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Rabbi Younes Hamami Lalehzar (Persian: یونس حمامی لالهزار) is the current religious leader of Iranian Jews.
Rabbi Younes Hamami Lalehzar | |
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 Anniversary of Ruhollah Khomeini, Yusef Abad Synagogue - 30 May 2018 | |
| Spokesperson for the Beth Din of Tehran Jewish Committee | |
| Rabbi at Yeshiva of Abrishami Synagogue | |
| Assumed office 1996 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 Yazd, Iran |
| Spouse | Helen Moghaddam |
| Children | 2 daughters, 1 son |
| Alma mater | Shahid Beheshti University |
| Occupation | Religious leader |
Earlier life
editYounes Hamami was born in 1965 in Yazd, Iran in a religious Jewish family. His father, Musa Hamami was one of the prominent merchants of Yazd. He studied at Alliance Israelite Universelle school in Yazd and Tehran. In 1986 he entered Shahid Beheshti University to study medicine and he finished his medical degree in 1993. In 2001 he obtained his internal medicine board from the same school.
He has been working as an internal physician in Tehran's Dr. Sapir Hospital and Charity Center since 2001.[1]
During the same time, he studied Jewish religious law under the supervision of famous Iranian Rabbis such as Musa Rabbani, Zion Hakakian, Musa Tajian, and Levi Hayyim. He further studied Torah and Talmud under chief Rabbi Uriel Davidi and Rabbi Baal Nes in Shiraz.
He has been the spokesperson for the Beth din of Tehran Jewish Committee. He further helped create official religious books for Jewish students in high school. He has been teaching in Yeshiva of Abrishami Synagogue since 1996.[2][3]
Personal life
editYounes Hamami is married to Helen Moghaddam, they have two daughters and a son.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Regencia, Ted (31 August 2018). "Iran's only Jewish hospital grapples with fallout of US sanctions". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
- ^ a b "حاخام یونس حمامی". www.7dorim.com.
- ^ "Iran's Jews on life inside Israel's enemy state'". The Independent. March 16, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07.