Yitzhak Arieli

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Rabbi
Yitzhak Arieli
יצחק אריאלי
Personal
Born1896
Old City, Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire
DiedApril 5, 1974(1974-04-05) (aged 77–78)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Known forFounder 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
OccupationRabbi
Senior posting
AwardsIsrael 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

  • In 1966, Rabbi Arieli was awarded the Israel Prize, in Rabbinical literature.[2]
  • There is a street named after Rabbi Arieli in Beitar Illit, and in the Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem there is a street name after the title of one of his books "Anayim Lemishpat".

Published works

See also

References

  1. ^ Shwartz, Eliyahu Yekutiel (2005). "My Life's Story" (PDF). Eliyahu Yekutiel Shwartz Memorial Committee. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1966 (in Hebrew)".
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