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The Mohel R’ Eliyahu Bakish is also a certified marriage Rabbi (Mesader hupa vekedushin – see https://brit-milah.com/ketouba_2021/ ) and an Avrekh in a Collel.
He has written books and papers, done lectures, and is the Editor of the halachic collection “Derekh mitzvotekha“.
I- MAIN PERSONAL PUBLICATIONS
HALACHIC STUDIES
Circumcision
– BOOK (Hebrew) – R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2017), “A son is born“. בן בא לנו / Ben ba lanou. 176 pages. Haifa. June 2017. ISBN- 979-10-90638-15-0. Twelve rabbinical permissions and recommendations.
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2019), “The birth of a boy heals the whole family”. Aggada or halakha? (In Hebrew), pp. 77-104, in R’ Eliyahu Bakish and R’ Ra’hamim Moshayov (Editors, 2019), Kovets Michkane chalom. Halakhot sema’hot, Kollel Nachaleh Ha-tzadik, Jerusalem, 152 pp.
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2021), “Hala’hot in the Cycle of Life. First stage – Brit-Milah”, an article published in the magazine Aeish sheli, n° 4, pp. 31-33
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2021, chapter written following an interview with R’ Tuvia Bloy הרב טוביה בלוי 2021). “Chabad customs regarding the Brit-milah” מנהגי חב״ד בברית מילה – Text reprinted in Rav Tuvia Bloy (2021), On customs and their sources. Custom chabad על מנהגים ומקורותיהם – מנהגי חב״ד. Fourth expanded edition מהדורה רביעית עם הוספות רבות. See pages 301-307
Marriage (‘Chupa and Kidushin)
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2019), “On ‘Hupa and Kidushin. Lecture in a Seminar organized by Yeshiva Ner Yosef (Giv’at Zeev).
Mitzvot
– BOOK (Hebrew) – R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2021), Beth Ch’ar lamitsvot, Collection Derekh mitzvotekha. On the 613 mitzvot, and the special importance of Torah study and Brit-milah. Recommendation of Rav David Lau shlita Rav harashi léisrael (p. VIII), Rav Shlomo Suissa shlita (p. IX), Rav Yitzhak Yossef shlita Rishon léTsion léisrael (p. X-XII). Abstracts (French; English; Hebrew). References. Collection Derekh Mitzvotekha, Hotsaat Bakish, Kiryat Ata. , 124 p. ISBN: 979-10-90638-39-6 – See the review by R’ Yona Ghertman and extensive excerpts from the book on the french virtual Review ” Le site des Etudes juives” (Jewish Studies website) http://www.lesitedesetudesjuives.fr/pages/halakha/philosophie-de-la-halakha/une-hierarchie-des-mitsvote-par-rav-e-bakis.html
Halacha and History
– BOOK (French) – R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2018), “Recent halachic references presented in the style of Mishna Berura (74 pages). המשך ביאור השולחן ערוך בסגנון המשנה ברורה. Recommendation of Rav Meir Abitbol shlita (p. 9). Abstracts (French: pp. 11-12; English: p. 72; Hebrew: pp. 74-73). References pp. 51-70. Collection Derekh Mitzvotekha, Hotsaat Bakish, Kiryat Ata. This study has been included in Hebrewbooks.org, the American online rabbinic library, under number 58895. It can be downloaded from: http://hebrewbooks.org/58895
Laws of Family Purity
– BOOK (French) R’ Eliyahu Bakis (2021), “The Crown of Her Husband. Family Purity“, Collection Derekh mitsvotékha. Printed in Montpellier, 152 p. Second enlarged edition (1st ed. June 2020); see the review by R’ Yona Ghertman and extensive excerpts from the book on the french virtual Review ” Le site des Etudes juives” (Jewish Studies website) http://www.lesitedesetudesjuives.fr/pages/ouvrages-conseilles/auteurs-francais/la-couronne-de-son-mari.html.
– R’ Eliyahu Bakis (November 2020), “Actuality of Mikveh Construction” (French), https://editionsbakish.com/actualite-de-la-construction-de-mikves/
Sema’hot
– R’ Eliyahu Bakis (2019), a chapter in a collective work “The birth of a boy heals the whole family: halacha or aggada / Nolad ben zakhar nitrapa hamichpa’ha: halacha or aggada? On Chapter 394 of the Yore De’a portion of the Shulchan Arukh, pages 77-104 of the collective work edited by R’ Eliyahu Bakis and R’ Ra’hamim Moshayov (Editors, 2019), Kovets Mishkane Shalom. Halakhot sema’hot, Kollel Nachale Ha-tzadik, Jerusalem, 152 pp.
