Moshe-Zvi Neria

Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria (Hebrew: משה צבי נריה‎; 29 January 1913 – 12 December 1995) was an Israeli educator, writer, and rosh yeshiva who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1969 and 1974.

Neria established and headed the Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh, and was one of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook's most influential disciples.

Neria followed his teacher Rav Mordechai to Shkloŭ and continued his Torah studies in the relocated Shklov yeshiva.

In 1940 he founded the first Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Kfar Haroeh, serving as its headmaster and teaching Talmud and Jewish thought.

[7] When he saw that the public venerated Rav Kook but knew very little about his special approach to Torah, Rabbi Neriah published several books combining biographical material on Rav Kook together with excerpts from his writings, dealing with topics such as redemption, the rebuilding of the land of Israel, Torah and prayer.

Rabbi Moshe-Zvi Neria (right) with Rabbi Avraham Shapira
Yeshayahu Bernstein speaking with Rabbi Neria, sitting to his left.