Baruch Gigi (Hebrew: ברוך גיגי) is a co-Rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion.
Rav Baruch Gigi | |
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ברוך גיגי | |
 Official picture of Rav Baruch Gigi | |
| Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion | |
| Rabbi of the Sephardi synagogue in Alon Shvut | |
| Teacher at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Migdal Oz | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Morocco |
| Education | Herzog College, Bachelor of Education (BEd) |
| Occupation | Co-Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion |
Biography
editBaruch Gigi was born in Morocco and immigrated to Israel at the age of 11. He first attended Yeshivat Har Etzion as a student in 1974 after studying in a yeshiva high school in Haifa. He was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and received a BEd degree from Herzog College. From 1982 to 1988, he taught in Yeshivat Ma'alot in the town of Ma'alot-Tarshiha and since then has been teaching in Yeshivat Har Etzion.
Together with Rabbi Yaaqov Medan, Gigi joined Rabbi Yehuda Amital[1] and Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein as a co-Rosh Yeshiva on January 4, 2006.
He also serves as the rabbi of the Sephardi synagogue in Alon Shvut[2] (the town where the yeshiva is located), and he teaches several classes in the women's institutions Midreshet Lindenbaum and Migdal Oz.
References
edit- ^ Yair Sheleg (10 June 2005). "A rare breed, this 'simple Jew'". Haaretz. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ Matthew Wagner (6 February 2006). "Interfaith group slams caricatures". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 February 2011.