21 Facts About Amram Aburbeh

Amram Aburbeh, spelled Abourabia and Aburabia, was the Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic congregation in Petah Tikva, Israel and author of Netivei Am, a collection of responsa, sermons, and Torah teachings.

Amram Aburbeh was born on March 16,1892 in Tetouan, Morocco.

In 1906 Amram Aburbeh immigrated to Palestine with his paternal grandparents, Rabbi Yosef and Billiada Amram Aburbeh.

Amram Aburbeh studied in the Touvy Yisba'u yeshiva of the Ma'araviim congregation until 1910.

Amram Aburbeh received rabbinical ordination from his teacher, Rabbi Yosef Haim HaCohen, president and Rabad Rosh Av Beit Din of the Ma'araviim congregation in Jerusalem, when he was 29 years old.

Amram Aburbeh married his teacher's daughter, Rivka, in 1919; the couple had five sons and one daughter.

Amram Aburbeh co-owned abookstore with his colleague Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Shloush, head of the Ma'araviim congregation in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Amram Aburbeh received a license by the Government of Eretz Israel in 1942 to ship Etrogs abroad to the Jewish communities.

In 1934 Amram Aburbeh was appointed as shadar on behalf of the Ma'araviim institutions in Jerusalem.

Amram Aburbeh was dispatched to Morocco, where he successfully collected funds for a year.

In 1920 Amram Aburbeh was among the founders of the new Jerusalem neighborhood of Bayit Vegan.

Amram Aburbeh was an active Zionist, and took part in the struggle to establish the state of Israel.

Amram Aburbeh's sons were members of the Notrim police force and later served in the Israel Defense Forces.

An official publication Reshumot announcement on the election to Jerusalem municipality council, that were held on 14 November 1950, states that among the approved candidates Rabbi Amram Aburbeh was candidate number 7 to honor the Yichud Shevet Yehudah party candidates list, representing the religious Sephardi Jews.

In 1951 Amram Aburbeh was elected by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Council as Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic congregation of Petah Tikva.

Amram Aburbeh served alongside the city's Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Rabbi Reuven Katz.

Amram Aburbeh gave lectures in several of Petah Tikva's downtown synagogues, including Beth Israel, Ohel Chaim, and Beit Avraham.

Amram Aburbeh was a member of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel Council and chairman of the National Rabbinical Council of the Sephardic community.

Amram Aburbeh died on December 20,1966 in Petah Tikva and was buried in the Segula cemetery in that city beside his wife, Rivka.

Amram Aburbeh edited the prayer book Siddur Rinat Israel Rinat Yisrael Sephardic and Edot ha-Mizrach Nusach and composed a special prayer for the recovery of injured Israeli soldiers.

Memorials to Amram Aburbeh were dedicated in several places and institutions in Israel:.