Yehuda Getz | |
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Born | 1924
Tunis, Tunisia |
Died | 17 September 1995
Jerusalem, Israel |
Title | Rabbi |
Yehuda Getz (born 1924 in Tunis, Tunisia—died 17 September 1995 in Jerusalem) was the rabbi of the Western Wall for 27 years. [1] [2] [3]
Yehuda Meir Getz was born in Tunisia in 1924. He immigrated to Israel in 1949, settling in Kerem Ben Zimra, a moshav in Upper Galilee. [1] He joined the Israel Defense Forces, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. [1]
Getz died of a heart attack on 17 September 1995. [3] He was survived by his wife and six children, and is buried on the Mount of Olives. [2] [4]
After the death of his son Avner in the Six-Day War, he moved to Jerusalem's Old City. [1] Shortly afterwards he was appointed as overseer of prayers at the Western Wall. [3]
He served as the head of the Beit El Kabbalist yeshiva from 1973-1995. [5]
Getz was a supporter of Excavations at the Temple Mount. [6] In July 1981, Getz and a team of associates opened a tunnel under the Temple Mount near where he believed the Ark of the Covenant had been hidden in Solomon's Temple, directly below the Holy of Holies of the Second Temple. [7]
Yehuda Getz | |
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Born | 1924
Tunis, Tunisia |
Died | 17 September 1995
Jerusalem, Israel |
Title | Rabbi |
Yehuda Getz (born 1924 in Tunis, Tunisia—died 17 September 1995 in Jerusalem) was the rabbi of the Western Wall for 27 years. [1] [2] [3]
Yehuda Meir Getz was born in Tunisia in 1924. He immigrated to Israel in 1949, settling in Kerem Ben Zimra, a moshav in Upper Galilee. [1] He joined the Israel Defense Forces, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. [1]
Getz died of a heart attack on 17 September 1995. [3] He was survived by his wife and six children, and is buried on the Mount of Olives. [2] [4]
After the death of his son Avner in the Six-Day War, he moved to Jerusalem's Old City. [1] Shortly afterwards he was appointed as overseer of prayers at the Western Wall. [3]
He served as the head of the Beit El Kabbalist yeshiva from 1973-1995. [5]
Getz was a supporter of Excavations at the Temple Mount. [6] In July 1981, Getz and a team of associates opened a tunnel under the Temple Mount near where he believed the Ark of the Covenant had been hidden in Solomon's Temple, directly below the Holy of Holies of the Second Temple. [7]