Shlomo Baksht

Shlomo Baksht (born 1960 in Petah Tikva) is the chief rabbi of Odessa and Odessa oblast and the head of Odessa's orthodox Jewish community. He is one of the most respected rabbis in Ukraine. He made a great contribution in dissemination and popularization of traditional Jewish values among the Jews of Odessa.

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• Rabbi of odessa shlomo baksht reads the blessing
• Rav shlomo baksht at 10th anniversary of migdal or
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Shlomo Baksht was born in Petah Tikva (Israel) in 1960 to an orthodox Jewish family. His father, rabbi Haim Menahem, was the chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces. Baksht studied in Talmud Torah Sheret Israel, he then went on to study at Yeshiva Of Israel, where he studied with a disciple of the famous Jewish sage Hafetz Haim, rabbi Yakov Naiman. Later, he enrolled in yeshiva Nahalat David, that was founded by rabbi Boruch Shimon Salamon who was a chief rabbi of Petah Tikva at the time. Baksht married in 1985 (has 5 children and 5 grandchildren) and moved to Jerusalem, where in 1991 he along with his brother Dov founded kolel, Lamed Torah. He taught there until 1993 when he moved to Odessa by invitation of the Jewish community. In 1994 he founded a Jewish school, and two years later a boarding-school for foreign students. In 1998 the Jewish community of Odessa moved to brand a new synagogue that is located in the heart of town at the intersection of Rishelevskaya Street and Evreyskaya St. Now there are daily prayers, holiday seminars and lectures on Jewish traditions. In 2000 a mikveh constructed. In 2003 Baksht created the Jewish University of Odessa which now has over 200 currently enrolled students. In 2010 he created yeshiva Ateret Hameleh. Numerous graduates from Ateret Hameleh are now teaching and studying in the finest Yeshivas of Israel and CIS.