Yonason Abraham

Rabbi Yonason Abraham (born 1964) is a British rabbi. He served a number of years on the Melbourne Beth Din and as the Rabbi of the Caulfield Shule, he then returned to London where he was given a post on the London Beth Din,

Biography Early life and education Abraham was born in London and went to Hasmonean High School, where his father Rabbi Sasson Abraham was a teacher and also served as minister of Ohel David Eastern Synagogue from 1980 until 1994. He studied in the yeshivos of Gateshead and Lakewood before moving to Australia in 1985 where he was a member of the Lakewood Kollel Beit Hatalmud (Melbourne). He originally came to Melbourne with the Mashgiach of Lakewood, HaRav Nosson Meir Wachtfogel who was then trying to establish a yeshiva in the city. He served seven years as the rabbi of Caulfield Shule and in that time he joined the Melbourne Beth Din. He also regularly consulted with, and helped, Sydney set up its own eruv.

Resignation from Caulfield Shule The Caulfield Shule became embroiled in a bitter dispute between the Main Minyan and congregants of breakaway minyan Or Chadash, led by Rabbi Mottel Krasnjanski, as well as by brothers David and Barry Mond. The main faction refused to provide the breakaway faction with proxy forms for the AGM due to be held on 20 September 2000, or allow them access to the register of members.

Resignation from all public positions On 6 March 2019, the Rosh Beth Din of the London Beth Din announced that on 5 March 2019 Dayan Abraham stood down from his position at London Beth Din, after an affair with a married woman. He also resigned his rabbinate of the Toras Chaim synagogue and his other community roles. In his resignation letter he said that definitely he had "fallen short of the standards expected of me".