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Who is Rabbi Weiss, ultra-Orthodox Rabbi??
Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, a major, ultra-Orthodox leader, died on Saturday in Jerusalem at the age of 95 after He had an infection earlier this year and was freed from the hospital around a month ago, his situation deteriorated in the latest days, Israeli media said.
It added that he was hospitalized in Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem medical headquarters, where he was put on a ventilator and sedated until he passed away.
His funeral was held on Sunday. Weiss, 95, was born in Slovakia, he was a district leader in Antwerp before taking on the leadership of the Eda Haredit group in 2004.
Eda Haredit staunchly objected to Israel and its followers rejected to accept any state funding. It wields considerable influence through its Badatz kashrut certificate, which is regarded as the gold measure by many in the ultra-Orthodox world, even among members of competing groups.
Components of the Eda Haredit have also engaged in demonstrations against the Israeli occupation forces and it is the so-called state, fighting with police and blocking roads in demonstration of the government’s draft policies.
