Background
Shlomo Baksht was born in Petah Tikva (Israel) in 1960 to an orthodox Jewish family. His father, rabbi Haim Menahem, was the chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces.
Shlomo Baksht was born in Petah Tikva (Israel) in 1960 to an orthodox Jewish family. His father, rabbi Haim Menahem, was the chief rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces.
Baksht studied in Talmud Torah Sheret Israel, he then went on to study at Yeshiva Of Israel, where he studied with a disciple of the famous Jewish sage Hafetz Haim, rabbi Yakov Naiman.
He is one of the most respected rabies in Ukraine. He made a great contribution in dissemination and popularization of traditional Jewish values among the Jews of Odessa. Later, he enrolled in yeshiva Nahalat David, that was founded by rabbi Boruch Shimon Salamon who was a chief rabbi of Petah Tikva at the time.
He taught there until 1993 when he moved to Odessa by invitation of the Jewish community.
In 1994 he founded a Jewish school, and two years later a boarding-school for foreign students. In 1998 the Jewish community of Odessa moved to brand a new synagogue that is located in the heart of town at the intersection of Rishelevskaya Street and Evreyskaya Saint Now there are daily prayers, holiday seminars and lectures on Jewish traditions.
In 2000 a mikveh constructed. In 2003 Baksht created the Jewish University of Odessa which now has over 200 currently enrolled students.
In 2010 he created yeshiva Ateret Hameleh.
Numerous graduates from Ateret Hameleh are now teaching and studying in the finest Yeshivas of Israel and Commonwealth of Independent States .