Rabbi Isaac Antebi Sacca ( he, יצחק ענתבי סקה (born 1964) is the

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, as well as the founder and president of Menora, an organization for Jewish youth.

Biography

Early life and education

Rabbi Sacca was born in Buenos Aires into a Jewish family from

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. He studied at Yesod Hadat, a community in Buenos Aires that keeps Aleppo's Jewish traditions. There, he became a distinguished student of Chacham Yitzhak Chehebar, the Chief Rabbi of Argentina. From 1981 to 1984, Rabbi Isaac Sacca studied at

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, located in the Old City of Jerusalem. From 1985 to 1989, he studied at Yechave Daat Beit Midrash -within the first group of students it has ever had- directed by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who afterwards granted him rabbinical ordination. Rabbi Sacca is considered one of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's closest students.

Rabbinical career

From 1989 to 1997, he led the youth department at Yesod Hadat and taught at Beth David Yeshiva within the same community. In 1996, he founded Menora Organization, with the aim of strengthening the Jewish identity and spreading religious values among the Argentinian Jewish youth. Since 1997, Rabbi Sacca has been the Sephardi Chief Rabbi in Buenos Aires.

Interfaith work

He often meets and discusses different topics with multiple religious and political leaders. Among them is

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, with whom he has met many times since the period the Pope was the

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Published works

Books compiled by Rabbi Isaac Sacca Otzarot Chachme Aram Tzova Al HaRambam: it contains interpretations and commentaries on the Rambam's Mishneh Torah- Sefer haMada- written by the greatest sages from Aleppo in all generations. (Published by Machon Aram Tzova-Yerushalaim, 1989) Michtabe Halacha Yitzhak Yeranen: it includes halachic writings and answers by Rabbi Yitzhak Chehebar, Chief Rabbi of the Jews from Aleppo in Buenos Aires. (Published by the Sephardi Community in Argentina, Yesod Hadat- 1992) Books translated by Rab Isaac Sacca Chazon Ovadia: Pesach's Laws and Haggadah, written by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. (Published by Midrash Sepharadi-1989) Torat Hamoadim: Halachic resolutions on the Jewish festivities written by Rabbi David Yosef. (Published by Yechave Daat Beit Midrash-1990)

References

External links

Rabbi Isaac Sacca's official website (English)
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