Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

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Not to be confused with Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah.
Moetzes Agudas Yisroel meeting, February 2013, with 12 of 13 members present; from l-r: Vizhnitz-Merkaz Rebbe; Boyaner Rebbe; Modzitzer Rebbe; Slonimer Rebbe; Sanzer Rebbe; Belzer Rebbe; Erlauer Rebbe; Gerrer Rebbe; Vizhnitzer Rebbe; Sadigura Rebbe; Biala Rebbe; Bostoner Rebbe (not in photo: Serit-Vizhnitzer Rebbe)[1]

Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah

Roshei Yeshiva (heads of yeshivas) or Hasidic rebbes, who are also usually regarded by many Haredi Jews to be the Gedolim ("great/est") sages of Torah Judaism. Before the Holocaust, it was the supreme authority for the World Agudath Israel
in Europe.

Name

The component words of the name are transliterated in a variety of ways. This is frequently done as Moetzet,[3][4] and less frequently as Gedolai[5][6][7] and ha-Torah[5][7] or ha Torah.[6] The phrase is regularly shortened to Moetzes or The Moetzah.

History

Europe

Prior to

Agudath Israel in Katowice in 1912.[9] It was decided at the time that two councils would be set up for the movement: a council of homeowners, and a council of rabbis,[10] composed of leading rabbis from around the world.[11]

United States

The Moetzes of

Da'as Torah
.

Israel

Main article: Agudat Yisrael
The first Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of "Degel HaTorah", March 1989, home of Rabbi Schach. Sitting alongside Rabbi Steinman

The Moetzes of Agudat Yisrael likewise constituted the Israeli Ashkenazic Haredi community's religious policy leadership, and exercises strong control over political matters for strongly observant Israelis, such as joining government coalitions.[15][16]

Prior to

Agudat Israel (because of the dominance of the Polish Hasidic groups), there was only one Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in Israel.[17] With the breakaway of the Lithuanian/"yeshivish" faction (led by Rabbi Rabbi Elazar Shach
), two separate, at times complementary, councils were created.

The Haredi

Ovadiah Yosef
became the main leadership figure of this council.

Members – Europe

In

Shlomo Zalman Breuer, Rabbi Ze'ev Feilchenfeld of Posen, Rabbi David Zvi Hoffmann, Rabbi Kopel Reich of Budapest.[19]

At the great congress in

Piestany, and Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Breuer.[20]

In 1937, the members of the Council were: Rabbi

Zamosc, Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Tsirelson, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, Rabbi Menachem Ziemba, Rabbi Mordechai Rotenberg, Rabbi of Antwerp, Rabbi Akiva Sofer, and Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Ungar. The council's president was Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski
.

Members – Israel

Past members

Current members (Agudat Yisrael)

Current members (Degel HaTorah)

New members (2020)[21]

