Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

'Go out to the streets':

Senior rabbis tell students to join pro-reform campaign

'We have an obligation to disprove the lies.'

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu:

'Judges who show mercy to terrorists invited this attack'

Safed Chief Rabbi says the judges who let terrorists off easy to blame for deadly double bombing in Jerusalem.

Followers of cult leader attack rabbi and Jerusalem deputy mayor

Followers of Eliezer Berland attack Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King at Jerusalem holy site

Tzfat Chief Rabbi gets off stage to dance at OU selichot event

During Selichot conference held for OU Israel youth centers, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu got off the stage and danced with attendees.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu:

'Earth should shake at crime' of Prison Pimping Scandal

Safed Chief Rabbi says officer who allowed prisoner to harm female guards should be jailed for the rest of his life, system failed.

Leading rabbi: Six-year-old was killed sanctifying G-d's Name

'What does it matter how they killed him?' Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu queries. 'They intended to harm the People of Israel.'

The mitzvah to live in Israel

Disparaging the State of Israel is a shortcoming that seemingly justifies remaining in the Diaspora today, but it does not hold water.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu:

You have the right to think that killing a fetus is primitive

The baby boy or girl has a feeling heart and a thinking brain. They have arms and legs and they move them at will. Op-ed.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu:

'US Supreme Court ruled against murder of the unborn'

'Pro-abortionists want to take humanity backwards 2,000 years, killing the unborn is primitive, not enlightened" Rabbi Eliyahu writes.

US revokes Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's Visa

Safed Chief Rabbi's visa, which was supposed to be valid for decades, suddenly revoked with no explanation.

Safed Chief Rabbi: Coming to Jerusalem today is a commandment

Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says Jews must participate in Flag March to prove Arab threats don't work.

For the first time: Holiday prayers at Tel Aviv's Atarim Square

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu joins Rosh Yehudi members and Tel Aviv communities for moving prayers and music, honoring Independence Day.

Senior Religious Zionist rabbi slams American Left on abortion

'Who said women have the right to murder their children, or doctors to chop up babies?' Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu blasts American Left.

At the Southern Wall:

Watch live: Holiday prayers with Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, leads festive holiday prayers, with song and dance, at the Southern Wall. Watch.

Police permit Jewish prayer at Southern Wall tomorrow

After asking Tzfat Chief Rabbi to lead prayer in another, smaller location, police permit annual prayer service.

Police approve prayer at Southern Wall - and change their minds

'We will hold the prayers regardless,' Organization of Community Rabbis says.

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor condemns police's anti-Jewish decision

Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Arieh King attacked the intention of police not to allow Rabbi Eliyahu to hold a solemn prayer at Davidson Square.

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Prayers at the Cave of the Patriarchs, with Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Festive holiday prayers, with song and music, are held at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron with Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu.

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Celebrating the light of Rabbi Yosef Karo

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, participates in celebration of life of Rabbi Yosef Karo, author of Shulchan Aruch.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu:

'Idit Silman is a great woman'

"If only the men of the Yamina party were as brave, honest, and responsible as her," says Chief Rabbi of Tzfat.

MK Silman meets Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Rabbi Eliyahu also played a part in convincing Silman to desert the government, depriving it of its Knesset majority.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Bennett, destroy Iran nuclear reactor now

Safed Chief Rabbi says PM must follow lead of predecessors Begin and Olmert in ending nuclear threat of Iran in light of bad nuclear deal.

Question: A high-school girl who wants to be addressed as a boy

What was Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's creative solution?

Tzfat chief Rabbi:

'If Shabak has extra manpower, don't use them on Jews'

"I will not condone blaming the victim by telling Jews to refrain from violence during the Ramadan, as the Shabak has asked of me."

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu refuses to meet with Shabak officials

Shabak seeks to have rabbi "restrain" his community. "Is Jewish graffiti going to ignite the Middle East?" he counters.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Kahana beholden to Meretz, leftists

Hundreds of rabbis demonstrate against conversion reforms. Safed Chief Rabbi says reform dangerous to Judaism.

20,000 from national camp protest across Israel

Dozens of MKs participate in rallies across country, including prayer at Western Wall, over government actions.

Leading rabbis meet to discuss dispute over Chaim Walder case

Rabbi Tzvi Tau, dean of Har HaMor Yeshiva, meets with chief rabbi of Tzfat following his criticism of handling of Chaim Walder case.

Rabbi Eliyahu: 'Chaim Walder isn't going to Heaven'

'He threatened suicide in an attempt to silence his victims, the severity of what he did is like murder,' Tzfat's Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says.

