{"id":17523,"date":"2025-08-21T10:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getoutratracemascot.com\/?p=17523"},"modified":"2025-09-12T21:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:24:57","slug":"chief-rabbi-sir-ephraim-mirvis-kbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getoutratracemascot.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/chief-rabbi-sir-ephraim-mirvis-kbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis KBE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17523\" class=\"elementor elementor-17523\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a2e199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"46a2e199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a463646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5a463646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36342848 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36342848\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e604f02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e604f02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutratracemascot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SO-Blog-Posts-Template-21.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-17554\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getoutratracemascot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SO-Blog-Posts-Template-21.webp 1000w, https:\/\/getoutratracemascot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SO-Blog-Posts-Template-21-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/getoutratracemascot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SO-Blog-Posts-Template-21-768x384.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f7a714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33f7a714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\"><div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2ed0c4d1-5dc2-4db9-afe8-7a50ff8a24df\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\"><div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\"><h1>Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis KBE<\/h1><p>Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis is only the 11th Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since the office was introduced in 1704. He was installed on 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0September 2013 in an historic ceremony attended by His Majesty The King, then Prince of Wales, the first time that a member of the Royal Family has attended a service for the installation of a Chief Rabbi.<\/p><p><strong>Background and Education<\/strong><\/p><p>Born in 1956 into a Rabbinical family in South Africa, Chief Rabbi Mirvis studied at Herzlia High School, Cape Town (1968 \u2013 73), Yeshivat Kerem BeYavneh (1973 \u2013 76) and Yeshivat Har Etzion (1976 \u2013 78). He received his Rabbinic ordination from Machon Ariel, Jerusalem (1978 \u2013 80) and gained a BA in Education and Classical Hebrew from the University of South Africa. He also received a teaching qualification from the Yaacov Herzog Teachers College in Israel.<\/p><p><strong>Communal Positions<\/strong><\/p><p>Chief Rabbi Mirvis has held educational and community positions in Israel, Ireland and the UK. His first position was Rabbi of the Dublin Hebrew Congregation (1982 \u2013 84). He was the Chief Rabbi of Ireland (1984 \u2013 92), a position previously held by Lord Jakobovits, and Rabbi of the Western Marble Arch Synagogue in London (1992 \u2013 96), a position previously held by Rabbi Lord Sacks z\u201dl. Chief Rabbi Mirvis was appointed Senior Rabbi at Finchley United Synagogue (known as Kinloss) in 1996, a position which he held until becoming Chief Rabbi in 2013. Check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ChiefRabbiMirvis\/featured\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">YouTube channel<\/span><\/strong><\/a> or his website below.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/chiefrabbi.org\/biography\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis KBE Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis is only the 11th Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth since the office was introduced in 1704. 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