Rav Kalman Ber

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Quick Facts

Hebrew Name: הרה"ג קלמן בר שליט"א
String Ratio: Rambam Ratio
Tying Method: Radzyn / Chabad (Ariza”l) Method
How We Know: Picture(s), Spoke About It
Date Born: 24 December 1957
Location Born: Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv, Israel
Current Location: Netanya, Israel

Type of wearer: Chief Rabbi Candidate, Radzyn

Affiliation: Charedi, Chassidish, Yeshivish

HaRav Kalman Ber is a descendent of R’ Akiva Eiger as well as the Rebbes of Radzyn. He’s a huge advocate of wearing Techeiles, and due to his lineage, he has told others outright that he wears strings sourced from the cuttlefish since that’s his mesorah.

Rabbi Ber is married to Dafna, née Elitzur, a teacher at the Rabbi Haran Ulpana (high school) and Rabbinical Academy, and the granddaughter of Rabbi Sussman Rieger. Her grandmother, Tova Rieger, was the sister of Rabbi Shalom Nathan Raanan and Rebbetzin Pnina Kahane Shapira, wife of Rabbi Avraham Elkana Kahane Shapira, under whom Rabbi Ber studied. He has six children and resides in Netanya. His son-in-law, Rabbi Avraham Fellheimer, is the Rosh Kollel in Netanya. His brother, Rabbi Moshe Avraham Ber, serves as the Ashkenazi rabbi of the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood in Tel Aviv.

About Wearer

From Wikipedia:

Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber (Hebrew: קלמן מאיר בר; born 24 December 1957) is the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel and President of the Chief Rabbinate Council. Previously, he served as the rabbi of Netanya and as the rabbi in Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh, among other positions.^[1]