The Semicha Program
Rigorous, practical halacha for young men preparing to serve as rabbis, alongside a comprehensive Torah program and training in teaching, counseling and public speaking.
- Kashrut
- Niddah
- Shabbat
- Avelut
- Milah
- Huppa ve Kiddushin
Rabbis for our community, from our community
Since 1998, the Sephardic Rabbinical College has trained rabbis from within the Syrian Sephardic community who now lead its synagogues, schools and organizations.
Saul & Sally AshkenaziSephardic Rabbinical CollegeFor Semicha Degrees
The rabbis our community relies on were trained here
The Sephardic Rabbinical College exists for one purpose: to educate aspiring rabbis from within our own community and equip them to lead its schools, synagogues and organizations for years to come.
Our students become true talmidei hachamim, with expertise in practical halacha, in teaching, and in the interpersonal skills a community rabbi needs every day. They learn in our own Sephardic tradition, from rabbis who know the community they will serve.
- 1998Founded by Rabbi Shimon Alouf and Ezra S. Ashkenazi
- 50+Graduates, more than 30 now serving in key positions across the community
- 40+Young men enrolled in the 2024 Summer Learning Program
To produce the next generation of talmidei hachamim from within the Syrian community, with the skills necessary to be effective spiritual leaders in our community schools, shuls and organizations.
Where our rabbis serve
Every name on this wall learned at SRC. Every line beneath it is where he serves today.
Joseph Beyda
Head of School, Yeshivah of Flatbush
Ikey Tawil
Head Rabbi, Kol Israel Congregation
Joseph Dweck
Senior Rabbi, S&P Sephardic Community of the United Kingdom
David Tawil
Head Rabbi, Larchwood Avenue Shul
Richard Tobias
Head of School, Barkai Yeshivah
Albert Setton
Rav, Barkai Yeshivah · Assistant Rabbi, Magen David of West Deal
Joseph Dana
Assistant Rosh Yeshiva, Hillel Yeshiva
Daniel Kahana
Director of Judaic Studies, North Shore Hebrew Academy
Jack Savdie
Rabbi, Ahaba Ve Ahva · Dayanut Kollel
Elliot Braha
Rabbi, Magen David of West Deal
Nathan Zaboulani
Director of Judaic Studies, Barkai Yeshivah
Joey Soffer
Rabbi, Beth Torah · Ohel Yitzchak of Allenhurst
Schools our alumni have served
- Barkai Yeshivah
- Gesher Yehuda Yeshiva
- Hillel Yeshiva
- Magen David Yeshivah
- North Shore Hebrew Academy
- Yeshiva Prep
- Yeshivah of Flatbush
- Yeshivat Moreshet Yerushalayim
Synagogues our alumni have served
- Ahaba Ve Ahva
- Beit Rachel Larchwood Synagogue
- Congregation Beth Torah
- Congregation Bnei Yitzhak
- Congregation Shaare Shalom
- Edmond J. Safra Hathaway Synagogue
- Kol Israel Congregation
- Magen David of West Deal
- Magen David Synagogue of Brooklyn
- Mikdash Eliyahu
- Ohel David U’Shelomo of Manhattan Beach
- Ohel Yishak of Allenhurst
- Shaare Tefilah of Eatontown
Led by our Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Avi Harari
Rabbi Avi Harari leads SRC's daily halacha shiur and heads the SRC 2.0 committee that has renewed the program, with the guidance of our rabbinic advisors, Rabbi Shimon Alouf and Rabbi Harold Sutton.
Our students learn from a faculty of rabbanim who are themselves pillars of the community: Rabbi Shimon Alouf, Rabbi Raymond Harari, Rabbi Avi Harari, Rabbi Jack Savdie, Rabbi Albert Setton, Rabbi Harold Sutton and Rabbi David Tawil.
Two programs, one standard
Programs in fullSummer Learning
Eight weeks of daily learning for young men 17 to 22, current students and community rabbis, with shiurim from Hacham Shimon Alouf and Rabbi Avi Harari and guest lectures from gedolim around the world.
Every gift carries a name
All opportunities are annual pledges. Each funds something specific, a shiur, a seder or a talmid's year of learning, and carries the dedication you choose.
- Name our Summer Learning Program$200,000Eight weeks of daily learning
- Rabbi Avi HarariHalacha$126,0004 students, 3 hours of learning daily
- A talmid for a full year$50,000Yissachar-Zevulun agreement
- A talmid's morning or afternoon seder$26,000Yissachar-Zevulun agreement
- The Tanach Program$36,0002 hours weekly
- Annual Supporter$10,000Annual giving
Torah from our talmidim
Our first magazine, The 3 Weeks, gathers essays by SRC's Rosh Yeshiva, rabbanim, alumni and current students on the period of Ben Hamesarim.
- The 3 Weeks: Past, Present and FutureRabbi Avi Harari
- Picking Up the Pieces of the Shattered LuhotRabbi Isaac Tawil
- No Luck for the JewsRabbi Jack Savdie
- Hazal's PerspectiveRabbi Edward Benjamin
- Are We GuiltyRabbi Jacob Matalon
Help us raise the next rabbis
Partner with SRC this year, and your name stands beside the Torah they learn.