RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Elazar Shach

1898 - 2001

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Elazar Menachem Man Shach (Hebrew: אלעזר מנחם מן שך, Elazar Shach; January 1, 1899 O.S. – November 2, 2001) was a Haredi rabbi who headed Lithuanian Orthodox Jews in Israel and around the world from the early 1970s until his death. He served as chair of the Council of Sages and one of three co-deans of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, along with Shmuel Rozovsky and Dovid Povarsky. Due to his differences with the Hasidic leadership of the Agudat Yisrael political party, he allied with Ovadia Yosef, with whom he founded the Shas party in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elazar Shach has received more than 240,079 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Elazar Shach is the 1,468th most popular religious figure, the 54th most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Elazar Shach ranks 1,468 out of 3,187. Before him are Germanus of Auxerre, Fructuosus, Bernard of Menthon, Aelius Gallus, Tilopa, and Philotheus I of Constantinople. After him are Kadi Burhan al-Din, Hanshan, Shenoute, Agnes of Montepulciano, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, and Malo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Elazar Shach ranks 96. Before him are Randolph Scott, Joseph Kessel, Lionel Robbins, Achille Van Acker, Karl Mauss, and Jacob Tullin Thams. After him are Jean Fautrier, Kang Sheng, Kaj Munk, Jacques Doriot, Gabriel González Videla, and Ferenc Plattkó. Among people deceased in 2001, Elazar Shach ranks 81. Before him are Jaroslav Drobný, Hannelore Kohl, Bill Hewlett, Marvin Harris, Liisi Oterma, and Juan Bosch. After him are Chet Atkins, Jason Miller, William P. Rogers, Tamara Smirnova, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, and Indro Montanelli.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Elazar Shach ranks 54 out of 328. Before him are Sophia of Lithuania (1371), Birutė (1317), Bluma Zeigarnik (1900), Leopold Godowsky (1870), Jonas Basanavičius (1851), and Uljana Semjonova (1952). After him are Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Simon Dach (1605), Aharon Barak (1936), and Antoni Radziwiłł (1775).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Lithuania

Among religious figures born in Lithuania, Elazar Shach ranks 1. After him are Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Audrys Bačkis (1937), Raphael Kalinowski (1835), Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius (1871), Sigitas Tamkevičius (1938), Maironis (1862), Henryk Gulbinowicz (1923), Ignaty Krachkovsky (1883), Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920), and Žydrūnas Savickas (1975).

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