Leading rabbis gather for Echad LeEchad's tenth-year conference

Roshei Yeshiva, dayanim and senior rabbis of Religious Zionism gathered at the Vert Hotel in Jerusalem to mark ten years of Echad LeEchad – the fund that set out to keep the brightest Religious-Zionist scholars in the study hall, free of financial worry, so they can grow into the Torah leaders of the next generation.

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, president of the fund, told the scholars: "The future of the Jewish people depends on a broad layer of Torah scholars – great not only in number but in stature. Every coming generation now depends on your greatness."

Rabbi Zion Luz, a dayan of the Great Rabbinical Court, described yeshivot "full to the last bench", and founder Rabbi Yitzchak Neria called for Torah leadership that grows from within Religious Zionism itself.

Over the decade the fund has invested tens of millions of shekels in Religious-Zionist Torah study, and more than 200 scholars have completed its excellence tracks – many now serving as Roshei Yeshiva, community rabbis and educators.

Photos: Yitzchak Shukron