Smotrich and Likud members meet with Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

Right-wing members of Knesset and Bezalel Smotrich meet with Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu to discuss the future identity of the State of Israel.

Rabbi Eliyahu: A pity Chaim Walder chose suicide

Safed Chief Rabbi: We will continue to take care of author's victims, their lives take precedence over his.

Chaim Walder summoned to appear before rabbinic court

Children's author accused of sexually abusing minors summoned before court led by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu.

Safed Chief Rabbi: Govt. deceived the people, has no legitimacy

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks ahead of anti-government protest, says Bennett-Lapid government undermining Israel's Jewish character.

Chaim Walder: I am innocent

Author responds to serious allegations made against him, alleges his defense of abuse victims led to a calculated campaign against him.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Chaim Walder is dangerous to society

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu denounces children's author. "Our conclusion not only based on the newspaper - we received very serious testimonies."

Rabbi Eliyahu removed all of Chaim Walder's books from his home

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Tzfat, calls on public to remove Chaim Walder's books from homes, place them in storage.

Leading rabbi: 'Arabs run wild because it's their culture'

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Tzfat chief rabbi, blames Reform for assimilation, says Women of the Wall 'don't want to pray, they want to disturb.'

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu praises activity at Cave of the Patriarchs

The institutions of the Cave of the Patriarchs launch a mass mobilization campaign and call on the people of Israel to become partners.

Watch live: Prayer and song at the Southern Wall

Join Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Rabbi Eyal Yakubovich in holiday prayers and songs at the Southern Wall in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Eliyahu invites you to send names for prayer

Send the names of loved ones and Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu will be sure to pray for their health, prosperity, marriage, offspring and success.

Rabbi Eliyahu's blessings at the Cave of the Patriarchs

Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends Selichot prayers at Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

Free our soldiers' hands!

Free the IDF from the policies and politics of the Left - and expel from the army anyone who binds soldiers' hands. Op-Ed.

'The light is renewed and the eyes of the world see much more'

Rabbi Eliyahu delivers remarks on the occasion of of the anniversary of the creation of the world.

Top rabbi: 'What can little me do to help bring the Redemption?'

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: 'Saying 'Kaddish' with earnest has the power to bring the Redemption.'

Early release approved for sexual abuser Ezra Sheinberg

Sheinberg has served 2/3 of his 7 1/2-year sentence. 'He should have been locked up for life,' says Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu.

Dozens of rabbis hold conference decrying government reforms

'We will not cooperate with dismantling the Chief Rabbinate,' rabbis insist. 'Proposed reforms will lead to anarchy.'

Tisha B'Av today

How, in one generation, have we managed to lose the best of our sons and see them join the greatest of the world's anti-Semites? Opinion.

Thousands mark anniversary of Arizal's passing

Thousands arrive at gravesite of the Arizal to mark anniversary of his passing with Tzfat's Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and other leading rabbis.

Arabs who threw stones at Safed Chief Rabbi arrested

2 teens who attacked car carrying leading rabbi in Jerusalem arrested.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu's car hit in stone-throwing attack

Chief Rabbi of Tzfat targeted by Arab stone throwers while driving in eastern Jerusalem. One injured in the attack.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: A family is a mother and father

'We need to stand firm about the right to say that a family is a mother and father, nothing else,' Tzfat rabbi says.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu rules:

Jews with homosexual tendencies are eligible for aliyah la'Torah

Ruling issued for those not engaging in forbidden acts after musician Daniel Zamir was denied an aliyah. Zamir called the ruling "historic."

Watch: The Temple - a place of life

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu explains why, when Aaron is in the right place, and the Divine Presence is there, even a dry stick of wood can blossom.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: 'This is what silencing people looks like'

'This discussion is just about silencing people,' Tzfat's Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says.

'If we give up on Lod, we'll lose Jerusalem too'

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu accuses PM of deliberate policy of withholding police support for Lod's Jewish inhabitants.

Tzfat Chief Rabbi condemns 'wholesale release of rioters'

"You will be to blame when people are killed," Rabbi Eliyahu says.

Rabbi Eliyahu to Muslim leaders: Beware the Great Fire of God

Safed Chief Rabbi warns that Muslims are provoking the Almighty with attacks on Jerusalem and the Jewish people.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: Give a minority government a chance

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, rabbi of Tzfat, urges minority government with support of United Arab List. 'We need to give it a chance.'

We must become stronger in 'baseless love' for one another

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: We must become stronger in 'baseless love' for one another.

Watch: Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu at Meron gathering

Tzfat Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu speaks at mass gathering in Meron for Lag Ba'Omer.