Nissim Ze'ev
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| Date of birth | 9 September 1951 |
| Place of birth | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Knessets | 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 |
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| 1999–2015 | Shas |
Nissim Mordechai Ze'ev (Hebrew: נסים מרדכי זאב; born 9 September 1951) is an Israeli politician. One of the founders of Shas, he served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem between 1983 and 1998, and as a member of Knesset from 1999 until 2015.
Ze'ev was born and resides in Jerusalem. He is married and has a large family. He is a graduate of Yeshivat Porat Yoseph and was ordained to the Rabbinate. He has served as a Rabbi, Shochet, Mohel and Chazzan in Israel and abroad.
He began his Torah activities in his youth when, in 1968, he established Torah youth clubs named "Irgun Yeladim Lomdei Torah" (Association of Children Who Study Torah). They were established in memory of the IDF soldiers who died when the INS Eilat was lost in 1967. Hundreds of students participated in this club in the afternoon studying "Ta'amei Hamikra" (Torah incantations), Psalms, Jewish Law and Legend.
In 1971 he served as a rabbi and shochet in the Ein HaEmek moshav. Three years later, he was sent abroad as a shochet and inspector on behalf of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He would ultimately spend five years away from Israel, going to Mexico City in 1977, to help establish the Aram Tzova Kollel, then to the "Sephardic Jewish Center" in Brooklyn, New York, where he served as rabbi and chazzan. In 1979 he returned to Israel to establish the "Nevat Israel" Institutes for Sephardic Jewish girls – ranging from kindergarten, to elementary schools to high schools and to a teaching seminary to train teachers and kindergarten teachers.
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