Who are the Righteous Gentiles of the world? The Chasidei Umos HaOlam. A very special talk at Congregation Toras Chaim by a distinguished Torah scholar Rabbi Ze’ev Kraines of South Africa. Rabbi Kraines has authored numerous seforim and published many articles for Torah journals around the world. One of the books he authored deals with the topic of tonight’s talk.
Men and women are invited, 8 PM tonight, Monday, December 15, no charge, to hear this fascinating lecture about the interaction between Jew and Non-Jew. Exactly who are the Righteous Gentiles and what is their place in this world — and the next. Space is limited. Arrive early.
Congregation Toras Chaim, 7103 Mumford Ct., Dallas, TX 75252. Parking is available at TDSD diagonally across the street on Frankford Rd.
Rabbi Ze’ev Kraines
He was raised in West Hollywood, California. In 1972 he was accepted as a Telluride Scholar at Cornell University, majoring in Creative Writing.
In 1973 he became one of the original students of Ohr Somayach Jerusalem. After his marriage to Nechama in 1976 he went on to study in its Kollel as well as the Mirrer Kollel and received his Smicha ordination. In 1981 he became a magid shiur in Yeshivas Ohr Yaakov, in Zichron Yaakov. During that period the Kraines’ spent three months in Sydney Australia as School Rabbi of Moriah College High School.
In 1983 Rabbi and Nechama returned to the United States to become one of the founding directors of Jewish Learning Exchange (J.L.E.), Ohr Somayach’s outreach branch in North America and also served as a magid shiur in Ohr Somayach Monsey.
Charleston, South Carolina was the next stop on the Kraines trail in 1985 where Rabbi served as Assistant Rabbi and Youth Director and taught in the local Jewish Day School. This first step as a school teacher led to their next position as Principal of Yeshivat Emuna south of the border in Mexico City in 1989.
In 1992 the Kraines family took their present position as Rav of Ohr Somayach Sandton. Over the years he as also served as Mashgiach of Ohr Somayach Kollel and the founding director of the Maayan Bina Women’s Seminary. In 2001 he was appointed Principal of Shaarei Torah School and pursued a Master’s in Education which was awarded cum laude from the University of South Africa in 2007.
Rabbi Kraines also serves on the Executive Committee of the South African Rabbinical Association.