Director and Rabbi of B'not Ruth
Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum
Founder and Director
Rebbetzin
Chana Bracha, a native of Denmark, is the Founder and Director
of Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin. She holds a Bachelor of Education
in Bible and Jewish Philosophy from Michlala Jerusalem College
for Women, and a Masters of Art in Jewish History from Touro
College. For more than a decade, Rebbetzin Chana Bracha
has taught Bible studies with special emphasis on women's
issues in Israel and the United States. She creates curricula
emphasizing women's spiritual empowerment through traditional
Torah values. Rebbetzin Chana Bracha has a married son and
two granddaughters, and lives with her husband and younger
son on the land of the Judean Hills, in Israel.
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Rabbi Yosef Benarroch, Rabbi
Born
in Tangiers, Morocco, Rabbi Benarroch moved along with his family
to Winnipeg, Canada at a young age. He graduated from the Jewish
high school there and went on to the University of Manitoba
where he received a BA in Physical Education and a degree in
education. He moved to Israel where he spent nine years in Yeshiva
studies attending the well known Mercaz Harav Yeshiva. He received
his Semicha (Rabbinic ordination) at The Harry Fischel Institute.
For nine years he served as the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Hamidrash,
the Sephardic synagogue of Vancouver, Canada. He also served
as the head of the Rabbinical Association of Vancouver, and
was a member of the Vancouver Bet Din. Rabbi Benarroch brings
a love for Judaism along with a warm and open approach to the
center. He lives in Efrat with his wife Elana and their seven
children.