Yoel Schwartz
Yoel Schwartz (Hebrew: יואל שוורץ; 29 September 1939 – 8 September 2022)[1] was an Israeli Haredi Jewish rabbi, Torah scholar, and writer who published over 200 Jewish books. He was a senior lecturer at Dvar Yerushalayim yeshiva in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof, an English-speaking institute for baalei teshuva. He was also involved in attempts to revive the Sanhedrin.
Education
[edit]Schwartz studied at Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak and Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He served as the mashgiach ruchani of Yeshivas Itri.
Prizes
[edit]In 2009, he received the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism in Jerusalem for his work in establishing the "Nahal Haredi" framework for conscription of Haredi males to serve as combat troops in the IDF.
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