Yehoram Ulman
Rabbi Yehoram Ulman (born 1964), is the Rebbe's shliach and Av Beit Din of Sydney, Australia.
Life History[edit | edit source]
Born in Leningrad in 1964 to his father, R' Michael Ulman.
When he reached marriage age, he married his wife Mrs. Sterna, daughter of Rabbi Yosef Goldstein.
After their wedding, he went to work as the Rebbe's shliach with the Russian immigrant community in Sydney, Australia, and established a branch of the FREE institution (Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe) in the city. He founded a Chabad synagogue for this community, and in 1994 he organized a central Chanukah candle lighting ceremony with the participation of the President of Australia.
Av Beit Din of Sydney[edit | edit source]
In this role, he succeeded in awakening Jewish roots among many of the thousands of immigrants from the Soviet Union, conducted hundreds of brit milah ceremonies for adults, pidyon haben, weddings, and more.
Over the years, he specialized in various unique areas of halacha and was appointed as the Av Beit Din of Sydney, Australia.
He is known as one of the prominent halachic authorities specializing in lineage, kiddushin, gittin, conversion, family purity, fertility treatments, and more. His groundbreaking halachic rulings serve as a basis for halachic decisions throughout the world.
He provides halachic supervision for medical procedures in several cities around the world, including: Chicago, New York, Caracas, Panama, and more.
He serves as the rabbi for Jewish inmates in prisons.
Activity in Matters of Geulah and Moshiach[edit | edit source]
In the years 1991-1992, when the Rebbe issued special calls to awaken and act regarding the imminent Redemption and to prepare the world to welcome Moshiach, he was among the leaders working on this in Sydney. He received the Rebbe's approval to study from the book 'Yechi Melech HaMoshiach' by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolpo with his associates, and the Rebbe blessed that the study should be successful. Subsequently, he signed the ruling that the Rebbe is Melech HaMoshiach (King Messiah), and edited the publication 'Zeh HaChaim' of the Moreh Geulah organization translated into Russian, as well as additional activities.
Rabbi Ulman spoke via satellite on 10th Shevat 1996 to welcome the Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach as a representative of Australian Jewry.
Since 3rd Tammuz, for decades, Rabbi Ulman has managed an educational system regarding the publication of the Redemption message, among dozens of rabbis and Torah scholars with whom he comes into contact as a member of the Sydney Beit Din. In lengthy dialogues he conducts with rabbis from all circles, he explains to them why Chabad Chassidim believe that the Rebbe is Melech HaMoshiach, even after the test of 3rd Tammuz, and in most cases he succeeds in removing their strong opposition and reaching a silent agreement. In an extensive interview with Beit Moshiach weekly, he told about several of his meetings, about the attitude of great rabbis to the pure faith of Chabad Chassidim, and calls on Chabad rabbis to also initiate meetings with rabbis and Torah scholars to explain to them Chabad's position based on the Rebbe's teachings.
His Book[edit | edit source]
- From the Southern Chamber
His Family[edit | edit source]
- His daughter, Mrs. Chaya Malka
- His daughter, Mrs. Devorah Leah
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
- Beit Moshiach Weekly Issue 327 - Interview with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman
- Kfar Chabad Weekly Pesach Issue 5783 - Interview with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman