← Previous revisionRevision as of 00:30, 7 November 2026 Line 2: Line 2: {{BLP sources|date=March 2014}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox religious biography {{Infobox religious biography | religion = [[Judaism]] | religion = [[Judaism]] | honorific_prefix = Rabbi | honorific_prefix = Rabbi | name = Eliyahu Ben Chaim | name = Eliyahu Ben Chaim | honorific_suffix = | honorific_suffix = | title = | title = | image = Rabbi ben chaim.jpg | image = Rabbi ben chaim.jpg | caption = | caption = | synagogue = Sha'are Shalom (United Mashadi Community of America) | synagogue = Sha'are Shalom (United Mashadi Community of America) | position = Chief Rabbi | position = Chief Rabbi | yeshiva = [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary|Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan]] | yeshiva = [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary|Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan]] | organisation = Badatz Mekor Haim | organisation = Badatz Mekor Haim | began = | began = | ended = | ended = | predecessor = | predecessor = | successor = | successor = | rabbi = | rabbi = | rebbe = | rebbe = | kohan = | kohan = | hazzan = | hazzan = | rank = | rank = | other_post = | other_post = | birth_name = Eliyahu Ben-Chaim | birth_name = Eliyahu Ben-Chaim | birth_date = August 4, 1940 | birth_date = August 4, 1940 | birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], [[Mandatory Palestine]] | birth_place = Jerusalem, Israel | death_date = | death_date = | death_place = | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_place = | denomination = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | denomination = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | residence = Great neck, NY | residence = Great neck, NY | dynasty = | dynasty = | parents = Saleh (Betzalel) Ben ChaimSimcha Ben Chaim | parents = Saleh (Betzalel) Ben ChaimSimcha Ben Chaim | spouse = | spouse = | children = | children = | occupation = [[Rabbi]], [[Talmud]]ic scholar, judge, lecturer, recognized [[halakha|halakhic]] authority | occupation = [[Rabbi]], [[Talmud]]ic scholar, judge, lecturer, recognized [[halakha|halakhic]] authority | profession = | profession = | education = [[Porat Yosef Yeshiva]] | education = [[Porat Yosef Yeshiva]] | semicha = Rabbi Salman Hugi Aboudi, Rabbi [[Ezra Attia]], Rabbi [[Yaakov Ades]], Rabbi [[Eliezer Waldenberg]], Rabbi [[Ovadia Hedaya]] | semicha = Rabbi Salman Hugi Aboudi, Rabbi [[Ezra Attia]], Rabbi [[Yaakov Ades]], Rabbi [[Eliezer Waldenberg]], Rabbi [[Ovadia Hedaya]] }} }} '''Eliyahu Ben Chaim''' (born August 4, 1940) is a [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardi]] [[rabbi]], [[Talmud]]ic scholar, and [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Halakha|halachist]]. He is the [[Beth din#Officers of a beth din|Av Beit Din]] (head of the rabbinical court) of Mekor Haim in [[Queens]], New York, and a prominent leader of New York's Sephardi Jewish community. '''Eliyahu Ben Chaim''' (born August 4, 1940) is a [[Sephardi Jews|Sephardi]] [[rabbi]], [[Talmud]]ic scholar, and [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Halakha|halachist]]. He is the [[Beth din#Officers of a beth din|Av Beit Din]] (head of the rabbinical court) of Mekor Haim in [[Queens]], New York, and a prominent leader of New York's Sephardi Jewish community.