Pictures and videos of Igud HaRabbonim gatherings
Rabbis Helping Rabbis Help the Community: 35th Annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas & 81st Annual Dinner of the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim
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On September 5, 2023, the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim (RAA/Igud) celebrated its 35th annual Chai Elul Siyum HaShas and 81st annual dinner at the famed Sephardic and Lebanese Congregation under the guidance of its esteemed and venerable Mara D’atra, Rabbi Eliyahu Elbaz. The theme of the evening was “Rabbis helping rabbis help the community.” Speaker after speaker discussed the various ways in which RAA/Igud supports its nearly 1,000 member rabbis who are busy serving the community in shuls, schools, hospitals, law enforcement, the armed forces and every other conceivable rabbinic position. [...Click headline above for more...]
Rabbinical Alliance of America Memorializes Chacham Shalom Elbaz, Zt’l, and Discusses Important Issues Facing Klal Yisrael at Rosh Chodesh Av Conference
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Rabbinical Alliance of America Memorializes Chacham Shalom Elbaz, Zt’l, and Discusses Important Issues Facing Klal Yisrael at Rosh Chodesh Av Conference
On Rosh Chodesh Av, July 19, 2023, the Igud HaRabbonim/Rabbinical Alliance of America convened its monthly conference which took place at the Ahi Ezer Yeshiva Congregation where Igud HaRabbonim Presidium Member, Rabbi Hanania Elbaz, is the Mara D’atra. The Rosh Chodesh Av Seudah and Conference was l’zecher nishmas HaGaon HaChacham Shalom Ben HaGaon HaChacham Chayim Elbaz, Zt’l father of Rabbi Hanania Elbaz and father of Rabbi Eliyahu Elbaz, who is the Rabbi of the Sephardic Lebanese Congregation of Brooklyn. In honor of the Hilula of Chacham Shalom Elbaz, Z’tl, Rabbi Hanania Elbaz delivered an erudite Dvar Halacha. [...Click headline above for more...]
The Rabbinical Alliance of America Commemorates the Shloshim of Sylvia (Azoula) Ivry A”H at Its Rosh Chodesh Sivan Conference
On Sunday, May 21, 2023, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, family and friends of Joar bat Yehuda, Mrs. Sylvia (Azoula) Ivry a”h, gathered together at Congregation Etz Chaim of Flatbush, where the renowned Rabbi Simcha Silverman serves as Rabbi. This Rosh Chodesh Sivan conference of the Igud HaRabbanim marked the Shloshim of this important member and stalwart of the Crown Heights community. The Igud HaRabbonim membership represents and serves a broad spectrum of the Orthodox Jewish community, including rabbis and congregations that are Modern Orthodox, Yeshivish, Chasidish, Sephardic and Chabad. Mrs. Ivry was a generous woman who gave to others with a constant smile. It didn’t matter what kippa one wore, with which community one affiliates—she saw the tzelem Elokim, the divine image, within each person and was ready to help them in any way she could. While she was a longtime resident of Crown Heights, she spent many days in other parts of Brooklyn. Whether she was driving her kids to school at United Lubavitch Yeshiva on Ocean Pkwy or to Melave Malka events in Flatbush with the Abehsera family or, in her later years, visiting nursing homes and assisted living facilities, she felt part of all Jewish communities. Therefore, it was apropos that her life and legacy was commemorated with the Igud HaRabbonim in Flatbush, where attendees heard divrei Torah from a variety of rabbis who drew connections between her legacy to the Torah. [...Click headline above for more...]
Rabbinical Alliance of America Opposes Proposed Daylight Savings Change and Condemns Terror in Israel at its Annual Pre-Pesach Rosh Chodesh Conference
Potential legislative danger, what the kosher consumer needs to know for Pesach 2023, and terror in Israel were on the mind as the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim met on Sunday, March 19, 2023 for its Rosh Chodesh Nisan conference and seudah. The gathering was hosted and sponsored by the Lido Beach Synagogue, where the esteemed Rabbi Elly Krimsky serves as rabbi. Rabbi Krimsky is a widely respected expert on the shul rabbinate, a “rabbi’s rabbi,” whose guidance and advice is widely sought. His hosting of this conference offered attendees the opportunity to see him in action and gain from his expertise. The conference attendees prepared for Pesach with an overview of this year’s Pesach kosher concerns, a warning about the religious dangers of proposed Daylight Savings Time legislation, and a condemnation of terror in Israel. [...Click headline above for more...]
Rabbinical Alliance of America Remembers Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, ZT’L, and Defends Jewish Cemeteries
Rabbinical Alliance of America Remembers Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, ZT’L, and Defends Jewish Cemeteries
On February 23, 2023, The Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim (RAA/Igud) held its Rosh Chodesh Adar Conference and Seudah in honor of the 7th yahrzeit observance of its highly respected and esteemed Menahel/Director, Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, ZT’L. Friends, family, and community leaders gathered at the Borough Park Y where they were treated to a gourmet dinner that was sponsored by Maimonides Medical Center in memory of Rabbi Tannenbaum. [...Click headline above for more...]
Rabbis Discuss Artificial Intelligence and the Rebbe-Talmid Relationship at Conference (videos included)
On Sunday, January 22, 2023, the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim convened its monthly Rosh Chodesh (Shevat) Conference and Seudah at Yeshivas Bris Avram, located in Monsey, New York. This important citadel of Torah is under the leadership of its renowned rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Aharon Mandel. [...Click headline above for more...]
Rabbinical Alliance of America tackles the issue of Alienation at its Rosh Chodesh Teves Conference
The Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim addressed alienation in the Jewish community and how to prevent it at its Rosh Chodesh Teves Conference, held this month at the King David Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, located in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst section. [...Click headline above for more...]
Rabbis Talk Torah, Israel and Safety at Rabbinical Alliance of America Rosh Chodesh Kislev Conference
The Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim discussed timely and timeless issues at its Rosh Chodesh Kislev Conference on November 23, 2022, at Khilah Marine Park, where the illustrious Rabbi Baruch Pesach Mendelson serves as rabbi. The theme of the Rosh Chodesh conference was how to increase adult Talmud Torah, an area where the community enjoys success but always looks for ways to improve. Additionally, the convened group discussed pressing matters, including support of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, safety of New York City’s Jewish community, and terror attacks in Israel. [...Click headline above for more...]
Friends Family and Colleagues Remember Rabbi Shmuel Borenstein on His 6th Yarhzeit
On Sunday, October 30, 2022, at the Young Israel of Hewlett where Rabbi Simcha Hopkovitz serves as rabbi, the Rabbinical Alliance of America/Igud HaRabbonim gathered for its Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan conference. The conference was dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Shmuel Borenstein, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Ben HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Noach, ZT’L, who served with honor and distinction for nearly a half a century as a Rosh Mesivta at MTA YUHSB. The keynote address was given by Rabbi Elly Merenstein, Rosh Mesivta, Shaarei Pruzdor, Valley Stream, New York. Rabbi Borenstein’s sons and son-in-law – Rabbi Mendy Borenstein and Rabbi Yitzchok Borenstein and Rabbi Moish Schmerler, executive director/Menahel of the Rabbinical of America – spoke on behalf of the family. [...Click headline above for more...]
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