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Israeli polygamist (born 1950)

Goel Ratzon (Hebrew: גואל רצון, born 19 September 1950) is an Israelipolygamist who led a cult in Hatikva Quarter in south Tel Aviv.

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As the cult leader, Ratzon had 21 wives, who bore him 49 children. In September 2014, Tel Aviv-Yafo District Court convicted Ratzon of rape, fraud and other offences against his wives and daughters. He was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment.

Early life

Ratzon was born in Hatikva Quarter to parents who immigrated to Israel (Aliyah) from Yemen.^[1] He had a number of odd jobs, such as a renovation working and vehicle mechanic.^[2] In 1972, he married a woman with whom he had five children.

At the beginning of the 1980s, he met another woman with whom he had five more children. Starting in 1991, he became famous as a spiritual healer and as a proficient in Kabbalah while gathering many women to a cult.^[3] Some of these women introduced their female friends and relatives to