Our Rabbi
Rabbi Eliezer Hirsch is Mekor Habracha’s founding rabbi. Since its inception, the congregation has experienced remarkable growth, and has significantly contributed to the flourishing Center City Jewish community. Under Rabbi Hirsch's leadership, Mekor supports an array of Center City Jewish services, including an expansive eruv, a newly constructed community mikvah, a daily morning minyan in the Rittenhouse neighborhood, and an ever-growing assortment of kosher establishments.
In addition to leading Congregation Mekor Habracha, Rabbi Hirsch serves as Dean of Jewish philosophy at Genesis University, a distance learning college based in Suffern, NY. Rabbi Hirsch received rabbinical ordination from Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Maryland and Yeshiva Ohr Reuven in Monsey, NY. During his two decades of of study in Yeshiva, he forged close relationships with prominent Rabbinic leaders and received years of training from renowned Halachic authorities. He is the author of 3 books:
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