Shlomo Amar

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Shlomo Amar is an Israeli rabbi and prominent religious leader who served as the Sephardi Chief Rabbi (Rishon LeZion) and has been influential in shaping contemporary Jewish religious law and practice in Israel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
rabbi
religious leader
citizenshipStatus Israeli citizen
countryOfCitizenship Israel
denominationWithinReligion Sephardi Orthodox Judaism
ethnicGroup Sephardi Jew
familyName Amar
fieldOfWork Halakha
Jewish law
rabbinic leadership
givenName Shlomo
hasOccupation dayan
posek
rabbi
ideology religious conservatism in Jewish law
influenced Jewish religious practice in Israel
Sephardi rabbinic courts in Israel
knownFor public positions on conversion to Judaism
public positions on marriage and divorce in Israel
public positions on relations between religious and secular law in Israel
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Hebrew
movement Orthodox Judaism
name Shlomo Amar
notableFor influencing contemporary Jewish religious law in Israel
leadership of the Sephardi Chief Rabbinate
notableRole halakhic authority in contemporary Jewish law
prominent religious leader in Israel
notableWork halakhic rulings on personal status issues in Israel
rabbinic responsa on contemporary halakhic questions
positionHeld Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem
Rishon LeZion
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
religion Judaism
religiousTitle Chief Rabbi
Rishon LeZion
residence Jerusalem
sphereOfInfluence Israeli Chief Rabbinate
Sephardi Jewish communities
religious legislation in Israel
workLocation Israel
Jerusalem

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