Rabbi Shlomo Farhi

Rabbi of the synagogue

Rabbi Shlomo Farhi is a world-renowned speaker and educator, known for his magnetism and personable style.

He was born in Israel and raised in the Syrian community of Deal, New Jersey, in a home saturated in Torah, chesed and tradition. He studied in top yeshivot including Rav Tzvi Kaplan, Mir and Lakewood, and he obtained his rabbinical ordination from the Jerusalem Kollel of Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz.

Rabbi Farhi built cutting-edge educational programs such as NEXT, JTAG and Aish Schools, which are educating thousands of young Jews in the United Kingdom and helping them find direction in their lives. He is the Founder and Director of Chazak, a Sephardic educational organization, and was the Director of the Jewish Leadership Foundation, whose mandate is to identify and nurture future leaders for Jewish communities worldwide.

Rabbi Farhi lives in New York City with his wife Chana and their children Charna, Shoshana, Rachel, Sarah, Yitzchak and Rivka.

• Telephone(212) 754-9555, extension 13
• Emailrabbifarhi@ejsny.org