About Rabbi Eliyahu Tal Rabbi Eliyahu Tal has been the Rabbi of Etz Ahaim of Highland Park, New Jersey since 2020. Before that, he served as the Rabbi of the Sephardic Community of West Hartford, Connecticut since 2017. He was born in London and lived for most of his life in Israel. Rabbi Tal received…
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A certain Joshua Ishal originally tipped me off that he saw R’ Gerami wearing Techeiles while he was raising funds in the US. -RH To quote from a text (May 17, 2025): “The Chief Rabbi of Iran was in town today and you won’t believe what I saw on his talit… He was walking up…
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Rabbi Joseph Dweck has never sat comfortably in a neat label. People pick up on that, and they don’t tune him out. He was born in Los Angeles in 1975, right into the Syrian crowd there—same shuls, same families, same voices you hear at every simcha. That’s the world he grew up in. Later he…
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You don’t need to be in Brooklyn to learn from Rabbi Eli Mansour. But if you are, chances are you’ve heard him live—clear, steady, and straight to the heart. Born in 1968 and raised in Brooklyn’s Syrian Sephardic community, Rabbi Mansour’s path took him from local yeshivot like Magen David and Shaare Torah, to serious…
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You’ve probably heard it a dozen times at Yeshivat Kisse Rahamim in Bnei Brak: “Go to Rabbi Yehonatan Mazuz when you need clarity and fire in your learning.” He didn’t just stumble into teaching; you see right away that he’s after the guts of every sugyah. Whether he’s unpacking a halachah or tracing a Talmudic…
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In the Queens neighborhood of Fresh Meadows, Rabbi Leeor Dahan leads Kehilat Avodat Hashem, a growing Sephardic congregation known for serious learning and real community warmth. But he’s not just a pulpit rav—he’s a thinker, a mechanech, and a posek who knows how to bring halacha into people’s lives in a way that sticks. One…
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There are rabbanim who teach, and then there are those who carry entire communities through the daily grind of halacha with quiet strength. Rabbi Meir Gavriel Elbaz is one of those rare few doing both—and doing it with grace. As the Rav of Ohel Simcha Sephardic Congregation in Kew Garden Hills, Rabbi Elbaz is a…
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Rabbi Dr. David Shabtai doesn’t just talk about the overlap of Judaism, medicine, and ethics—he lives it. As the rabbi of the Sephardic Kehillah at Boca Raton Synagogue and a rebbe at Katz Yeshiva High School of South Florida and Hadar High School for Girls, he brings halacha to life in both the beis medrash…
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How He Holds From R’ Sherki’s own website (English Translation thanks to ChatGPT plus edits – RH): “ תכלת בציצית י”ב בתשרי תשס”ח, כ”ב בטבת תשס”ט, כ”ד בטבת תשע”א, ו’ בטבת תשע”ב, ט”ז בתשרי תשע”ג, כ”ח בכסלו תשע”ד Techeiles in Tzitzit 12th of Tishrei, 5768; 22nd of Tevet, 5769; 24th of Tevet, 5771; 6th of…
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He claimed he has written a 300 page teshuvah going through all the issues. It took him more than a month to write it. He concludes the murex is the real chilazon according to Halacha and it should be worn. He originally was against wearing techelet but he decided to learn the sugya properly and…
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