Ratzon Arusi
Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Ono, Israel
Ratzon Halevi Arusi (Hebrew: רצון ערוסי; born in 1944 Sanaa, Yemen) is the Chief Rabbi of the city of Kiryat Ono, Israel, member of the Council of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, Founder and chairman of the organization Halichot Am Yisrael, and President of Machon Mishnat Ha-Rambam. He has a PhD in law from Tel Aviv University, and was a lecturer in Mishpat Ivri at Bar Ilan University. He is the winner of the Katz Prize for 2019. He is considered the primary disciple of Rabbi Yosef Qafih (Kapach).
Biography
Born in Sanaa, Yemen, to Yosef and Sa’ada. His grandfather Avraham was a student of Rabbis Yiḥyah Qafiḥ and Yihye Avitch, and was one of the wealthy and important communal leaders in the city of Sanaa. In 1949, he made aliyah to Israel with his family. They arrived at the Aliyah Camp in Ein Shemer, and there his Payot (“simonim”) were cut by the kindergarten teachers from Hashomer Hatzair. Subsequently, the family moved to the immigrant moshav of Kadima, and eventually resided in Ramat Gan.
He studied at Yeshivat Hadarom and Hebron Yeshiva.
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