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image by Dov Gutterman, 7 October 2007
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I watced the news from channel 1. There was an interview with
the chief Ashkenazic Rabbi of Israel and behind him there was the
flag of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel.is the highest Rabbinical institute
of the state of Israel. It includes the Jewish religious courts
system, the kosher certifications, appointments of rabbi's and
religious judges etc. It operate according to the Chief Rabbinate
Act of 1980. It is headed by two Chief Rabbi's (Ashkenazic and
Sefaradic).
The Chief Rabbinate was founded in 1921 in order to replace to
Ottoman's Hakham Bashi (initiated on 1835).
The flag is white with the emblem in blue.
Dov Gutterman, 7 October 2007