Eliyahu, R. Mordechai

Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, who at the age of 28, became the youngest member ever to serve as a judge in the Israeli rabbinical courts and went on to serve for a decade in the nation’s highest rabbinic office as the Sephardic Chief Rabbi, succumbed Monday af...

"Back in Morocco my husband was a taxi driver. Ten days after our marriage he traveled from one city to the next and I never heard from him again. They say he died in a crash, however, they cannot locate his body, only the wrecked car."

The former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel describes his meetings with the Rebbe, and explains why the Rebbe, an Ashkenazic rabbi, assisted all Jews.

Sefardic Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu visits the Rebbe.

The Rebbe receives the Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and Rabbi Avraham Shapira.

Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi of Israel Avraham Shapira and Sefardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Mordechai Eliyahu visit the Rebbe during the Days of Sefirah between Passover and Shavuos. A discussion about the students of Rabbi Akiva and the mitzvah to love one’s fel...