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Shlomo Dayan

Shlomo Dayan is an Israeli rabbi who served as a Shas member of the Knesset from 1988 to 1992.

born 1952Shas member of the KnessetRabbi of Jerusalem's Maghrebi communityWriting on Moroccan Jewish sages

Born: 6 November 1952, Tétouan
Occupation: politician, rabbi
Party: Shas

Shlomo Dayan was born in 1952 in Tétouan

Shlomo Dayan was born on 6 November 1952 in Tétouan, Morocco. His father was Yehuda Leon Dayan. As a child he moved to Israel with his family.

He studied at the Sha'arit Yosef yeshiva in Be'er Ya'akov. He was later ordained as a rabbi.

From 1983 to 1988 he sat on the Jerusalem city council and was deputy chairman of the city's Religious Council. He also led the burial society of the Maghrebi community in Jerusalem and headed institutes devoted to North African Jewry. From 1985 to 1987 he chaired the Shas Organisation Committee.

In 1988 he was elected to the 12th Knesset on the Shas list. He served as a Deputy Speaker and sat on the Immigration and Absorption Committee and the Interior and Environment Committee. He lost his seat in the 1992 elections.

He was convicted of fraud and forgery and sentenced to 4 months of community service. He serves as rabbi of the Maghrebi community in Jerusalem and has written books on Moroccan Jewish law and the sages of Morocco in Jerusalem. He is a father of 4.