Rabbi Naftali Haleva, who received his rabbinic ordination at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University and graduated from the David J. Azrieli Graduate İnstitute of Jewish Education, serves as rabbi in Turkish Rabbinate and Ortakoy Ets Ahayim Synagogue and teacher in Jewish school in İstanbul .
SOME STARS HAVE LIMITED OR TEMPORARY LIGHT; SOME STARS ENLIGTHEN AND INFLUENCE THE WORLD ALL THE TIME. IN THE JEWISH WORLD, THE GREAT SAGES ENLIGHTENED THEIR ENVIRONMENT BY THEIR ENORMOUS RICH TORAH KNOWLEDGE DURING THEIR LIFETIMES. HOWEVER SOME RABBIS ALSO GAVE DIRECTION TO THE JEWISH WORLD BY THEIR TORAH WISDOM AND HAD A HUGE IMPACT THROUGHOUT HISTORY BY CREATING NEW APPROACHES.
RAV EFRAIM NAVON BORN IN ISTANBUL WROTE THE MAGNIFICIENT BOOK "MAHANE EFRAIM" DEALING WITH THE LAWS IN TALMUD AND HALAKHIC LITERATURE. THIS OUTSTANDING BOOK CONTINUES TO BE STUDIED IN THE EAST AND WEST, AND IN THE YESHIVOT IN ISRAEL.
