Rabbi Menachem Sabbach
Dayan
Biography
Rabbi Menachem Sabbach was raised in Melbourne, Australia. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Central Rabbinical College of America and was granted Rabbinic ordination in a variety of areas of Halacha (Jewish law) by some prominent Ashkenazi and Sephardi Rabbis including Rabbi Z.N. Goldberg head of Jerusalem Beth Din.
In December 2011 Rabbi Sabbach began serving as Rabbi in the Sephardi congregation of Melbourne. During this period he furthered his studies, receiving a diploma in Practical Rabbinics and Shechita (ritual slaughter). Thereafter, he successfully completed his post graduate studies in Israel.
In 2015, he received the qualification of Dayan by Rabbi Z. N. Goldberg (Av Beth Din (Chairman) of the Jerusalem Beth Din), entitling him to sit as a judge on the bench of a Jewish Religious Court.
Shortly after Rabbi Sabbach joined the Melbourne Beth Din, assuming the role of Associate Dayan – Rabbinic Judge.
In early 2018, Rabbi Sabbach took on the leadership of the North Eastern Jewish Centre in Doncaster, and currently serves as it’s Rabbi.
He also oversees the Kashrut of numerous Kosher restaurants and establishments and is currently a Kosher Administrator for Kosher Australia.