Eli J. Mansour is an Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

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 Sephardic rabbi

Rabbi

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 in Brooklyn

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, New York

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. He is one of the leading speakers in the Syrian-Jewish

Syrian Jews

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 community and the leader of Congregation Bet Yaakob. In early 2011 Congregation Bet Yaakob along with the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation announced the ground breaking of a permanent synagogue for the rabbi which will be named The Edmond J. Safra Synagogue of Brooklyn, New York.

Biography

Mansour attended Magen David Elementary School and Shaare Torah High School. After studying abroad at Mercaz Hatorah

Mercaz Hatorah

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in Israel

Israel

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, he returned to America to study at Ateret Torah of Brooklyn and Beth Medrash Govoha

Beth Medrash Govoha

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of Lakewood, New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He received his smicha (rabbinic ordination) in 1998.

Works

Mansour is the author of two texts:

• The Daily Halacha: A compendium of practical halachot and illuminating insights from the weekly parasha
• The Sephardic Heritage Haggadah

Mansour operates numerous online

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 Jewish learning outlets, including DailyHalacha.com, DailyGemara.com, DailyTehilim.com, DailyHok.com, PeleYoetz.com, MishnaBerura.com and LearnTorah.com. He is also a featured speaker on the Aish HaTorah

Aish HaTorah

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website and a regular contributor to Community Magazine, a Sephardic monthly publication.