Rabbinate Region, although it had its own district rabbinate. Schneerson urged Sacks to seek rabbinic ordination and to enter the rabbinate. Their Jewishness is controversial, and initially was not accepted by the Rabbinate in Israel. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel instructs Jews to recite Hallel during Yom Ha'atzmaut. Special prayers prescribed by the Israeli rabbinate are recited. The Ethiopians set up their strike in Jerusalem, outside the office of the Chief Rabbinate. Issues related to ancestral or ethnic Jews are dealt with by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. In 1983 Lau was appointed to serve on the Mo'etzet of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. When there is any doubt, the Israeli Chief Rabbinate generally determines the issue. Currently, marriage and divorce for Jews are controlled by the Chief Rabbinate. They formed the backbone of the nascent Reform rabbinate. He is also a member of The Chief Rabbinate Council. Another group involved in marriage within the Rabbinate is the Tzohar network. The Chief Rabbinate said it would create an alternate plan. When the rabbinate was dissolved, Rumkowski performed weddings.