Rabbi Chaim Druckman, a scholar, great leader, and prominent educator, has passed.

In his life, the rabbi demonstrated a combination between the land of Isreal, the nation of Israel, and the Torah of Israel, he taught generations of students the way of Torah and labor, and today, they take a central part in the action in Israeli society.

I know the rabbi for many years. In 2012 I first met him while I was running in the primaries for the Jewish Home. Although I did not grow up in the national religious sector, the rabbi happily accepted me.

Over the years in Israeli politics during which I consulted with him, the connection between us got stronger and I got to discover that the rabbi sees the good in everything, that he has life knowledge, and is a man that knows how to accept others.

Rabbi Druckman, whose life was interwoven with the story of the establishment of the state of Israel and the return of the Jewish people to its land, knew to accept the complexities and the tensions that exist here, and everything through a responsible and moderate outlook.

With his passing, we lost a man who dedicated his whole life to the state of Israel, the people of Israel, the land of Israel, the Torah of Israel, and the Religious Zionist movement that were so important to him.