Building Strong Communities By
Training Strong Communal Rabbis
barkai trains rabbis

Barkai certifies Israeli rabbis in counseling, abuse recognition, sensitivity training,
mediation and more. Armed with these pastoral skills, rabbis are better equipped to
support, sustain, and provide for their community’s spiritual and familial health.

Building Strong Communities By Training Strong Communal Rabbis
barkai trains rabbis

Barkai certifies Israeli rabbis in counseling, abuse recognition, sensitivity training, mediation and more. Armed with these pastoral skills, rabbis are better equipped to support, sustain, and provide for their community’s spiritual and familial health.

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The Sukkot Initiative

sukkahIn anticipation of the holiday of Sukkot the Barkai Center will again conduct its Sukkot initiative whereby Barkai rabbis all across Israel will visit the house of any Israeli citizen who are interested in having the
Kashrut of their sukkot checked, to advise them on overcoming Halachic impediments so that their sukkot will be Kosher and even Mehadrin.

The initiative grew out of the many questions that the rabbis received before sukkot especially related to pergolas, walls made out of cloth many other varied questions. But what is someone to do when their community does not have a rabbi. Therefore the "Sukkot Initiative" was begun so that anyone living in Israel can turn to one of the Barkai rabbis who are spread out from the North to the south and receive instant responses to their questions.

The Barkai Center for Practical Rabbinics aims to improve the fabric of Israeli society by intensively training Israeli rabbis in all aspects of communal rabbinics so that they can lead their communities to a more meaningful connection with Judaism and act as a unifying force in Israeli society.

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