the State of Israel; Avraham Yitzchak Kook , Chief Rabbi of Palestine ( Mikdash-Build (Vol. I, No. 26) ); Avigdor Nebenzahl , Rabbi of the Old City of Jerusalem. ^ These rabbis include: Rabbis Yona Metzger (Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel); Shlomo Amar (Sefardi Chief Rabbi of Israel); Ovadia Yosef (spiritual leader