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Moshe Shternbuch , is the Vice-President of the Rabbinical Court and Chief Rabbi Ra'avad of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem . He resides in Har Nof where he is the rabbi of the local GR"A Synagogue , named after the Vilna Gaon of whom he is a direct descendant.1Born in London , England , before WWII he was orphaned by the death of his father at an early age. He attended the Toras Emes yeshiva in Stamford Hill , of which Rabbi Moshe Schneider was the rosh yeshiva . , before learning in Brisk yeshiva . He also studied with Rabbi Bezalel Rakow , later to become the Gateshead Rov.2He subsequently took up a position in Johannesburg , South Africa where he was widely acclaimed for his rabbinic leadership and popular lectures in Torah ethics to professionals across the Jewish spectrum.3Being Chief Rabbi of the anti-Zionist Edah HaChareidis , he is of the view that there is no connection between the existence of a Jewish state and the beginning of the redemption of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel which will precede the Messianic Era , and strongly opposes the Zionist State of Israel and was against its establishment.4
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Moishe Sternbuch (also written Moshe Shternbuch ) is the Vice-President of the Rabbinical Court and the former Ra'avad of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem . He resides in Har Nof where he is the rabbi of the local GR"A Synagogue , named after the Vilna Gaon of whom he is a direct descendant. Born in London , England , before WWII he was orphaned by the death of his father at an early age.His mother was heroine of rescue during the holocaust. He attended the Toras Emes yeshiva in Stamford Hill , of which Rabbi Moshe Schneider was the rosh yeshiva ., before learning in Brisk yeshiva . He also studied with Rabbi Bezalel Rakow , later to become the Gateshead Rov. He subsequently took up a position in Johannesburg , South Africa . he was very involved in outreach,including his noted lectures to those in the medical field. He strongly opposes the Zionist State of Israel and was against its establishment. Formerly holding a high position of authority in the anti-Zionist Edah HaChareidis , he is of the view that there is no connection between the existence of a pseudo Jewish state whatsoever and the beginning of the redemption of the Jewish People to the Land of Israel which will precede the Messianic Era .
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Moishe Sternbuch (also written Moshe / Moses Shternbuch , ) is a Haredi rabbi who serves as the Vice-President of the Rabbinical Court and the Ra'avad (Chief) of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem . He resides in Har Nof where he is the rabbi of the local GR"A Synagogue , named after the Vilna Gaon of whom he is a direct descendant.
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He serves as the Ra'avad of the Edah HaChareidis , vice president of the Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem , and the rabbi of the Gra Synagogue in the Har Nof neighbourhood.
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He serves as the ga'avad ( Gaon Av Beis Din ) of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem , and the rabbi of the Gra Synagogue in the Har Nof neighbourhood."שנה ללא גאב"ד: מאחורי הקלעים מההכתרה הדרמטית בעדה החרדית" [A Year With No Ga'avad: Behind the Scenes at the Coronation]. bhol.co.il (in Hebrew) .
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vice-president of the rabbinical court and chief rabbi ra'avad of the edah hachareidis in jerusalem
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british-born israeli haredi
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