Rabbi Eli Mansour

Biography

Rabbi Eli Joseph Mansour (born 1968) is a Jewish Orthodox Sephardic rabbi of Syrian descent. He is an eminent Torah scholar, internationally renowned and a highly sought after speaker. Currently, he leads Congregation Bet Yaakob in Brooklyn NY throughout the year and Congregation Ohel Yaacob in Deal NJ throughout the summer. Rabbi Mansour maintains the customs, traditions and teachings of Rabbi Jacob S. Kassin a"h and Hacham Baruch Ben-Haim a"h. He received semicha (rabbinical ordination) by Rabbi Max Maslaton of Keter Sion in 1998.

Education

Magen David Yeshivah - Elementary School
Shaare Torah - High School
Mercaz HaTorah - Israel
Yeshiva Ateret Torah - Brooklyn, NY
Bet Midrash Govoha - Lakewood, NJ
Keter Sion Torah Center
Yad Yosef Torah Center

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Works

  • The Sephardic Heritage Hagadah
A Sephardic Hagada Shel Pesach with commentary, The Sephardic Heritage Haggadah (co-authored by Rabbi Mansour and published by Artscroll, The Sephardic Heritage Haggadah, Sephardic Mesorah Series, The Sutton Edition - with commentary and insights from talmudic and rabbinic literature).


  • The Daily Halacha
A Sephardic law book, The Daily Halacha containing practical halachot written in the style of the Ben Ish Hai organized by each weeks parasha in a question-and- answer format as orated on dailyhalacha.com (Authored by Rabbi Mansour, Patah Eliyahu, The Daily Halacha, The Rabbi Jacob S. Kassin Edition - a compendium of practical halachot and illuminating insights from the weekly parasha. Published by Artscroll.)