Congregation Shaare Tefilah Bene Moshe
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Ronnie Habbaz
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Rabbi Moshe Douek
In 1950 in the wake of anti Israel pogroms, Egyptian Jewry had to flee for their lives, his family escaped to Sydney, Australia. That was where Rabbi Moshe’s father Rabbi Ezra Douek was raised. As a young man his father came to the United States to study in Yeshiva and get married. Upon his marriage to Dina Sued he studied in Yeshiva Mikdash Melech for three years. He then moved back to Australia with his two young sons, where Rabbi Ezra Douek became the Rabbi of Beit Medrash Od Yoseph Hai.
In 1994, Rabbi Moshe came to the United States to study in Yeshiva Ateret Torah. Upon his marriage to Mazal Nahem he started giving classes in his father in law’s Rabbi David Nahem’s Synagogue, he also studied in the Kollel during the week.
In 2000, Rabbi Moshe Douek became the Rabbi of the Elberon Torah Center, which he ran for seven years. He directed the youth programs, gave separate men’s and woman’s classes and spearheaded the fundraising events. He also authored a number of books in Hebrew and English explaining the Pizmonim and Sephardic customs.
Rabbi Moshe Douek is thrilled to join the Eatontown community and looks forward to its continued growth.
Rabbi Moshe Douek is a descended of both Egyptian and Syrian families. His great grandfather Ezra Douek was born in Syria and moved to Egypt in the early 1900’s. His grandfather Rahamim Douek grew up in Egypt. Rabbi Moshe’s great uncle Hacham Aboud Antar was a very great Rabbi and taught in Ahaba Ve’ahba in Cairo. Later Rabbi Antar became the Rabbi in Bat Yam, Israel.
