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Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron
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Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron ( Hebrew : אליהו בקשי דורון ; April 5, 1941 – April 12, 2020) was an Israeli rabbi who served as Rishon LeZion ( Chief Rabbi of Israel ) from 1993 to 2003. Prior to that he served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Bat Yam and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Haifa . Bakshi-Doron was criticized by Haredi leaders for some of his halakhic (Jewish legal) decisions, and by the Reform movement for his position on assimilation . He was known for his promotion of interfaith dialogue and nonviolence .
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former sephardi chief rabbi of israel
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