Rabbi Gershon Edelstein

Religious Zionist rabbi mourns with family of Rabbi Edelstein

Rabbi Meir Kahane, Religious Zionist candidate for Chief Rabbi, pays condolence visit to family of haredi leader Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.

Hoping to end boycott, Angel execs apologize to Edelstein family

Top executives of Angel Bakery make shiva call to Rabbi Gershon Edelstein's family, leaving written apology as boycott continues.

Prime Minister visits family of Rabbi Edelstein

Prime Minister Netanyahu traveled to Bnei Brak to console the family of the late haredi leader.

First street to be named after recently-deceased haredi leader

Mayor of northern Israeli city announces plan to name street after Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.

Watch: Take a tour of the late Rabbi Edelstein's home

Photographer Shlomi Cohen tours the Bnei Brak home of the late Rabbi Gershon Edelstein. 'See how modestly he lived.'

Who will fill the void left by Rabbi Gershon Edelstein's death?

Death of Lithuanian-haredi leader Rabbi Gershon Edelstein raises questions regarding who will be his successor.

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Tens of thousands bid farewell to haredi leader

"His heart stopped as he was studying": Thousands of police officers were called in to secure and direct the funeral procession.

Netanyahu: Rabbi Edelstein was imbued with a love for all Jews

Prime Minister Netanyahu eulogizes haredi spiritual leader Rabbi Gershon Edelstein.

Jewish World Mourns:

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein passes away at age 100

Spiritual leader of the non-Hasidic Ashkenazi haredi community in Israel passes away following rapid deterioration.

Leading haredi rabbi hospitalized over Shavuot holiday

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, 100, is hospitalized on Shavuot night due to shortness of breath.

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American yeshiva students visit Rabbi Gershon Edelstein

The senior haredi leader discussed the Torah's sweetness with the students, who came to visit ahead of the Shavuot holiday.

Haredim boycott major bakery after chairman protests rabbi

Former Minister Omer Bar-Lev, demonstrated outside Rabbi Gershon Edelstein's home, causing haredim to boycott Angel bakery which he heads.

Putting together a coalition:

Gafni to ask for Finance Committee chairmanship

Degel HaTorah says party's ideological decision regarding not taking ministerial positions in the government stands.

99-year-old haredi leader votes in Israel's elections

Accompanied by students and MK Asher, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein braves Bnei Brak rain to vote in Israel's elections.

The students began singing - and Rabbi Edelstein stopped them

During a gathering at the Ponevezh Yeshiva, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein signals the students to cease singing a traditional song.

View: Rabbi Gershon Edelstein chooses lulav for Sukkot

'Brisk' lulavs, known for their beauty, are brought to the home of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein ahead of upcoming Sukkot holiday.

Netanyahu meets leading rabbi in Bnei Brak

Likud leader and former PM Netanyahu meets Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, top haredi rabbi, at his Bnei Brak home.

Leading rabbi: Belz won't join independent haredi school system

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein reaches decision on key issues, effectively halting negotiations between haredi factions.

Top rabbi to bereaved family:

'Your pain atones for the entire generation'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi, offers words of comfort to family of mother and daughters killed in bus crash.

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'Students left without a yeshiva are in danger of their lives'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein calls on yeshiva deans to act to help dozens of young teens who do not have a yeshiva to go to when school starts.

Leading rabbi: 'Children don't know how to say 'Shema Yisrael''

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, 99-year-old leader of the Lithuanian-haredi community, calls to increase Jewish education for secular Israelis.

Senior haredi rabbi to be released from hospital

Doctors are still trying to discern what caused last week's cardiac event, as family says Rabbi Gershon Edelstein set to be released soon.

UTJ heading for a split?

MK Moshe Gafni wants to shift balance of power between Degel HaTorah & Agudat Yisrael. And how many votes will they lose to Itamar Ben Gvir?

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein

Top Lithuanian-haredi rabbi evacuated to hospital

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leader of the Lithuanian-haredi community, is doing well after being admitted to hospital following cardiac event.

Top haredi rabbi diagnosed with coronavirus - a second time

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein feeling 'excellent' after second COVID-19 diagnosis. Pres. Herzog calls to inquire after Rabbi Edelstein's welfare.

Top haredi rabbi grants top title to four others

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, last leader of Lithuanian-haredi sector, designates four additional rabbis as community leaders.

After Bnei Brak shooting:

Leading haredi rabbi: Every Jew has something he can improve in

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leading haredi rabbi, urges listeners to respond to deadly terror attacks by making themselves better people.

