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Moshe Maya

Moshe Maya is an Israeli Haredi rabbi who served as a Shas member of the Knesset from 1992 to 1996 and as Deputy Minister of Education and Culture.

born 1938Rabbi of Yad EliyahuShas Council of Torah SagesDeputy Minister of Education

Born: 9 August 1938, Petah Tikva
Occupation: politician, rabbi
Party: Shas
Education: Porat Joseph Yeshiva, Yeshivat Beʼer Yaʻaḳov, Kol Torah

Moshe Maya was born in 1938 in Petah Tikva

Moshe Maya was born on 9 August 1938 in Petah Tikva, during the Mandate period. He studied at the Talmud Torah Sheerit Israel and then at the Porat Yosef yeshiva for young students in Jerusalem.

He continued his studies at the Be'er Yaakov yeshiva, at Kol Torah in Jerusalem and at the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak. After his marriage he was ordained as a rabbi and taught at Porat Yosef.

Since 1963 he has been the rabbi of the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood of Tel Aviv. He worked closely with Rabbi Ovadia Yosef when Yosef was rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yafo, and he heads the Zikron Moshe yeshiva and kollel.

He was secretary of the Shas Council of Torah Sages from 1990 to 1999. In 1992 he entered the Knesset and became Deputy Minister of Education and Culture, serving until Shas left the coalition in September 1993. He lost his seat in the 1996 elections.

He later became a member of the Council of Torah Sages. He received the Yakir Tel Aviv-Yafo award in 2009. He opposes the drafting of yeshiva students into the army.