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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.
Top rabbi: 'Students left without a yeshiva are in danger of their spiritual 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?
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.
Leading haredi rabbi urges: 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 does not sign letter against Minister Kahana
Leader of the Council of Torah Scholars of the Degel HaTorah party supports rally against religious reforms despite not signing letter.
Haredi leader 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.
Top 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: 'There is a method to the decrees - 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 haredi 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.
Rabbi Gershon Edlestein urges: Follow laws of Torah study, learn Torah as you should
'If we would engage in Torah study as we should, there would be no decrees,' Rabbi Gershon Edelstein says.
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein 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 on Shavuot
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.'
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein: '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.
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein urges yeshiva students to remain in yeshiva over 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: 'Don't sit in a study hall which doesn't keep coronavirus restrictions'
Leading haredi rabbis urge public to avoid attending events, avoid places of study which do not adhere to Health Ministry standards.
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky: '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.
Rabbi Gershon Edelstein: '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 Gershon Edelstein: 'On Seder night, everyone should be 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.
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