Yosef Zvi Rimon

Yosef Zvi Rimon (born January 18, 1968) is an Israeli Religious Zionist rabbi, author, lecturer and Posek who serves as rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council and the Ashkenazi Synagogue of Alon Shvut Darom.

[9] In 1995, he became a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and at the same time gave Shiurim to all yeshiva students on various halakhic topics.

Today, Rav Rimon serves as the rabbi of the Ashkenazi synagogue of Alon Shvut Darom and teaches at Yeshivat Har Etzion, its sister school, Migdal Oz, and Herzog College.

[11] Following the Israeli disengagement from Gaza,[12] Rimon contributed to the rehabilitation of evacuees who were left without homes and jobs by founding the LaOfek association (also called Taasoktif and JobKatif).

[16] Today, the association is engaged in activities to promote underprivileged populations, finding jobs for soldiers, assisting Lone Soldiers and in special projects in Israeli society; it provides employment coaching and counseling, business mentoring, professional retraining courses, academic scholarships and other services.

Under his auspices, the Madatoratecha - Torah and Technology Research Center has been established at JCT to provide the specialized expertise necessary to respond to the complex ethical and Halachic issues of our times.

[2]* Rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council (2021)[18] As of March 2024, Rav Rimon was named President of the World Mizrachi Movement.

[19] Rimon's Sifrei halakha are written in a way that is structured in "tracing [from] the sources to the practical application of Halacha in our modern reality.

Rav Rimon at the Award Ceremony for the Katz Prize in 2018 (Left: Rabbi Aryeh Stern )