Harav Chanan Porat

Former Member of Knesset Harav Chanan Porat  studied at Yeshivat Hesder Kerem B'Yavne and Yeshivat Merkaz Harav.

Rav Chanan fought in the battle to liberate Yerushalayim during the Six Day War, in whose framework he participated in combat on the property later to be named "Beit Orot". He also fought at the Suez Canal in the Yom Kippur War.

He was among the initiators of Gush Etzion following the Six Day War and was a founder of Gush Emunim and the Yesha settlements enterprise following the Yom Kippur War.

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