset Yisrael neighborhood, posek of Bikur Holim Hospital, mashgiach ruchani of Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva
Awards:Israel Prize in Rabbinical literature (1966)

Yitzhak Arieli (Hebrew: יצחק אריאלי; born 1896, died 5 April 1974) was a leading Israeli rabbi.

Biography

Arieli was born in 1896 in the Old City of Jerusalem, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, and studied at Torat Hayim and Etz Chaim yeshivot in Jerusalem.

He was one of the founders of Kiryat Shmuel and Neve Sha'anan neighborhoods in central Jerusalem. He was also the spiritual leader of the Knesset Yisrael neighborhood, where he resided.[1]

Arieli developed a close relationship with Rav Kook following the latter's arrival in Jerusalem in 1921, and became one of his leading students.

Arieli was appointed as posek of Bikur Holim Hospital and served as the mashgiach ruchani of Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.

His grandson Asher Arieli is a senior lecturer at Yeshivas Mir. His granddaughter Yael Willner is a judge on the Supreme Court of Israel.

Awards and honours

Published works

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Life's Story. Eliyahu Yekutiel. Shwartz. 2005. Eliyahu Yekutiel Shwartz Memorial Committee. 21 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1966 (in Hebrew).