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Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Shlomo Goren (1918–1994) made a unique and unforgettable contribution to the
Jewish people. More than any other person, he embodied the ancient
ideal of being both a great Jewish scholar and a remarkable soldier
in the service of God and the Jewish people. He was the first chief
rabbi of the Israeli Army (and later of Israel) and the most significant
formative force in creating the Jewish nature of the army. His great
genius in learning is reflected not only in his pioneering work in Jewish
law and his monumental scholarship on Talmud Yerushalmi, but in a
wide variety of books touching upon almost all areas of modern Jewish
life and thought.
His service as a soldier for Israel involved him in every possible kind of
duty: from childhood smuggling of arms for the Haganah to serving
as a sniper in the War of Independence, from the holy and dangerous
task of retrieving bodies from the field of battle behind enemy lines to
the moments of glory when he served as an inspirational presence in
notable battles, and most memorably in the 1967 war, where he is wellremembered
for his part in the recapture of the Old City, the Kotel, and
the Temple Mount.
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