Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the international director of the Sephardic Educational Center in the Old City of Jerusalem. He writes the weekly “Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land” column in the Jewish Journal and is one of the world’s leading experts in researching, translating and teaching the halakhic and philosophical writings of Classic Sephardic rabbis and thinkers. Before making aliyah this year, he served as a rabbi for 30 years in Los Angeles. He is an avid lover of books and a passionate teacher of Torah.
Rabbi Daniel Bouskila is the international director of the Sephardic Educational Center in the Old City of Jerusalem. He writes the weekly “Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land” column in the Jewish Journal and is one of the world’s leading experts in researching, translating and teaching the halakhic and philosophical writings of Classic Sephardic rabbis and thinkers. Before making aliyah this year, he served as a rabbi for 30 years in Los Angeles. He is an avid lover of books and a passionate teacher of Torah.
The experiences of 16th century mystic Rav Yosef Karo demonstrate that the expulsion of Sephardic Jews from Spain was not the loss of home, but an impetus for returning home to the Land of Israel.