Rabbi Meir Hellman published Levush HaAron, a thin kuntreiss on Techeiles, addressing many of the questions and providing quick, solid answers to each of them. In 2013 R’ Yisroel Belsky ZT”L wrote a haskama to it. At the time no such book existed for this sugya. Rabbi Hellman also gave a presentation at an Agudas…
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Rabbi Dovid Aronin is best known for his involvement with Techeiles, serving unofficially as the Chicago liaison through the BlueFringes Tying Bureau. This role consists of offering practical guidance on knotting techniques and tying styles—not a formal position, and one he approaches with humility. He has hosted several informal Techeiles workshops, including “Techeiles: Color and…
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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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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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From mizrachi.org: Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon is an internationally acclaimed “posek” of Halacha, author, educator, and lecturer. Individuals and communities from around the globe turn to him regarding complex questions in Halacha, the responses of which have been pivotal in helping shape the contemporary Jewish world. Through his book series, Halacha MiMekora, Rav Rimon has become known…
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