New Chief Rabbi Inaugurated in Hebron

The official inauguration of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Schwartz as chief
rabbi of Hebron-Kiryat Arba took place on Sunday June 18, 2023 in a special
community-wide celebration.

Rabbi Schwartz was elected by the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs in May. He
serves as a rabbi at Yeshivat Nir in Kiryat Arba, a hesder yeshiva which combines Torah
study with army service, and also works at the Beit Haggai Youth Village, a therapeutic
center for at-risk youth located in the Hebron Hills Region.

Rabbi Schwartz is a graduate of the Merkaz HaRav Central Universal Yeshiva in Jerusalem
where he received rabbinic ordination.

Attending the ceremony were Rabbi David Lau, Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Dov Lior,
retired Chief Rabbi of Hebron-Kiryat Arba and former head of Yeshivat Nir, Rabbi Yaakov
Shapira, head of Mercaz HaRav and member of the Chief Rabbinate Council, Rabbi Shmuel
Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Tzfat, Rabbi Shlomo Ben-Hamo, chief rabbi of Kiryat Gat and head
of Yeshiva Or Hevron in Kiryat Arba, Rabbi Michael Malchieli, Minister of Religious
Affairs, Rabbi Yehuda Amichai, head of Conversion Authority in the Prime Minister’s
Office, Eyal Gelman, head of Hebron city council, Eliyahu Libman, head of Kiryat Arba
city council, Amitai Cohen, head of the Machpela religious council, ministers in the
Israeli cabinet, and other distinguished guests.

 

The event began at the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs (Tomb of Machpela) in
Hebron followed by a procession ending at the Kiryat Arba Cultural Center where Rabbi
Schwartz gave a special blessing to the children.

 

* Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Schwartz
inaugurated Rabbi of Hebron-Kiryat Arba – Arutz 7 

* In
an exciting ceremony Rabbi Schwartz appointed Chief Rabbi –
Srugim

* Chief Rabbi of
Hebron and Kiryat Arba elected – Behadrey Haredi

* After
8 years, Kiryat Arba-Hebron celebrates the inauguration of the new Chief
Rabbi – Kipa

* Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak
Schwartz elected Rabbi of Kiryat Arba-Hebron – Ministry of Religious
Affairs

* New rabbi
for Kiryat Arba: Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Schwartz – Makor
Rishon

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