What is Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron?
[[File:Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron.jpg|right|200px]] '''Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron''' ({{lang-he|אליהו בקשי דורון}}&lrm;; April 5, 1941 – April 12, 2020) was an Israeli [[rabbi]]. He was ''[[Rishon LeZion (Rabbi)|Rishon LeZion]]'' ([[Chief Rabbinate of Israel|Chief Rabbi of Israel]]) from 1993 to 2003. He was Sephardi Chief Rabbi of [[Bat Yam]] from 1972 and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of [[Haifa]] from 1972 to 1990. He was born in [[Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1 October 2016|title=אימו של הרב בקשי דורון הלכה לעולמה |trans-title= Rabbi Bakshi Doron's Mother Has Died|url=https://www.inn.co.il/News/News.aspx/331243 |language=he |work=Israel National News |access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref> Bakshi-Doron died on April 12, 2020 of [[COVID-19]] in Jerusalem.<ref name=jp>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/former-rishon-lezion-rabbi-eliyahu-bakshi-doron-dies-of-coronavirus-624465|title=Former Rishon LeZion Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron dies of coronavirus|work=The Jerusalem Post |first=Tamar|last=Beeri|date=13 April 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bakshi-Doron, Eilyahu}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Chief Rabbis of Israel]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Jerusalem]] [[Category:Rabbis from Jerusalem]] {{bio-stub}}