Council of Torah Sages

Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (Hebrew: מועצת גדולי התורה‎, "Council of [great] Torah Sages") refers to the supreme rabbinical policy-making council of several related prestigious Haredi intra-national organizations.

The component words of the name are transliterated in a variety of ways. This is frequently done as Moetzet and less frequently as Gedolai and ha-Torah or ha Torah. The phrase is regularly shortened to Moetzes or The Moetzah.

Rabbis sitting on the various Moetzos are usually either one of the more prestigious rashei yeshiva ("heads") of yeshivas or Hasidic rebbes who are also usually regarded by many ultra-orthodox Jews to be the Gedolim ("great/est") sages of Torah Judaism.

Prior to World War II, only one such body existed, the World Agudath Israel .

The Moetzes of Agudath Israel of America serve as religious decisors, leadership, and political and policy liaisons with state and federal government agencies on behalf of many American Orthodox Jews. The council, consisting primarily of rosh yeshivas and Hasidic rebbes, directs Agudath's policies and leadership. Formerly known as the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, the body was founded in 1941. It sets all major policies and guides the organization according to its precepts of Da'as Torah.

The Moetzet (usually transliterated with an ending "t") of Agudat Yisrael likewise constituted the Israeli Ashkenazic Haredi community's religious policy leadership, and exercises strong control over political matters for strongly observant Israelis, such as joining government coalitions.

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