sentences:  As a boy, he studied at Yeshivat Yerushalayim L'Tzeirim, and later at Mercaz HaRav Kook, where he was a student of Zvi Yehuda Kook.He also served in an Israel Defense Forces combat unit.Eliyahu received his semikha (ordination as rabbi) at age 23, and at age 29 was appointed to the position of Municipal Rabbi of Shlomi.