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Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi

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Rav
Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi
ברוך מרדכי אזרחי‎
TitleRosh Yeshiva
Personal life
Born(1929-03-27)27 March 1929
Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine
Died26 October 2023(2023-10-26) (aged 94)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseShulamit Ezrachi
Alma materHebron Yeshiva
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
PositionRosh Yeshiva
YeshivaAteres Yisrael
OtherMember of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi (Hebrew: ברוך מרדכי אזרחי; 27 March 1929 – 26 October 2023) was an Israeli Haredi (ultra-orthodox) rabbi, and a leader of the non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews.[1] He was the Rosh Yeshiva (dean) of Ateres Yisrael in Bayit Vegan in Jerusalem,[2] and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah from the Degel HaTorah faction.[3][1][4]

Ezrachi was the son-in-law of Rabbi Meir Chodosh.[5] In 1976, he started a yeshiva in Bayit Vegan called Ateres Yisroel which he moved to Modi'in in 1979.

He died on 26 October 2023, at the age of 94.[6]

Ezrachi's brother is Rabbi Yitzchok Ezrachi, a Rosh Yeshiva at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Political Views

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Ezrachi declared support for a halachic state, stating: "Yes, we want a halachic state! We want the honor of Heaven! We want sanctification of God's name! We do not want desecration of God's name!" [a][7]

Works

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Ezrachi wrote many volumes of commentary on Torah, Talmud, halacha (Jewish law), Jewish festivals, and thought, called Birkas Mordechai (Hebrew: ברכת מרדכי‎ Blessings of Mordechai).

Notes

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  1. ^ The original Hebrew quote: "אמרת דבר גדול! לך אולי יש לך מה לפחד מאוד ממדינת הלכה! אולי טוב לכם שאתם בינתיים לא יודעים מה ההלכה אומרת עליכם. כן אנחנו רוצים מדינת הלכה! אנחנו רוצים כבוד שמים! אנחנו רוצים קידוש השם! כן. אנחנו לא רוצים, לא רוצים חילול השם!"

References

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  1. ^ a b Ettinger, Yair (21 October 2013). "Analysis The Irreparable Split in Israel's Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox Community". Haaretz. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Ateres Yisrael Yeshiva Buildings in Yerushalayim Approved - Yeshiva World News". theyeshivaworld.com. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ^ "HaGaon Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi Taken to the Hospital - Yeshiva World News". theyeshivaworld.com. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Ateret Yisrael". www.torahindex.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  5. ^ "BDE: Rebbetzin Shulamis Ezrachi, Wife Of Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Passes Away At 91 - VINnews". Vos Iz Neias. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi passed away at 94". Israel National News. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Live Broadcast of the Visit of Maran Sar HaTorah Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky Shlit”a to Rekhasim" (שידור ישיר ממסע מרן שר התורה שליט"א הגר"ח קנייבסקי שליט"א לרכסים), C-Live, [n.d.], https://www.c-live.co.il/archives/14266
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