Yosef Zvi Rimon

Rabbi
Yosef Zvi Rimon
יוסף צבי רימון
Personal life
Born1968 (age 57–58)
England
SpouseSharon Blumenzweig
Children8
Parent(s)David and Rita Rimon
EducationYeshivat Har Etzion
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
DenominationOrthodox Judaism
Jewish leader
YeshivaYeshivat Har Etzion
ResidenceAlon Shevut

Yosef Zvi Rimon (Hebrew: יוסף צבי רימון רב; born January 18, 1968) is an Israeli Religious Zionist who is a rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council and the Ashkenazi Synagogue of Alon Shvut Darom.[1][2] He is rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Jerusalem College of Technology (Machon Lev) and a Rosh Kollel at Yeshivat Har Etzion.[3][4]

Rimon was born in England to Rita and David Rimon, the son of the poet Yosef Zvi Rimon (he), after whom he is named, and grew up in Tel Aviv.[1] He attended Yeshivat Har Etzion.[1] He was in a tank unit in Israel's 188th Armored Brigade.[1]

Rimon was elected as Gush Etzion’s first chief rabbi[2] and rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council in 2021.[5] As of March 2024 he was president of the World Mizrachi Movement.[6][7]

Rimon is the Founder and Chairman of Sulamot, an organization created to innovate the way that Jewish education is taught and studied in schools across the world.[8]

Rimon also founded La’Ofek (formerly JobKatif) in 2006. Initially intended to help those affected by the Expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif in 2005, the organization now helps poverty stricken people across Israel.[9]

Personal Life

Rimon is married to Rabbanit Sharon Blumenzweig. They have 8 daughters.

Awards and recognition

Works

Rabbi Rimon is the author of dozens of books in both Hebrew and English. Some of his works include:

  • Halacha Mimekorah. A halachic series that teaches Jewish law beginning with the sources in the Torah, then the Mishnah and the Gemarah, and finally to the modern day Poskim.
  • The Haggadah Series which includes The Pesach Haggadah, Rav Rimon Family Haggadah, The Seder Night, & the Kids Haggadah For Pesach
  • The Poetry of Rav Yosef Tzvi Rimon: A Myrtle in the Desert

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Goldfinger, Rivki (24 August 2016). "Personal Matters with Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon". Arutz 7.
  2. 1 2 "Gush Etzion Regional Council elects Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon as head rabbi". Baltimore Jewish Life. 15 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Everything Needs Chesed" (PDF). Mizrachi: 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  4. ↑ "Faculty". Yeshivat Har Etzion.
  5. ↑ "Gush Etzion Regional Council elects Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon as head rabbi". Israel National News. 15 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon appointed new President of World Mizrachi". Israel National News. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  7. ↑ Gross, Judah Ari (2024-03-13). "Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon named president of World Mizrachi, after role unfilled since 2022". eJewishPhilanthropy. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  8. ↑ "Sulamot About Us". sulamot.org. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  9. ↑ "Beyond the Horizon". laofek.org. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  10. ↑ "The President's Award". Israel National News. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2026-08-27.
  11. ↑ Gravé-Lazi, Lidar (28 May 2014). "Zionists to receive Moskowitz Prize in Jerusalem". Jerusalem Post.
  12. ↑ "Bringing halacha into the 21st century". Israel National News. 27 January 2019.
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