National-religious rabbi and engineer Yisrael Rosen passes away at age 76
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Rabbi and engineer Yisrael Rosen has passed away at age 76 following a battle with a serious illness. He will be laid to rest on Thursday at 2pm at the Kfar Etzion cemetery.
Rosen, one of the prominent rabbis of the national-religious sector, founded the Zomet Institute, an Israeli high-tech non-profit organization specializing in IT equipment and electronic appliances designed to meet Halakha.
Rosen was also the founder and director of the Chief Rabbinate's Conversion Department and served as the head of the Presidium of the Bayit Yehudi Party.
