London Montefiore Semicha Programme
Would you or someone you know like to train in London to become a rabbi?
The Judith Lady Montefiore College in partnership with LSJS is creating a new generation of home-grown Ashkenazi and Sephardi rabbis for the Anglo-Jewish community.
This is a four-year part-time course, for which a range of scholarships is available. It can be followed in parallel with a career or other studies. In addition to the intensive study of the core halachic texts of Issur v’Heter, Shabbat, Aveilut, Kiddushin and Niddah, the curriculum includes advanced courses on Tanach, Tefillah, Machshevet Yisrael and Jewish history. Practical community-directed subjects addressed include counselling, public speaking, homiletics, life-cycle events, chazanut and teaching skills. An in-depth study trip to Israel is usually included.
Faculty
Principal Lecturer and Rosh Kollel:
Dayan Saadia Amor (Rosh Beth Din, London Sephardic Beth Din)
Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski
Rabbi Dr Irving Jacobs (Former Principal, Jews’ College London)
Rabbi Daniel Roselaar
Dr Adrienne Baker
Marilyn Lehrer MA (Oxon.) LLAM
Occasional Lecturers of Distinction
Dayan Ezra Basri
Former Ab Beth Din, Jerusalem
Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy OBE
Honorary Principal of the Judith Lady Montefiore College
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
President of LSJS
During the Course, students are also exposed to a variety of visiting lecturers, both rabbinic and academic, for short periods as well as to rabbis and lay leaders currently holding prominent positions in the community.
The London Montefiore Semicha Programme is open only to men who already have solid grounding in traditional learning, together with a good secular education, and who wish to contribute actively to the life of our community. Places are limited and entrance to the programme is by invitation after interview. The next programme begins in November 2013.
Some applicants may need to complete a foundation course at the Montefiore Kollel at LSJS to boost their textual skills before becoming eligible to join the semicha programme.
This is the only such structured course in the United Kingdom and one of only two in Europe. The semicha is recognised by the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) and endorsed by the following:
Principal Examiners
Dayan Saadia Amor
Dayan Ezra Basri
Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy OBE
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
Consult details on website:
For further information and an application form contact the Course Co-ordinator, Rabbi Mark Daniels, at montefiore@lsjs.ac.uk