Chief Rabbinate of Israel Law (Extending the Term of the Chief Rabbis of Israel and of Chief Rabbinate Council Members) (Temporary Provision) (Amendment), 5784-2024

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The end of the term of Israel's current Chief Rabbis was postponed to July 1, 2024. The end of the term of the members of the Chief Rabbinate Council was postponed to September 15, 2024. In the first elections for Chief Rabbis and council members held after the law takes effect, only people who held their post on the eve of the law taking effect and still hold it on election day will be members of the electoral assembly. This includes city rabbis, regional rabbis, community rabbis and neighborhood rabbis, as well as heads of religious councils. A city rabbi whose term ended between October 7, 2023 and the local elections, and who did not give written notice of a wish not to extend the term, will continue to serve from the start of the law until 90 days after the local elections. A city rabbi who continues to serve this way may not sit in the electoral assembly that chooses the Chief Rabbis.