Rabbi Brendan Stern serves as Assistant Rabbi of Hendon United Synagogue in London. A native of Sydney, Australia, he learned at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Israel, where he was part of the class of 2006, and later received Yoreh Yoreh semichah from Rav Zalman Nechemya Goldberg zt”l. Rabbi Stern is known for clear, careful Torah…
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HaRav Binyomin Zev Horvitz is a Bnei Brak-based talmid chacham and author best known for his serious halachic work on modern-day Techeiles. In a subject that can get noisy very quickly — part Gemara, part mesorah, part archaeology, part chemistry, and part communal nerves — Rav Horvitz took the quieter route. He sat down with…
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Shlomo Carlebach (1925–1994) is usually introduced as “the singing rebbe,” and fine—he did change the soundtrack of a lot of Jewish life. Still, the music isn’t the whole story. Carlebach had a way of getting under people’s defenses. He could sit with someone who felt allergic to shul, to authority, to anything that smelled “religious,”…
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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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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 Gershom Baraza’s path runs through Spain, Christian missionary work, Hong Kong e-commerce, and into rabbinic life in Australia. He has an MSc in Marketing from Edinburgh Napier, postgrad diplomas in Enterprise Risk Management and Digital & Social Media Marketing from the University of Hong Kong, and is currently working on a Doctorate of Business…
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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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R’ Sholom Elazar Moskovitz comes from the Shotz world in Bnei Brak, but on techeiles he clearly took his own route. He is the son of the Shotzer Rebbe in Bnei Brak, and is identified publicly as the rav of Kehillas Naimos HaChaim there. Public notices around family simchos also refer to him as a…
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Joel Guberman wrote in a private text: “I was zoche to give HaRav Druckman zt”l a tallit with techeilet after he was mesader kiddushin of my daughter… [he] received a tallit as a gift. It was tyed Raavad chinuch. His grandson said he wore the tallit on shabbat. When asked his opinion he was quoted…
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From https://saymazeltov.com/yaakovyankylemmer: Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Cantor Yaakov “Yanky” Lemmer is one of the leading young cantors on the cantorial horizon. His beautiful lyric tenor voice, dramatic color, and precise coloratura have garnered him universal praise among his peers and connoisseurs, alike. As an internationally renowned concert artist, Yaakov is in constant…
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