Reuven Elbaz

Reuven Elbaz, (b. 1944), is a leading Israeli Sephardic rabbi,[1] and a member of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah.[2]

Elbaz was born in 1944 in Fes, Morocco.[3] He is the head of "Ohr HaChaim Institutions, which are based in central Jerusalem and have around 350 branches all over Israel. These institutions include day care centers, yeshivas, synagogues, batei midrashot, schools, rehabilitation centers, professional training seminars, soup kitchens, gemachim, programs for prisons, nursing homes and hospitals, and a crisis hotline."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Sephardi rabbi, outreach figure, asked to join Shas Council of Torah Sages". Jerusalem Post. 19 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Rav Reuven Elbaz Added to Shas’ Torah Council". Yeshiva World News. 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Moskoff, Blima (16 July 2014). "Rav Reuven Elbaz – The Kotel of Am Yisrael". Jewish Voice.