Yosef Zvi Rimon

Yosef Zvi Rimon was born in London and grew up in Tel Aviv to Rita and David Rimon, the son of the poet Yosef Zvi Rimon, after whom he is named.{{Cite web|last=רייכנר|first=אלישיב|date=14 October 2018|title=״המטרה שלי – להביא הלכה אהובה לעם ישראל״|url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/judaism/82423/amp/|website=מקור ראשון}} He grew up in Tel Aviv, where he attended the Moriah School. He also attended Mechina in Givat Shmuel. He then studied at the Netiv Meir Yeshiva in Jerusalem for high school, and in 1986 he attended Yeshivat Har Etzion which was headed by Rav Yehuda Amital and Rav Aharon Lichtenstein. He served in the Armored Corps as part the Hesder system at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He was in a tank unit in the 188th Armored Brigade and described his army service as "a time that was at times exhausting and challenging, but also constructive and empowering." He subsequently completed a Bachelor of Education degree at Herzog College.{{Cite web|title=Yosef Zvi Rimon|url=https://etzion.org.il/en/authors/rav-yosef-zvi-rimon|website=VBM: Torat Har Etzion}}

When Yeshivat HaHesder Yerucham was founded in 1993, Rav Rimon began to teach Halacha there. About a year later he married Sharon Blumenzweig, the daughter of Yerucham’s Rosh Yeshiva. They live in Alon Shvut and have eight children.{{Cite web|website=Jewish Press|title=Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon Elected Gush Etzion's Chief Rabbi|date=15 August 2021 |url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/rabbi-yosef-zvi-rimon-elected-as-gush-etzions-chief-rabbi/2021/08/15/|access-date=2022-02-20|language=en-US}}

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. In 2000 he was appointed as head of the Yeshiva's Kollel Halacha. 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.

Rimon heads the "[https://www.sulamot.org/ Sulamot]" association (formerly the "Halacha and Education Center"), which he founded.{{Cite web |title=Sulamot |url=https://outorah.org/p/73076 |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=OU Torah}} Sulamot deals with three main areas: Judaism, education and experience. In each area, the association deals with the promotion and refinement of Jewish content, in pedagogical aspects (writing halakhic content, creating study materials for education systems, etc.), in the experiential aspects (developing innovative learning systems, experiential secondary learning and in creating and strengthening ties with Jewish communities around the world.See [https://www.sulamot.org/%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%94/ Ratzim LaMishnah]

Rimon hosts the children and youth television series "Ratzim LaMishnah" and appears in the series on a regular basis.

Following the Israeli disengagement from Gaza,{{cite journal|last=Dromi|first=Shai M.|year=2014|title=Uneasy Settlements: Reparation Politics and the Meanings of Money in the Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza|url=http://osf.io/pna7w/|journal=Sociological Inquiry|volume=84|issue=1|pages=294–315|doi=10.1111/soin.12028}} Rimon contributed to the rehabilitation of evacuees who were left without homes and jobs by founding the LaOfek association (also called Taasoktif and JobKatif).Bleich, Judith, et al. "[https://ethics.rabbinics.org/Hidary%20-%20Sephardic%20Approaches%20to%20Conversion.pdf Contributors ix Series Editor’s Preface xiii Editors’ Introduction xv Adam Mintz and Marc D. Stern Part I: Intermarriage.]" At first, the association was engaged in finding jobs for Gush Katif residents.{{Cite news|last=Rotenberg|first=Chagit|date=7 August 2008|title=Neeman Torah V'Avodah|work=Arutz 7|url=https://www.inn.co.il/Besheva/Article.aspx/7636}} The association was awarded the Ot Hanasi Lamitnadev (the President's Volunteer Award) for 2008.{{Cite news|date=2 July 2008|title=אות ההתנדבות מהנשיא ל'תעסוקטיף'|work=Arutz 7|url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/176919}} Since 2009, the association has worked in cooperation with the government, which covers 75% of its expenses.[http://sela.pmo.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/362E9FF3-DAC6-4069-9DEE-6D7D2CA44323/0/hoverettnufa5.PDF דו"ח מנהלת תנופה במשרד ראש הממשלה] עמ' 12 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.{{Cite news|last=Greenwald|first=Toby Klein|date=2015|title=The Miracle Worker Behind JobKatif: Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon|work=Jewish Action|url=https://jewishaction.com/jewish-world/people/the-miracle-worker-behind-jobkatif-rabbi-yosef-zvi-rimon/}}

File:פרס כץ 2018 - הרב רימון.jpg in 2018 (Left: Rabbi Aryeh Stern)]]

In 2015, Rav Rimon was appointed the Rosh Yeshiva of the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT). Under his auspices, the [https://Madatoratech.com 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.  The center pioneers an unusual collaboration between Halachic experts and renowned scientists and faculty members from the college’s computer science, engineering and health sciences departments.

In 2020 the Gush Etzion Regional Council searched for its first head rabbi. After a year-long process in which the general public nominated candidates, a committee of rabbis and public leaders from the area submitted their recommendations and Rimon was elected as Gush Etzion’s first Chief rabbi and Rabbi of the Gush Etzion Regional Council in 2021.{{Cite news|date=15 August 2021|title=Gush Etzion Regional Council elects Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon as head rabbi|work=Israel National News|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/311790}}

As of March 2024, Rav Rimon was named President of the World Mizrachi Movement.

