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Who held it, in order
A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.
- 9 holders
- 1 overlap
- 1 gap
- 5 undated
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1934 CE – 1935 CE Elazar Shach Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001) -
Gap about 17 years with no holder recorded
1952 CE – 9 March 1982 CE Zvi Yehuda Kook Religious zionist leader (1891–1982) -
from 1983 CE Shlomo Aviner Israeli rabbi -
Overlap held at the same time as Shlomo Aviner
1986 CE – 1990 CE Meir Kahane Rabbi, writer and far right American-Israeli politician (1932–1990)
No dates recorded 5
- Dates unrecorded Joseph B. Soloveitchik American rabbi and theologian (1903–1993)
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Dates unrecorded Yisrael Meir Kagan Polish rabbi (1838–1933) -
Dates unrecorded Elazar Shach Lithuanian-Jewish Haredi leader (1898-2001) - Dates unrecorded Israel Salanter Lithuanian rabbi (1810–1883)
- Dates unrecorded Elchonon Wasserman Belarusian Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva (1874–1941)
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