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Rabbi
Amram Aburbeh
TitleChief Rabbi of the Sephardic congregation in Petah Tikva, Israel
Personal
Born
Amram Aburbeh

February 23, 1894
Tétouan, Morocco
DiedDecember 20, 1966(1966-12-20) (aged 72)
Petah Tikva, Israel
ReligionJudaism
SpouseRivka Hacohen
Children5 sons
1 daughter
ParentRabbi Shlomo Aburbeh
Yocheved Khalfon
Alma materPorat Yosef Yeshiva
OccupationRabbi and teacher
SemikhahRabbi Yosef Chaim Hacohen

Amram Aburbeh (Hebrew: עמרם אבורביע, 1894– 1966), also spelled Abourabia and Aburabia, was the Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic congregation in Petah Tikva, Israel and author of Netivei Am, a collection of responsa, sermons, and Torah teachings.

Biography

Amram Aburbeh was born on February 23, 1894 (17 Adar 5654) in Tétouan, Morocco.[1] During his youth, he studied in Midrash Shlomo, a beit midrash (study hall) run by his father, Rabbi Shlomo Aburbeh, originally from Castile, Spain. His mother was Yocheved Khalfon.[1]

In 1906, at the age of 14, Aburbeh immigrated to Palestine with his paternal grandparents, Rabbi Yosef and Billiada Aburbeh.[1][2] The rest of the family followed them 7 years later, settling in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Here Aburbeh's father opened a yeshiva in his home called Or Zaruaa. Aburbeh studied in the Tovey Yisba'u yeshiva of the Ma'araviim congregation until 1910.[1] He later studied in the Porat Yosef Yeshiva.[1] He received rabbinical ordination from his teacher, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Hacohen, the president and Rabad (chief judge) of the Ma'araviim congregation in Jerusalem, when he was 29 years old.[1] Aburbeh also became a certified shochet (ritual slaughter) and bodek. He married his teacher's daughter, Rivka, in 1918; the couple had five sons and one daughter.[1]

Aburbeh co-owned a store which sold Hebrew religious books and Judaica to North African Jewry and other communities in the Diaspora, together with his friend Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Shloush, Yosef Yitzchak Shloush head of the Ma'araviim congregation in Jerusalem.[1][2] The store operated first in the Old City and later moved to the Mahane Yehuda neighborhood.[1]

Amram Aburbeh and Yosef Yitzchak Shloush catalog of Judaica store , Torah scrolls Tefillin and Mezuzas, Megilot (scrolls),Talitot and Tziziot, Shofarot (ram horns), Shchita knives, prayer siddurs and Religious Holy books. Jerusalem.

Sefer Tehilim Marom Zion. Y.A. Landa Jerusalem National Library of Israel. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help) sold by Beit HaMischar Amram Aburbeh Mahane Yehuda Jerusalem

In addition to his occupation at the shop, Aburbeh taught at Porat Yosef Yeshiva[1] and at Yeshivat Shaarey Zion, established by Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel. Uziel appointed Aburbeh as chief rabbi of the Nachlaot neighborhood in Jerusalem.[1][2] From 1924 to 1951 Aburabia served as a dayan (religious court judge) in the Ma'araviim congregation court in Jerusalem headed by Rabbi Ben-Zion Avraham Cuenca.[1] In 1934 Aburbeh was appointed as shadar (funds emissary) on behalf of the Ma'araviim institutions in Jerusalem. He was dispatched to Morocco, where he successfully collected funds for a year.[1]

In 1920 Aburbeh was among the founders of the new Jerusalem neighborhood of Bayit Vegan.[1] In 1927 he founded and built a new synagogue in the Nachlaot neighborhood for the Ma'araviim congregation called Or Zaruaa,[1] which he named after the beit midrash headed by his late father. This new synagogue included a beit midrash that he headed. Or Zaruaa synagogue was chosen to be included as one of the buildings for preservation in Jerusalem.[citation needed] In 1930 Aburbeh was elected as an executive committee member of the Ma'araviim congregation in Jerusalem.[1]

He was an active Zionist, and took part in the struggle to establish the state. The British Mandate authorities in Palestine arrested him due to his connections with the Haganah paramilitary organization. During this time, Aburbeh volunteered for the Mishmar Ha'Am (People's Guard). His sons were among the Notrim guards, members of the underground, and later served in the Israel Defense Forces.[1]

In 1951 Aburbeh was elected by the Israel Chief Rabbinate council as the chief rabbi of the Sephardic congregation in Petah Tikva, serving alongside the city's Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Rabbi Reuven Katz. Aburbeh gave lectures in several of Petah Tikva's downtown synagogues, including Beit Israel, Ohel Chaim, and Beit Avraham (called the "Great Sephardic Synagogue", which he founded). On Shabbat he gave lectures in additional neighborhoods. He was a member of the Israel Chief Rabbinate Council and chairman of the National Rabbinical Council of the Sephardic community.[1]

Aburbeh died on December 20, 1966 (7 Tevet 5727) in Petah Tikva and was buried in the Segula cemetery in that city[1] beside his wife, Rivka.[2]

In a sermon that Aburbeh gave in 5724, in Petah Tikva ... he cited his previous sermon from 5676. Then, Aburbeh calculated and proved that the Geula (Redemption) will occur one thousand nine hundred years after the destruction of the Temple, in the year 5728 [corresponding to 1968]; in which year 'we will do vengeance among the nations and expel the enemy out of the holy city Jerusalem'

Netivei Am, 1st edition, Volume II, p. 146

Works

Title page of Siddur Rinat Israel, Nusach HaSfaradim and Edot HaMizrach.
  • Chesed Ve'Emet. Chevra Kadisha Jerusalem National Library of Israel. {{cite book}}: Text "book written by Amram Aburbeh" ignored (help)

Aburbeh also edited the prayer book Siddur Rinat Israel Sephardic and Edot ha-Mizrach Nusach and composed a special prayer for the recovery of injured Israeli soldiers.


Selected articles

Memorials

Netivei Am Street in the Ramot Alon neighbourhood of Jerusalem.

Memorials to Aburbeh were dedicated in several places and institutions in Israel:

  • Netivei Am AMIT schools, Toranic and Scientific Education branches[3][4][5]
  • Netivei Am Street in the Ramot Alon neighbourhood of Jerusalem; Aburbeh Street in the Ein Ganim neighbourhood of Petah Tikva[2]
  • Beit Midrash Netivei Am in Beersheba
  • Aburbeh Scholars Fund for Student Excellence
  • Netivei Am organization to acquire rescue equipment[6]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "עמרם אבורביע". Jewish Encyclopedia (in Hebrew). daat.ac.il. Retrieved 18 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e "רחוב אבורביע, הרב" (in Hebrew). rishonim.org.il. Retrieved 20 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "חברת נתיבי עם" (in Hebrew). getswot.com. Retrieved 20 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ ""בית חינוך ממ"ד אמי"ת - "נתיבי עם" (in Hebrew). Orianit. Retrieved 20 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "בית ספר ממלכתי דתי אמי"ת "נתיבי עם"" (in Hebrew). School Administration of Beersheba. 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ ""נתיבי עם" ע"ש הרה"ג עמרם אבורביע זצ"ל" (in Hebrew). www.organizations.co.il. Retrieved 20 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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