RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Elazar Shach

1898 - 2001

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Elazar Menachem Man Shach (Hebrew: אלעזר מנחם מן שך, Elazar Shach; January 1, 1899 O.S. – November 2, 2001) was a Haredi rabbi who headed Lithuanian Orthodox Jews in Israel and around the world from the early 1970s until his death. He served as chair of the Council of Sages and one of three co-deans of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, along with Shmuel Rozovsky and Dovid Povarsky. Due to his differences with the Hasidic leadership of the Agudat Yisrael political party, he allied with Ovadia Yosef, with whom he founded the Shas party in 1984. Later, in 1988, Shach criticized Ovadia Yosef, saying that, "Sepharadim are not suitable for leadership positions", and subsequently founded the Degel HaTorah political party representing the Litvaks in the Israeli Knesset. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elazar Shach is the 1,610th most popular religious figure (down from 1,468th in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 54th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Elazar Shach ranks 1,610 out of 3,187. Before him are Macarius of Alexandria, John Ball, Menocchio, Peter Bartholomew, Alfred Loisy, and Elizabeth Bolden. After him are Pope Timothy II of Alexandria, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli, Abbo of Fleury, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Julian the Hospitaller, and Antipope Callixtus III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Elazar Shach ranks 97. Before him are Lotte Lenya, Kang Sheng, Desanka Maksimović, Oscar Homolka, Piero Sraffa, and Karl Mauss. After him are Ferenc Plattkó, Ernst Wollweber, Joseph Kessel, Jean Fautrier, Berenice Abbott, and Jacques Doriot. Among people deceased in 2001, Elazar Shach ranks 84. Before him are Jean-Pierre Aumont, Perry Como, Nikos Sampson, Renato Carosone, Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen, and Víctor Paz Estenssoro. After him are William Masters, Soad Hosny, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Hannelore Kohl, Pierre Klossowski, and Tamara Smirnova.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Elazar Shach ranks 60 out of 328. Before him are Audrys Bačkis (1937), Antoni Radziwiłł (1775), Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885), Uljana Semjonova (1952), and Hermann Sudermann (1857). After him are Antanas Merkys (1887), Rolandas Paksas (1956), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), and Joseph Klausner (1874).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Lithuania

Among religious figures born in Lithuania, Elazar Shach ranks 2. Before him are Audrys Bačkis (1937). After him are Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Sigitas Tamkevičius (1938), Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871), Raphael Kalinowski (1835), Maironis (1862), Henryk Gulbinowicz (1923), Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920), and Ignaty Krachkovsky (1883).

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