Yehuda Getz | |
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| Born | 1924 |
| Died | 17 September 1995 Jerusalem, Israel |
| Title | Rabbi |
Yehuda Getz (born 1924 inTunis,Tunisia—died 17 September 1995 inJerusalem) was therabbi of theWestern Wall for 27 years.[1][2][3]
Yehuda Meir Getz was born in Tunisia in 1924. Heimmigrated toIsrael in 1949, settling inKerem Ben Zimra, amoshav inUpper Galilee.[1] He joined theIsrael Defense Forces, rising to the rank oflieutenant-colonel.[1]
Getz died of a heart attack on 17 September 1995.[3] He was survived by his wife and six children, and is buried on theMount of Olives.[2][4]
After the death of his son Avner in theSix-Day War, he moved toJerusalem's Old City.[1] Shortly afterwards he was appointed as overseer of prayers at the Western Wall.[3]
He served as the head of theBeit El Kabbalist yeshiva from 1973 to 1995.[5]
Getz was a supporter ofExcavations at the Temple Mount.[6] In July 1981, Getz and a team of associates opened a tunnel under theTemple Mount near where he believed theArk of the Covenant had been hidden inSolomon's Temple, directly below theHoly of Holies of theSecond Temple.[7]
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