'Oy, oy': Rabbi Edelstein mourns colleague Rabbi Kanievsky

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein mourns passing of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky: 'Oy, oy! He had such merits, such devotion.'

Weekly Torah Study: Terumah

This parasha ntroduces the Ark of the Covenant, what may be the holiest object in Jewish thought.

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein doesn't sign letter against Kahana

Leader of the Council of Torah Scholars of the Degel HaTorah party supports rally against religious reforms despite not signing letter.

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein tests positive for COVID

98-year-old Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva diagnosed with COVID soon after receiving 4th vaccine dose.

Haredi rabbi: Chaim Walder was 'murdered' by public shaming

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein slams public shaming campaign against Chaim Walder. 'Leading him to commit suicide is called murder.'

Leading rabbi: 'The decrees are aimed at preventing Torah study'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leading haredi rabbi, slams Israeli government for new laws aimed at haredi public. 'What good is in these?'

Senior haredi rabbis condemn 'wicked' Bennett government

Rabbis Kanievsky and Edelstein sign joint statement castigating Bennett government over kashrut reform, tax hikes, and subsidy cuts.

Leading rabbi asks: 'How can Jews make decrees against Jews?'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leading haredi rabbi, questions how Israeli government can issue 'decrees' against Torah-observant Jews.

Dean of top haredi yeshiva: 'Follow coronavirus guidelines'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of prestigious Ponovezh yeshiva, tells students to carefully follow coronavirus precautions, avoid infection.

Leading haredi rabbi urges: Follow laws of Torah study

'If we would engage in Torah study as we should, there would be no decrees,' Rabbi Gershon Edelstein says.

Leading haredi rabbi hospitalized in Bnei Brak

Public is asked to pray for the health of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leader of the Lithuanian-haredi community.

Haredi leaders: Don't go to Western Wall

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein tell followers not to 'provoke' Arabs by going to Western Wall on Shavuot.

Rabbi Edelstein: 'We do not travel to Meron'

Leading Lithuanian-haredi rabbi calls on followers not to travel to Meron on Lag Ba'omer. 'We do not travel; we sit and learn.'

Leading haredi rabbi: 'The Left's purpose is to uproot religion'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, leading haredi rabbi, explains why party supports PM Netanyahu, urges followers to vote only for UTJ party.

Leading haredi rabbi urges yeshiva students to stay put on Purim

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein says yeshiva students should remain in yeshiva on Purim and learn Torah. 'This will save us from the plague.'

Leading haredi rabbi blasts violators of coronavirus guidelines

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein: Follow the guidelines of the doctors, be careful not to harm others.

Rabbis Kanievsky, Edelstein: Pray outside insofar as possible

Ahead of Sukkot, leading rabbis Rabbi Kanievsky and Rabbi Edelstein release instructions on communal conduct in light of coronavirus.

Haredi leaders urge: Avoid places lax about corona restrictions

Leading haredi rabbis urge public to avoid attending events, avoid places of study which do not adhere to Health Ministry standards.

'Our sins caused us to be chased from our synagogues'

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, prominent haredi rabbi, explains why he thinks synagogues and study halls shut, calls for stricter standards.

'Why were so many haredim affected by coronavirus?'

Leading haredi rabbi explains why, in his opinion, so many of the Israelis who contracted coronavirus were from the haredi community.

Rabbi Edelstein: Take care to maintain precautions during prayer

Rabbinic leader says it's still better to pray alone if precautions cannot be maintained in group prayer, after restrictions loosened.

Rabbi Edelstein: 'On Seder night, everyone in his own home'

'The Talmud discusses a person holding a seder alone - he asks himself Mah Nishtanah, and answers himself too.'

Leading haredi rabbi hospitalized

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein is 'weak but in good condition,' sources say.

Haredi rabbi: Secular people aren't happy

Rabbi Edelstein, a leading haredi rabbi, says many Jews aren't happy, those who lead a Torah lifestyle should feel pity for them.

Haredi rabbi: Security situation is 'dangerous'

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein tells followers situation is dangerous, encourages them not to give up hope, and to continue praying.

Leading haredi rabbi meets special needs yeshiva students

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein welcomes adolescents studying in special needs yeshiva.

Watch: Trump envoy receives blessing from Ponevezh Rosh Yeshiva

Jason Greenblatt receives blessing from Rabbi Gershon Edelstein for success in peacemaking efforts.