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'''Elazar Menachem Man Shach''' ({{lang-he|אלעזר מנחם מן שך}}, Elazar Shach; January 1, 1899 [[Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe|O.S.]] – November 2, 2001) was a [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] [[rabbi]] who headed [[Misnagdim]] (non-Hasidic ''Litvak'') Orthodox Jews in Israel and around the world from the early 1970s until his death. He served as chair of the [[Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah|Council of Sages]] and one of three [[Rosh yeshiva|co-deans]] of the [[Ponevezh Yeshiva]] in [[Bnei Brak]], along with [[Shmuel Rozovsky]] and [[Dovid Povarsky]]. Due to his differences with the [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] leadership of the [[Agudat Yisrael]] political party, he [[Shas#History|allied with Ovadia Yosef]], with whom he founded the [[Shas]] party in 1984. Later, in 1988, Shach criticized [[Ovadia Yosef]], saying that, "[[Sephardi Jews|Sepharadim]] are not yet ready for leadership positions",<ref name="ReferenceB">'Haaretz' daily newspaper, Shachar Ilan, November 2, 2001</ref> and subsequently [[Degel HaTorah#History|founded the Degel HaTorah]] political party representing the ''Litvaks'' in the Israeli [[Knesset]].