José Faur

José Faur (Hebrew: יוסף פאור‎) is a Sephardi Hakham (rabbi), teacher and scholar. He was a Rabbi in the Syrian-Jewish community in Brooklyn for many years . He was also a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, and Bar Ilan University, and is currently Professor of Law at Netanya Academic College.

Biography

José Faur was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and belonged to the Damascene Syrian Jewish community of that city. He was tutored in Jewish subjects by several Sepharadi Rabbis specially hired by his parents to this end.. Hakham Eliahu Freue, cited by Faur as his principal teacher, was the spiritual head of the Damascus community in Argentina and taught Faur the fundamentals of Talmud, Jewish law and rabbinics. Other teachers included hakhamim Eliahu Suli, Jamil Harari and Aharon Cohen.

Faur credits these rabbis for providing him with an outstanding Jewish education.

Education

In 1955, in his late teens, Faur was accepted to the Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, New Jersey. The institution was founded and run by the Lithuanian Talmudist, Rabbi Aharon Kotler.