Members – United States

Past members

Current members

References

  1. ^ HaMevaser Daily, Issue# 1244, February 8th, 2013, pg 1, "Gathering of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel"
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-58330-214-X
    . Retrieved July 6, 2010. The final resolution declared that Agudas Yisrael would serve to resolve all difficulties facing Jews and Judaism on the basis of Torah, without any political considerations. The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, the rabbinic council, would be the supreme governing body and final authority in all decisions.
  3. posekim
    of the ultra-Orthodox are organized in the Moetzet Gedolei haTorah (Council of Torah Greats).
  4. ISBN 1-84545-062-0. Retrieved July 8, 2010. Following the tradition begun by his father, R. Israel Alter
    was active in developing and leading the Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudat Yisrael, which was the guiding force and deciding board behind the decision of the Haredi Agudat Yisrael political party in Israel.
  5. ^
    ISBN 9781583301630
    . Retrieved July 8, 2010. R. Eliyahu Meir Bloch – one of the members of the Moetzes Gedolai ha-Torah with whom Rav Breuer maintained a close relationship – also decried the failure to offer instruction in Tanach... .
  6. ^ a b Tikkun. Vol. 6. 1991. p. 62. Retrieved July 8, 2010. Agudath demanded insularity and an authoritarian organization. The Agudath founded the Moetzes Gedolai Ha Torah (the Council of Torah sages), a group of renowned rabbis, the interpret the problematic areas of modern life according to Torah law.
  7. ^
    ISBN 0-313-24316-6
    . Retrieved July 8, 2010. Kotler emerged as one of the most significant Orthodox rabbinic leaders of the time, not only in America, where he was Chairman of Agudath Israel's Moetzet Gedolai ha-Torah (Council of Torah Sages), but in Israel as well.
  8. ^ Amsel, Meir (1986). Encyclopedia Hamaor: Perpetual Memoirs and Responsa in 4 Divisions. Congregation and Yeshiva Hamaor. p. 278. Retrieved July 8, 2010. He was one of the founders of Agudas Israel in Czechoslovakia, and after the Holocaust, of Agudas Israel of Central Europe, and was one of the leaders of the Moetzes Chachmei Hatorah in the area.
  9. ^ "The General Assembly of the Agudath Israel Committee", Hatzfira, October 29, 1912
  10. ^ "Agudat Yisrael assembly in Katowice", Moria, June 14, 1912
  11. HebrewBooks
    site
  12. ISBN 978-0-19-530014-7
    . Retrieved July 8, 2010. Yeshiva and day school principals from across the nation posed the above question to Rabbi Yitzchok [Isaac] Hutner, head of the Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin-Aryeh and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudat Israel or [sic] America.
  13. ^ Agudath Israel of America, ed. (May 2003). Daring to Dream (pamphlet). New York, NY: Agudath Israel of America. p. unnumbered. Retrieved July 8, 2010. Through the years, Agudath Israel has been guided by its Torah leadership, mainly through the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages), comprised of many of the country's leading rabbinic authorities. Aside from the focus put on their decisions and policy statements, regarding most every major issue confronting American Orthodoxy...
  14. ^ The Struggle and the Splendor: A Pictorial Overview of Agudath Israel of America. Agudath Israel of America. 1982. pp. 23–24.
  15. ISBN 978-0-230-61230-3
    . Retrieved July 8, 2010. Established in 1912 in Kattowitz (Katowice), Poland, Augda was to be a Torah movement directed by Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah (Council of Torah Sages), a group of rabbinical scholars who represent the various factions of the Aguda movement and are chosen for their scholarly merit and prestige in the realm of Orthodox Jewry. Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah continues to be the supreme decision-making body for Aguda adherents, and its decisions are sovereign in all questions affecting the membership, including religious and political matters such as joining or remaining in the government coalition.
  16. ISBN 1-84545-062-0
    . Retrieved July 8, 2010. Following the tradition begun by his father, R. Israel Alter was active in developing and leading the Moetzet Gedolei Hatorah (Council of Torah Sages) of Agudat Yisrael, which was the guiding force and deciding board behind the decision of the Haredi Agudat Yisrael political party in Israel.
  17. Degel Hatorah), started a new Haredi newspaper, Yated Ne'eman, and created the She'erit Yisrael kashrut
    authority.
  18. S2CID 145523340
    . Retrieved July 8, 2010. In Shas there is a single hierarchy, with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef the unchallenged leader of the party. He sits at the head of the party's Council of Torah Sages (Moetzet Chachmei Hatorah), which is subordinate to his authority.
  19. ^ "Agudath Israel assembly in Katowice", Moria, June 18, 1912
  20. ^ See "In Agudath Israel", Doar Hayom, May 5, 1929
  21. ^ News. "Moetzes of Degel Hatorah Meets, Adds New Members". Matzav.com. Retrieved 5 December 2020. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  22. ^ Devorah Klein (Jul 29, 2015). "Midwest Agudath Israel council annual conference". Hamodia.
  23. ^ "Site is undergoing maintenance".
  24. ^ a b c Hapardes, September 1941, p. 16
  25. ^ https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PiFXXqM4giI/UnP4MR_pIaI/AAAAAAAAA98/PfaNxQansJQ/s1600/Moetzes+tpv.jpg [bare URL image file]
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