Kosher Rules – Measures
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2015), “Is the food produced by the bee kosher?”. Jerusalem, 12 p. https://editionsbakish.com/node/1757.
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2014 and subsequent years), “Warning against insects in food. Lecture in a Seminar organized by Yeshiva Ner Yosef (Giv’at Zeev).
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2021), “The Finite in the Service of the Infinite. Preface to the Inventory of Measures and Coins in the Bible and Talmud and their Halakhic Implications”. https://editionsbakish.com/13414-2 pp. XV-XXII (October).
On Jewish holidays
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2016), “Getting Ready for Tu Bishvat – Quizz. Questions & Answers”. Lecture given in the Seminar of Yeshivat Ner Yosef, Giv’at Zeev, January. Online: Feb. 2016, https://editionsbakish.com/node/1864 and https://editionsbakish.com/node/1906
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2012), “A Bath of Light. A parable for enjoying the spiritual lights of the month of Elul. Jerusalem, 2012. 14 p. https://editionsbakish.com/node/528.
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2011), “Sharing the Light. A parable for enjoying the spiritual lights of Chanukah”. Jerusalem, 2011. 26 p. Text published online by https://www.toraconnection.com/ner-mea-partager-lumiere-2/ and https://editionsbakish.com/node/15.
EXEGESE
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (March 2020), “‘Hidushim on the parashah and Corona virus – Reflections on the parashah of the week, in the context of the Covid-19″ crisis. Posted online March 20, https://editionsbakish.com/hidouchim-corona. (French)
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (2013-current), oral contributions reported in his name in the books of Hillel Bakis, his father: Torah Commentary The Voice of Jacob – 2013; Commentary on the Prophets: Understanding the haftara – 2017-2022; Inventory of measures and currencies in the Bible and Talmud – 2021…. (French)
PEDAGOGY
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish (January 2020), “Talmudic Lesson on Baba Kama”. Unpublished lecture given at Yeshiva Ner Yosef (Giv’at Zeev), as part of a Seminar for French speaking students.
– R’ Eliyahu Bakis (2012), “Annual Mishnah Berura Study Programme”. Online: 2012. https://editionsbakish.com/node/268. Jerusalem, 6 p.
INTERVIEW
– Eliyahu Bakis (2016), “Interview with Rav Baluka” Questions to Dayan Rav Shimon Baluka chlita, Founder of the Menorat hamaor community (on a new synagogue in the Newe Ya’akov Mizra’h neighbourhood in Jerusalem). Actualité juive, n° 1412, 24 November 2016, section “Communities”, p. 38. See also: pages editionsbakish/7557/ and editionsbakish.com/7533/with several photographs).
II – CO-EDITOR OF A COLLECTIVE WORK
– R’ Eliyahu Bakish and R’ Ra’hamim Moshayov (Editors, 2019), Kovets Michkane chalom. Halakhot Shema’hot, Collel Nachaleh Ha-Tzadik (Divrey berakha of R’ Yitzchak Yosef chlita, Rishon lezion; introduction of the Rosh Collel; 10 chapters; ten authors), Jerusalem, 152 pp.
III – HEAD OF THE HALACHIC COLLECTION “DEREKH MITZVOTEKHA” אוסף דרך-מצותיך
This collection sheds light on and develops various halachic topics; Several halachic notes (2012 to 2015) and numerous books (2017 to 2021) have already been published in Hebrew or French.
Works by several authors:
– In Hebrew: Ben ba lanou (2017, Laws and Seder of Circumcision); Laws of Seclusion (2018); Laws of Marriage and Choice of Wedding Witnesses (2019); The Gate of Mitzvot (2021, on the 613 mitzvot, brit-milah and Torah study):
– In French: Publications halakhiques, histoire et tendances récentes (2018); La Couronne de son mari (2021, on the Laws of Family Purity); Inventaire des mesures et monnaies de la Bible et du Talmud (2021).
IV – Courses and major lectures (in yechiva or kehalim)
– R’ Eliyahu Bakis (2020), “Shalom bayit, couple and family life“. Harish Conference, February 18, Harish
– Lectures in Seminars organised by the Yeshiva Ner Yosef (Giv’at Zeev: c. 2014-2017) on various subjects: brit-milah, marriage, kashrut (insects), Talmud.
– (c. 2009-2016) – Invited to pronounce derashot before the Kahal of Metz (France) or Montpellier (France).