He also joined the National Religious Party, and was elected to the Knesset on its list in 1955. He was re-elected in 1959 and 1961. Although he lost his seat in the November 1965 elections, he returned to the Knesset as a replacement for Shabtai Daniel on 1 December the same year.[1] He lost his seat for a second and final time in the 1969 elections.