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Encyclopedia > Council of Torah Sages

The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) serves as the highest ranking rabbinic policy board of the Agudath Israel organization. Agudath Israel can refer to any of several related organizations, including: an international movement, the World Agudath Israel an American organization, Agudath Israel of America an Israeli political party, Agudat Israel This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...


Agudah's policies and leadership are directed by the council, which is comprised primarily of Rosh Yeshivas and Hasidic Rebbes. The Moetzes sets all major policies and guides the organization according to its precepts of Daas Torah. Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ...


Currently, there are two such boards: one serving the organisation in Israel, the other in the United States. Prior to World War Two, there was only one such body, serving the organization in Europe.


Some previous members of the council have been: Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rabbi Aharon Kotler, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, Rabbi Gedalia Schorr and Rabbi Mordechai Gifter. Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870 - 1954) was a famous Lithuanian Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva. ... Aharon (or Ahroyn, Aaron, Aron) Kotler (1890s - 1962) was a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania, and later the United States of America. ... Rabbi Moshe Feinstein Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986) was an Orthodox Rabbi who was world renowned for his expertise in halakha (Jewish Law) and was the de facto supreme rabbinic authority for the Orthodox Jewry of North America. ... Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva of yeshiva Torah Vodaath in the 1960s. ... Gifter, Mordechai (1915-2001) Rabbi Mordechai Gifter was born 1915 in Richmond, Virginia. ...


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