From his mother"s side of the family he is a descent of the Split Jewish family Levi. He came to Split from the island of Corfu, Greece, where he married a daughter of Marijo Goldstein, one of the most popular Split photographers, who arrived in Split from Poland.
He studied architecture in Split and Zagreb.
His great-grandfather, Mojsije Levi, was a rabbi in Split in the early 20th century. Prelević spent his youth in Split. Prelevic worked at the Croatian oil and gas company INA. In the Jewish community of Zagreb Prelević intensified his religious life and devoted himself to the study of Torah.
Prelević read English literature translated from Hebrew, and as he wanted to read the originals, he started to learn Hebrew.
After that he decided to become a rabbi. The Jewish community of Zagreb supported him with a scholarship.
In rabbinical college, Yeshiva, he spent eight years and graduated in 2007, as the best student of his class at the Ashkenazi Yeshiva. In the study the subjects that Prelević completed were Halakha and Jewish philosophy.
He obtained the diploma of the rabbi from a rabbi of the Yeshiva.
In 2008 he was commissioned into the service as a rabbi of the Jewish community in Zagreb. Prelević is the first Croatian born rabbi of the Jewish community in Zagreb since rabbi Miroslav Šalom Freiberger, who was killed in Auschwitz concentration camp. In 2013 Prelević was named chief rabbi of the Montenegro Jewish community.
