Rabbi Oury Amos Cherki

Who is Rabbi Oury Amos Cherki?

Rav Cherki was born in Algeria in 1959. His grandfather, Eyzer Cherki, was a Torah scholar and community leader in Algeria and later in France. Eyzer served as the president of the Zionist Federation of Algeria, a representative at the Zionist Congress and was active in founding Jewish education in Algeria.

Rav Cherki’s father was a businessman and held a doctorate in economics and supported his grandfather in his public activities.

Rav Cherki moved as a child to France for a number of years and moved to Israel in 1972, where he studied at the "Netiv Meir" Yeshiva High School and later at “Merkaz Harav” Yeshiva under Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook. He also studied under Rav Yehuda Leon Ashkenazi, Rav Meir Yehuda Getz and Rav Shlomo Binyamin Ashlag. He performed his military service in the artillery branch of the IDF.