Mordechai Eliyahu
Israeli rabbi
Died when: 81 years 96 days (975 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Mordechai Tzemach Eliyahu (Hebrew: מרדכי צמח אליהו, March 3, 1929 – June 7, 2010, on the Hebrew calendar: 21 Adar I, 5689 - 25 Siwan, 5770), was an Israeli rabbi, posek, and spiritual leader.
The son of a Jerusalem Kabbalist, in his youth Eliyahu was active in Brit HaKanaim, a radical religious underground organization.
He served as a dayan in Beersheba, and in the Supreme Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem.He later served as the Rishon LeZion, or Chief Rabbi of Israel, from 1983 to 1993.
As a leader of Religious Zionism, Eliyahu was instrumental in moving many of its members over to the religious right, sparking the beginnings of the Hardal movement.
A supporter of Meir Kahane and Jonathan Pollard, Eliyahu expressed his opposition to the Israeli disengagement from Gaza.Eliyahu died at age 81 after complications from a heart condition.
He was buried on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem.
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