Skip to main content
Apolitit
עב
← Back to Votes and topics
25th Knesset · outgoing

Chief Rabbinate of Israel Law (Amendment – One Chief Rabbi) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הרבנות הראשית לישראל (תיקון - רב ראשי אחד)

TL;DRThe proposal amends the Chief Rabbinate Law to replace two chief rabbis with a single Chief Rabbi of Israel.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The proposal amends the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Law (5740) and the Dayanim Law (5715) in order to replace the office of the two chief rabbis (one for Ashkenazim and one for Sephardim) with the position of a single Chief Rabbi of Israel. The amendments include changes to the names of institutions, the composition of committees and management roles in the rabbinical courts in order to adapt to a structure of single leadership. The explanatory arguments claim that the duplication is unnecessary.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 12, 2023
Initiated by: oppositionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected25 for · 51 against · 2 abstained · 42 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 64 seats

LikudAgainst 25 · Absent 7
ShasAgainst 9 · Absent 2
United Torah JudaismAgainst 7
Religious ZionismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2
NoamAgainst 1

Opposition 56 seats

Yesh AtidFor 16 · Absent 8
Blue and White – National UnityFor 1 · Absent 7
Yisrael BeytenuFor 6
Ra'amAbstained 1 · Absent 4
Hadash–Ta'alAbsent 5
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2
New Hope – The United RightAbstained 1 · Absent 3

Tap an MK for detailsChanged position between readingsOnly MKs who held a seat on the day of the vote are shown

Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.
Chief Rabbinate of Israel Law (Amendment – One Chief Rabbi) BillFebruary 4, 2026