Last night (Thursday), Rabbi Daniel Lunzer was officially crowned Rabbi of the Itamar Yishuv, following the retirement of the previous rabbi of the previous Yishuv, Rabbi Natan Chai Shlita. For the children of Itamar and then the coronation ceremony took place in the synagogue.
The process of electing a rabbi in Itamar took about two years and included in-depth community work, Shabbat acquaintances with various rabbis and the selection of a rabbi. A few weeks ago, and after a year in office, the rabbi received 100% of the votes for the coronation ceremony.
Rabbi Natan Chai, the outgoing rabbi of the settlement, who this year established the Gold of the Land Kollel in Itamar to study the laws that depend on the land, emphasized in his ceremony the special connection created between the rabbis and the blessed passage of generations. Rabbi Lonzer congratulated us on a new tallit given to him by the veterans of the settlement.
The coronation ceremony was attended by the Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau, Rabbi Elyakim Lebanon, Rabbi of Samaria, Rosh Yeshivat Har Hamor, Rabbi Amiel Sternberg, Rabbi David Giami, Rabbi Yosef Weitzan, area rabbis, head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, representatives of “And other rabbis and public figures.
The coronation ceremony of Rabbi Lunzer Photo: Uriah Heller
Yossi Dagan: “I wish you many more years that we will all be able to serve you and walk along”
The head of the Shomron Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, congratulated the outgoing rabbi and said at the ceremony: , Of settlement, and also of the immense greatness in the process led by the rabbi of the appointment and election of the rabbi. I am proud to live in a place where there are rabbis like Rabbi Natan Chai, in the power of the Torah and also in his virtues and we are blessed to have won. Thank you very much, Your Honor. “
At the end of his speech, Dagan asked to greet Rabbi Lonzer. “I wish you many more years that we will all have the privilege of serving you and walking along and fulfilling the words of the prophet Amos.”