Earlier today, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, paid a visit to Yeshiva University-affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS).

The chief rabbi, also known as the Rishon LeZion, was welcomed to campus with a performance by YU�s Sephardi choir before delivering a shiur to students in the Glueck Beit Midrash. He then offered divrei chizuk to students in the James Striar School of General Jewish Studies/Mechina Program upon their siyum of Masechet Tamid and participated in a luncheon with various roshei yeshiva, members of the YU faculty and administration and local Sephardi community leaders. This was Rabbi Amar�s fourth visit to the YU campus in recent years. His wife, Rabbanit Mazal Amar, delivered a lecture titled �Women�s Leadership According to Chazal� to students on the Israel Henry Beren Campus.

�It is truly a privilege to have Rav Amar in the Yeshiva,� said Rabbi Marc Penner, associate dean of RIETS. �So many things come together when he is here: Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Israel and the Diaspora. His visits not only enlighten us, but remind us of how close we are as a people.�

(YWN Desk – NYC)