The city of Tel Aviv chose a Chief Rabbi today, after four years without one. Rabbi Shlomo Amar, former head of the Petach Tikvah rabbinical court and a temporary member of the national rabbinic court, was chosen today to head the Tel Aviv Chief Rabbinate, and the choice was praised in both religious and municipal circles. His predecessor, the renowned Rabbi Chaim David HaLevy, passed away four years ago. It was decided several months ago that the city would have only one Chief Rabbi for both the Sephardic and Ashkenazi communities.
Rabbi Amar may be in office for only one year, as he has already been mentioned as a likely successor to Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron as Israel\'s Rishon Letzion (Chief Sephardic Rabbi). The ten-year terms of Rabbi Bakshi-Doron and Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau end a year from now.
Rabbi Amar may be in office for only one year, as he has already been mentioned as a likely successor to Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron as Israel\'s Rishon Letzion (Chief Sephardic Rabbi). The ten-year terms of Rabbi Bakshi-Doron and Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau end a year from now.
