The Rabbi and the Sheikh
Tue, Nov 03
|Webinar
Professor Zvi Zohar will explore the tale of an inter-faith quest and a human relationship in 18th century Damascus.
Time & Location
Nov 03, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM EST
Webinar
About the event
An amazing account, published in 1842 by a leading Sephardic rabbi of Jerusalem, paints a fascinating picture of a personal, intellectual and spiritual relationship between rabbi Moshe Galante (chief rabbi of Damascus in the late 18th century) and a contemporary Muslim Sufi Sheikh. The course of that relationship, culminating in a joint mystic-spiritual journey, provides insights relevant to Muslim-Jewish religious encounter and dialoguethen – and now. We will read the original text (in Prof. Zohar’s English translation) and discuss its implications.
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Professor Zvi Zohar was born in the U.S. and has been living in Israel since his parents came on Aliyyah in 1958. After service in the IDF he studied for three years in the Merkaz HaRav yeshiva in Jerusalem, before engaging in…