Rabbi/Cantor Dr. Avraham Sultan
845 NE 191st Street
Miami, Florida 33179
Cell: 786-657-5252
Email: rabbisultan1@gmail.com
Profile:
I am a Rabbi with over 30 years of experience in rabbinical services. I am also a qualified Chazzan (Lyric Tenor), Chaplain, Mohel (ritual circumciser), Schochet (ritual slaughterer) and Sofer (ritual scribe).
Career Summary:
Conducted complete religious services for daily prayers, Shabbat all Jewish Religious and Civic Holidays. Officiated rites of passage such as Bar/Bat Mitzvot, Marriage Ceremonies, Circumcisions, Baby naming and Funerals.
Participated in several community events with world-renowned Rabbis and Cantors.
Participated in Memorial Services for communities around the world.
Organized Pre-High Holidays, Sukkoth and Chanukah programs for the community at large.
Assisted in yearly Rabbinical and Cantorial conventions organized by the C.C.A. (Cantorial Council of America) and OU (Orthodox Union) Conventions.
Active member of the C.C.A. (Cantorial Council of America) since 1997
Former Vice President and Co-founder of the Association of Sephardic Chazzanim of Greater Montreal.
Former Member of Cantorial Council of Toronto since 2007.
Former first Vice President of Council of Chazzanim of Toronto since 2009.
Regional Representative of Yeshiva University CCA (Cantorial Council of America)
Founder/President of the Sephardic Council of Chazzanim in Toronto.
Created Council of Chazzanim of Florida
Member of the RCA, Rabbinical Council of America
Active member of Vaad Kosher Miami/Sales Representative
Work Experience:
Lag Baomer 2019 / weekend Rabbi / Scholar in residence
Magen David congregation – Maryland Washington
Passover 2019 Larache Morocco Lixus Resort Rabbi/Cantor & Scholar resident
Purim 2019 – Rabbi / Scholar in residence
Magen David congregation – Maryland Washington
2018-Present Cantor Chevra Kadisha Congregation Montreal-Canada
Travelling once a month as Cantor in performance with Choir of 14 male members
Sales Representative for Kosher Miami Organization
contact with companies for kosher certifications and potential facilities as well.
2017-2018 Rabbi/Chazzan Shivtei Israel Congregation Miami- Florida
Responsible for services for Shabbat and all Holidays and Life Cycle Events
Involved in Adult Education
Counselling
2016-2017 Sephardic Rabbi on Campus Scheck Hillel-Aventura
Middle /High School Judaic Studies
Lead Sephardic Minyan for Middle School
Taught 6,7th graders Chumash beginners and advance course in Chumash, Din Chag Uminhag and
Talmud
10th Graders Jewish Thoughts, Parashat Hashavua, Din Chag Uminhag
Passover 2016 Scholar in Residence, Chazzan Palm Trees Getaways
2016, 2018 (High Holidays)Chazzan (Yerushalmi and Turkish) Or VeShalom, Atlanta, GA
2014-2015 Chaplain (Old Age Home) /Administrator Grand Court and Seaside
2014 High Holidays Rabbi/Cantor (Yerushalmi) Magen David
Congregation, SFO-CA
Passover 2014 Scholar in Residence, Chazzan Ram Destinations, Cancun
2013 Senior Chazzan for High Holidays Chabad of Golden Beach
2007-2013 Senior Cantor-Nusach Ashkenaze Shaarei Shomayim, Toronto
Responsible for services for Shabbat and all Holidays and Life Cycle Events
Bar Mitzvah Program
Involved in Adult Education
Chaplain in hospitals
Teacher in the Community school
First Vice-President of Ashkenazi Council Toronto Chazzanim
Founder and President of Toronto Sephardic Council of Chazzanim
1997-2007 Senior Cantor-Nusach Ashkenaze Adath Israel, Montreal-CA
Community Jewish Federation Chaplain Rabbi and Lecturer Medical Ethics to staff to Local Hospitals.
Teacher at local schools.
Vice-President of Ashkenazi Council of Chazzanim of Greater Montreal.
Co-founder and Vice-President of the Sephardic Council of Chazzanim.
1993-1996 Senior Rabbi and Chazzan Chevra Thilim, SFO-CA
Largest Ashkenazi Congregation in the Bay Area
Member of the Rabbinical Council of Northern California
Member of the Bet Din (Rabbi Michael Schick)
Kashrut Founder (RKS) to Hotels and Restaurants and the Bay area
School Director/Teacher Chevrat Thillim
Teacher in the afternoon at the Hebrew Academy of San Francisco
1992-1993 Senior Sephardic Rabbi and Cantor Comunidad Israelita de Malaga-Spain
Head of Kashrut (certifications, ritual slaughtering)
School Director/Teacher
1991-1992 Chief Cantor/Assistant Rabbi Association Israelita de Venezuela
Assistant to the Chief Rabbi
Member of the Bet Din for Divorce and Din Torah
Head and Coordinator of Kashrut Training Mashguichim (In charge of all supervision in Caracas, Ritual
Slaughtering). Brought the Kashrut to the highest level and standards.
Head of Chevra Kadisha- Counseled bereaved families and crisis intervention.
Officiated all Funerals and Unveilings
1990 Cantor for the High Holidays, Sephardic Congregation Anshei Sfard, SFO-CA
1986-1990 Cantor, Sephardic Congregation Tiferet David, Israel
1983-1996 Assistant Cantor, Sephardic Congregation Magen David, MTL-CA
1980-1983 Assistant Cantor, Sephardic Centre Communautaire Juif, MTL-CA
Certifications and Accreditations:
Rabbinical Ordination: Rabbi Eliyahu Atzour (Head Rabbinical Courts of Jerusalem), and approved by Sephardic
Chief Rabbi of Israel Rishon Letzion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu ZTS”L, Rabbi Eliyahu Abergel (Dayan and President of Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem), Rabbi Yitzhak Kurlitz ZTS”L (Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem)
Ordination of Ritual Slaughtering: Chief Ritual Slaughterer by Rabbi Sason Greidi Shlita
Ordination in Circumcision: Same as Slaughtering
Certified Scribe- Rabbi Avraham Rousilio and approved by Rabbi Eliyahu Abergel Shlita (Dayan and President of Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem).
Certified as member of Rabbinical Court for Divorce matters and Arbitration
Teacher’s Diploma from Ohr Hagolah.
Bachelor of Arts in Talmudic Law
Masters degree: Divinity – Rabbinical Academy -Yeshiva Chaim Berlin
CAJE Miami-Beach, Florida – Hebrew Language Educator License.
CAJE Miami-Beach, Florida – Judaic Teacher License.
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Yiddish.
Personal:
I am 49 years old, married with 4 children between the ages of 18 and 24. I have dual Citizenship from the United States and Canada.