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'''Degel HaTorah''' (or '''Degel haTorah''') (דגל התורה [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for "Flag/Banner [of] the [[Torah]]") is an [[Israel]]i mostly [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] [[Haredi Judaism]] [[List of political parties in Israel|political party]] with a small number of seats (2-3) in the [[Knesset]], Israel's national parliament.<br />
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In [[2005]], Degel HaTorah was part of the coalition government of [[Prime Minister of Israel]] [[Ariel Sharon]].<br />
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Degel HaTorah mostly reprents the so-called "[[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian]] wing" of the non-Hasidic Haredim (known by some as "[[Mitnagdim]]") as opposed to the [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] dominated [[Agudat Israel]] party. At times, the parties compete against each other, but they frequently join forces within a political alliance called [[United Torah Judaism]] (UTJ) (''Yahadut HaTorah'' in Hebrew) as for the [[Knesset#Composition of the 17th Knesset (elected 2006)|17th Knesset (elected 2006)]].<br />
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The Degel HaTorah party was founded as an independent party by Rabbi [[Elazar Shach]] in [[1988]] splintering off from [[Agudat Israel]] because of policy disputes with the [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] [[rebbe]]s within Agudat Israel which had been the only party for all Ashkenazi Haredi Jews in Israel. The party's name, "Flag of the Torah", was a contrasting reference to the flag of the [[Israeli flag|state of Israel]], associated with secularism and other behavior and ideas that haredi society sharply disagreed with. Rabbi Shach died in [[2001]].<br />
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Degel HaTorah's [[rabbi]]nical arbiter (''[[posek]]'') [[as of 2006]] is [[nonagenarian]] Rabbi [[Yosef Shalom Eliashiv]] of [[Jerusalem]]. The two Chairmen of Degel haTorah's [[Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah]] are Rabbi Eliashiv and Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman<br />
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The party has two seats in the [[Knesset#Composition of the 17th Knesset (elected 2006)|17th Knesset (elected 2006)]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Agudat Israel]]<br />
*[[Agudath Israel of America]]<br />
*[[Haredi Judaism]]<br />
*[[Schisms among the Jews#Hasidim and Mitnagdim|Hasidim and Mitnagdim]]<br />
*[[United Torah Judaism]]<br />
*[[World Agudath Israel]]<br />
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