Yoel Schwartz

Yoel Schwartz (Hebrew: יואל שוורץ; 29 September 1939 – 8 September 2022)[1] was an Israeli Haredi Jewish rabbi, Torah scholar, and writer who published over 200 Jewish books.

He was a senior lecturer at Dvar Yerushalayim yeshiva in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof, an English-speaking institute for baalei teshuva.

He served as the mashgiach ruchani of Yeshivas Itri.

In 2009, he received the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism in Jerusalem for his work in establishing the "Nahal Haredi" framework for conscription of Haredi males to serve as combat troops in the IDF.

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