Born in Mandatory Palestine · Nationality Israeli — Religion / Judaism / Chief Rabbinate of Israel

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron

Also known as: Eliahu Bakshi-Doron, אליהו בקשי דורון

Israeli rabbi (1941–2020), Sephardi Chief Rabbi from 1993 to 2003.

Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron served as Sephardi Chief Rabbi from 1993 to 2003. He was prosecuted in a fraudulent rabbinic-certificates case and convicted in 2017. In 2021, after his death, the Supreme Court set aside the conviction because he had been medically unfit to stand trial, without resolving the underlying allegations.

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Profile No. 6093 · Updated on 8 November 2026

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I. Documented controversies

2012–2017

2012–2017: prosecution and conviction in the rabbinic certificates case

Acquitted / conviction overturned

Bakshi-Doron was prosecuted for his alleged involvement in issuing rabbinical certificates that enabled public employees to obtain pay increases. He was convicted in 2017 and received a suspended sentence and a fine. The Supreme Court later overturned the judgment in 2021.

State of the evidence: Documented trial-level conviction, later set aside on procedural grounds.
Legal status — source text: 2017 conviction set aside in 2021 due to medical unfitness to stand trial; merits unresolved.
Attribution: Alleged role in certificates granting salary benefits; conviction no longer stands.
Course of the proceedings: 01.01.2012 Formally charged — Indicted in the fraudulent rabbinic-certificates case.

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Ynetשנה אחרי פטירתו: העליון ביטל את הרשעת הרב בקשי-דורון ב"פרשת הרבנים"25 May 2021MediaHigh reliability

Last verified: 8 November 2026

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Controversia profile, updated 8 November 2026. Latest version: https://controversia.info/en/fiche/eliyahu-bakshi-doron