Rabbi Yehoshua Zuckerman, an eminent leader of the Religious Zionist movement and the prestigious Yeshivat Har Hamor, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 83 after a battle with a serious illness.
Rabbi Zuckerman was affiliated with the Torani-Leumi portion of the Religious Zionist community, which inclines significantly toward ultra-Orthodox ideology, and was co-founder of several institutes of Torah study, including Midreshet HaRova for women in Jerusalem and the Ayelet Hashahar yeshiva in Eilat.
He is highly regarded among senior military officers who grew up in yeshivas and pre-military academies (mechinot) affiliated with him and his movement.