Rishon LeTzion (2003-2013)
1948 CE · Contemporary · Jerusalem
R. Shlomo Moshe Amar (b. 1948) was the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel (Rishon LeTzion) from 2003 to 2013, and has served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem since 2014. Born in Casablanca to a Moroccan-rabbinic family and brought to Israel as a teenager, he studied at the Sephardic yeshiva network and emerged as a senior dayan in the late 20th century.
His Shma Shlomo responsa (multiple volumes) is widely cited; he is particularly known for his rulings on agunot, conversion, and Sephardic-minhag preservation. A protégé of R. Ovadia Yosef and one of his closest senior students, R. Amar represents the continuation of the Ovadia school into the post-Ovadia generation.
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CasablancaקזבלנקהMorocco — Atlantic metropolis
What they did here
Born in Casablanca to the Moroccan-rabbinic Amar family.
About Casablanca
Modern Casablanca's Jewish community swelled from a few hundred in 1900 to over 80,000 by 1950 — Morocco's largest. R. Shalom Mashash served as chief rabbi here before being called to Jerusalem in 1978.
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