Rabbi Eliyahu Tal - הרב אליהו טל

Rabbi Eliyahu Tal has been the Rabbi of Etz Ahaim since 2020. Before that, he served as the Rabbi of the Sephardic Community of West Hartford, Connecticut 2017.

He was born in London and lived most of his life in Israel. He earned his L.L.B. in law at Ono Academic College and his Rabbinical Pleader license at the Lander Institution in Israel. Rabbi Tal received his semicha from the official Chief Rabbinate in Israel and passed the rabbinical exams with honors.

Rabbi Tal has been involved in teaching and outreach to all ages and has taught men and women on various topics such as Talmud, Jewish History, and Halakhah in West Hartford and in Israel for many years. Rabbi Tal seriously takes, each and every halachic question that comes from his beloved community, and at the end of the year, he publishes a book containing all the answers.

Rabbi Tal is also a Chazzan, Ba’al Koreh, and Ba’al Tokeah. He also teaches Chazzanut as well as being the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivat Mital HaShamayim.