Shmuel Auerbach
Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach | |
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שמואל אוירבך | |
Auerbach in 2013 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | September 21, 1931 |
| Died | February 24, 2018 (aged 86) Jerusalem |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Spouse | Rachel (deceased) |
| Parent(s) | Shlomo Zalman Auerbach and Chaya Rivka Ruchamkin |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Haredi |
| Position | Rosh yeshiva |
| Yeshiva | Yeshivas Ma'alos HaTorah |
| Organisation | Jerusalem Faction |
| Residence | Sha'arei Hesed, Jerusalem |
Shmuel Auerbach (Hebrew: שמואל אוירבך; September 21, 1931 – February 24, 2018) was a Haredi rabbi in Jerusalem. He was considered a leader in the non-Hasidic Haredi community in Israel. His followers formed a political organisation known as the Jerusalem Faction. In 2013, as the Israeli government launched a campaign to draft Ultra Orthodox men into the IDF, the organisation adopted a controversial policy of demonstrations and incitement against the draft.