Yitzhak Arieli was a leading Israeli rabbi.

Biography

Arieli was born in 1896 in the Old City of Jerusalem, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

, and studied at Torat Hayim and Etz Chaim

Etz Chaim Yeshiva

Etz Chaim Yeshiva is an orthodox yeshiva located on Jaffa Road close to the Mahane Yehuda Market in downtown Jerusalem.-History:Etz Chaim Yeshiva was originally a Talmud Torah which was established in 1841 by the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Shmuel Salant. For the first two years classes were held in...

 yeshivot in Jerusalem.

He was one of the founders of Kiryat Shmuel and Neve Sha'anan

Neve Sha'anan, Jerusalem

Neve Sha'anan is a small neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel. It is located between the Israel Museum and the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, bordering Nayot.-History:...

 neighborhoods in central Jerusalem.

Arieli developed a close relationship with Rav Kook

Abraham Isaac Kook

Abraham Isaac Kook was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, Jewish thinker, Halachist, Kabbalist and a renowned Torah scholar...

 following the latter's arrival in Jerusalem in 1921, and became one of his leading students.

Arieli was appointed as posek

Posek

Posek is the term in Jewish law for "decider"—a legal scholar who decides the Halakha in cases of law where previous authorities are inconclusive or in those situations where no halakhic precedent exists....

 of Bikur Holim Hospital

Bikur Holim Hospital

Bikur Holim Hospital is a hospital in Jerusalem, Israel.-History:Bikur Holim first opened in a residential building in the Old City in 1826. In 1843, the hospital had only three rooms for patients. In 1854, a building was purchased which soon grew overcrowded...

 and served as the mashgiach ruchani

Mashgiach ruchani

Mashgiach ruchani or mashgiach for short, means a spiritual supervisor or guide. It is a title which usually refers to a rabbi who has an official position within a yeshiva and is responsible for the non-academic areas of yeshiva students' lives.The position of mashgiach ruchani arose with the...

 of Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva

Mercaz haRav

Mercaz HaRav , more properly, Mercaz HaRav Kook ), is a national-religious yeshiva in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1924 by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. It has become synonymous with his teachings....

.

Awards and honours

• In 1966, Rabbi Arieli was awarded the Israel Prize
  Israel Prize
  The Israel Prize is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is largely regarded as the state's highest honor. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Knesset chairperson, and the...
  
  , in Rabbinical literature.
• The is a street named after Rabbi Arieli in Beitar Illit, and in the Nachlaot
  Nachlaot
  Nachlaot is a cluster of neighborhoods in central Jerusalem, Israel known for its narrow, winding lanes, old-style housing, hidden courtyards and many small synagogues. Neighborhoods in Nachlaot include Mishkenot Yisrael, Ohel Moshe, Mazkeret Moshe, Zichron Yosef, Sukkat Shalom, Zichron Yaakov,...
  
   neighborhood of Jerusalem there is a street name after the itle of one of his book "Anayim Lemishpat".

Published works

• Anayim Lemishpat
• Shirat Hage'ulah - on the Passover
  Passover
  Passover is a Jewish holiday and festival. It commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt...
  
   Hagadah
• Midrash Arieli

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients