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Published on: 5/5/2006
Last Visited: 5/27/2007
Rabbi Dr. Edgar Nof
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In 2000, Rabbi Dr. Edgar Nof was appointed the Rabbi and Spiritual Leader of the Congregation.Presently, we have close to 350 member families.We hold regular services each Friday evening and Shabbat morning and afternoon, and perform 180 Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremonies per year.
Rabbi Dr. Edgar Nof is a native of Argentina who made Aliya in 1981.He received his ordination at Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem and holds a doctorate in Jewish Studies.Before joining Or Hadash, he served as the rabbi of Congregation Emet v'Anava in Ramat Gan and as Director of the Israel Rabbinical Program at the H.U.C. (1990-1997), and as rabbi of the Ohel Avraham Synagogue at the Leo Baeck School in Haifa (1997-2000).He is married to D'vora and they have four children: Yael, Elior, Ariel and Taliah.
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Apart from the regular Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremonies held every Shabbat (an average of 170-180 per year), Rabbi Nof organizes ceremonies for children with special problems and needs.
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One of the child-care institutions in Haifa has asked Rabbi Nof to conduct 30 such ceremonies over the next two years.