Rimon is a popular lecturer in Israel, North America, the UK and Australia.{{Cite web |title=Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon |url=https://outorah.org/author/133370 |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=OU Torah}}

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."{{Cite news|date=9 December 2015|title=Rav Rimon inspires during visit to HANC High School|work=The Jewish Star|url=https://www.thejewishstar.com/stories/Rav-Rimon-inspires-during-visit-to-HANC-High-School,6610}} In his books, the halakhic sources are presented, sometimes from the Talmud and the Rishonim, sometimes only from the Achronim, depending on the subject. This approach, which stands in contrast to various halakhic books that bring only final rulings, tries to give the learner tools for understanding halakhah even in cases that are not directly addressed in halakhic rulings. His best-known book, "Halacha MiMekorah - Tzava" (Halacha From Its Source - Army), a Halachic work for soldiers fighting in a Jewish army, a subject which became much more practical with the creation of the Jewish State, was published in 2010.{{Cite web|title=הלכה ממקורה צבא (סט שני כרכים) / הרב יוסף צבי רימון|url=https://www.ybook.co.il/htmls/%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%90.aspx?c0=20848&bsp=13591}} He is an expert on Shemitah.

He has written a Pesach Haggadah and a Yom Kippur Machzor.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/793022517|title=Pesach Haggadah Shirat Miriam : Haggadah MiMekorah : for Ashkenazim and Sefardim. Halacha MiMekorah : the Seder night : Kinor David|date=c. 2012|first=Yosef Tsevi|last=Rimon|first2=Kehat|last2=Ra'anan|first3=Itay|last3=Levy|first4=Shmuel|last4=Himelstein|first5=Yonatan Shai|last5=Freedman|first6=Daniel|last6=Landman|isbn=978-965-7265-13-0|location=Jerusalem|oclc=793022517}}{{Cite book|last=Rimon|first=Yosef Zvi Ben David|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/875056569|title=<>.|date=c. 2013|publisher=קורן|location=מרכז הלכה והוראה|isbn=978-965-301-348-3|oclc=875056569}}

• Moskowitz Prize for Zionism (2014){{Cite news|last=Gravé-Lazi|first=Lidar|date=28 May 2014|title=Zionists to receive Moskowitz Prize in Jerusalem|work=Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/national-news/zionists-to-receive-moskowitz-prize-in-jerusalem-354644}}
• Rabbi of the Jerusalem College of Technology and head of its Batei Midrash (May 2015){{Cite web|title=Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon Appointed Rabbinic Head of the Jerusalem College of Technology and the Head of its Batei Midrash|url=https://www.jct.ac.il/en/news-and-updates/rav-yosef-zvi-rimon-appointed-rabbinic-head-of-jct}}
• Katz Prize for the Application of Halacha in Modern Society (2018){{Cite news|date=27 January 2019|title=Bringing halacha into the 21st century|work=Israel National News|url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/258195}}

• Shemita: From the Sources to Practical Halakha - Shiurim on the topic of Shmita, published in several editions{{Cite book|last=Rimon|first=Yosef Tsevi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/297239876|title=Shemita|date=2008|publisher=Yeshivat Har Etzion in cooperation with Maggid Books|isbn=978-1-59264-257-1|location=[Alon Shevut]|oclc=297239876}}
• Tzava: Halacha MiMekora{{Cite web|title=הלכה ממקורה - צבא ב' כרכים / הרב יוסף צבי רימון|url=https://www.sefer.org.il/items/3728539-%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%90-%D7%91-%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3-%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D|website=אוצר הספרים}}
• Hilchot Aveilut - Halakhot From the Source{{Cite book |last1=Rimon |first1=Yosef Tsevi |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1193228376|title=Hilkhot avelut : dinim, meḳorot u-minhagim le-vet ha-avel, la-Ashkenazim ṿela-Sefaradim : Halakhah mi-meḳorah |date= 2019 |first2=Itzhak |last2=Riger |first3=Daniel |last3=Fleishman |isbn=978-965-526-293-3|location=Alon shevot|oclc=1193228376}}
• Hilchot Shabbat - 2 volumes{{Cite book|last=RIMON|first=YOSEF ZVI|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1048940745|title=SHABBAT : halacha from its source.|date=2018|publisher=MAGGID|isbn=978-965-526-263-6|location=[Place of publication not identified]|oclc=1048940745}}
• Birkat HaMazon & Zemirot Shabbat: From Halachic Sources to Practical Halacha{{Cite book|last=Rimon|first=Yosef Tsevi|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/819588074|title=Birkat HaMazon & Zemirot Shabbat : from halachic sources to practical halacha|date= 2010 |publisher=Halacha Education Center |oclc=819588074}}
• Birkat HaChamah VeHilchoteha{{Cite book |last=והלכותיה|first=ברכת החמה|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/868689031|title=ברכת החמה והלכותיה|date=2013 |publisher=[חמו"ל]|oclc=868689031}}
• Hilchot Tefillin - From the Sources to Practical Halakha{{Cite book |last1=Rimon|first1=Yosef Tsevi |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1118419312|title=Halakhah mi-meḳorah : Tefilin |date=2019 |publisher=Sulamot|first2=Daniel |last2=Fleishman |isbn=978-965-526-285-8 |location=Alon Shevut|oclc=1118419312}}
• Purim - Halakha MiMekora{{Cite book|last1=Rimon|first1=Yosef Tsevi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945734850|title=Halakhah mi-meḳorah : Purim|date=2016 |isbn=978-965-7513-24-8|location=Alon Shevut|oclc=945734850}}
• Chanukah - Halakha MiMekora{{Cite book |last1=Rimon|first1=Yosef Tsevi|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1275432546|title=Halakhah mi-meḳorah : Ḥanukah|date=c. 2021 |isbn=978-965-526-305-3|location=Alon Shevut|oclc=1275432546}}
• Pesach Haggadah - Shirat Miriam
• The Rimon Yom Kippur Mahzor

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