Rabbi Gamliel HaKohen Rabinowitz (Rappaport), a Rosh Yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva

Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...

 of Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva

Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva

Shaar Hashamayim Yeshiva, located in the Mekor Baruch neighborhood of Jerusalem, was founded in 1906 by Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Leib Auerbach, author of Chacham Lev, and kabbalist Rabbi Shimon Tzvi Horowitz, for the purpose of teaching and studying the kabbalah of the Arizal...

 in Jerusalem, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, is a recognized leader

Gadol

Gadol or godol גדול , is a Hebrew term used mostly by Haredi Litvish Jews to refer to the most revered rabbis of their generation. These rabbis are usually held in high esteem by other Haredi or Orthodox Jews, though not necessarily to the same degree as by Litvish Jews...

 in the worldwide Jewish community, who lives in Jerusalem's Zikhron Moshe

Zikhron Moshe

Zikhron Moshe is a neighborhood in the center of Jerusalem, Israel.Zikhron Moshe was founded in 1905. It is located between Meah Shearim and Geulah. The first inhabitants were secular teachers. It was one of several neighborhoods in Jerusalem named for Sir Moses Montefiore.The neighborhood grew up...

 neighborhood. Rabbi Rabinowitz is recognized as an expert in Jewish Law

Halakha

Halakha — also transliterated Halocho , or Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish law, including biblical law and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions.Judaism classically draws no distinction in its laws between religious and ostensibly non-religious life; Jewish...

 and Kabbalah

Kabbalah

Kabbalah/Kabala is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the esoteric aspect of Rabbinic Judaism. It was systematized in 11th-13th century Hachmei Provence and Spain, and again after the Expulsion from Spain, in 16th century Ottoman Palestine...

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Kohen status

Rabbi Rabinowitz is of the Rappaport

Rappaport

Rapaport, Rapoport or Rapa Porto is a family name from an Italian Kohenitic pedigree. It takes its origins in the Rapa family of Porto located in Province of Mantua, Italy.- Earliest history :...

 family, and possesses rare documentation attesting to his status as a Kohen

Kohen

A Kohen is the Hebrew word for priest. Jewish Kohens are traditionally believed and halachically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the Biblical Aaron....

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Activities

Rabbi Rabinowitz's activities include speaking engagements at educational institutions and writing books on various Jewish topics.

Visiting Hours

Rabbi Rabinowitz is available for private consultations at his home—2 Moshe Hagiz Rd, Zikhron Moshe, Jerusalem—Monday and Wednesday evenings, 7:15–9:00 PM. Many people have claimed that his berachot (blessings) have visibly come true.

Published works

- Commentary on the kavanah

Kavanah

Kavanah or Kavannah is the mindset often described as necessary for Jewish rituals ....

 of saying Shema Yisroel. - Commentary on Purim

Purim

Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther .Purim is celebrated annually according to the Hebrew calendar on the 14th...

 - Commentary on the Torah

Torah

Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five...