Moshe ben Yosef Firrouz

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Moshe Firrouz was born in 1972 in [[Or Yehuda]], and as a child moved to [[Bat Yam]]. He fulfilled his military service in the [[Israeli Air Force|Air Force]], after which he earned a BA in [[nuclear engineering]] and a master's degree in management and safety engineering at [[Ben Gurion University]] of the Negev.{{Cite news|title=Who’s a Jew?|work=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2013/05/18/whos-a-jew|access-date=2020-09-11|issn=0013-0613}}

A child of Jewish refugees from Egypt, Moshe Firrouz was born in 1972 in [[Or Yehuda]], and as a child moved to [[Bat Yam]]. He fulfilled his military service in the [[Israeli Air Force|Air Force]], after which he earned a BA in [[nuclear engineering]] and a master's degree in management and safety engineering at [[Ben Gurion University]] of the Negev.{{Cite news|title=Who’s a Jew?|work=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2013/05/18/whos-a-jew|access-date=2020-09-11|issn=0013-0613}}

After his arrival in Beer–Sheva's Karaite community he began attending [[Torah]] classes and seminars that took place in the local Karaite [[Beth Midrash]]. After studying under the guidance of Ḥakham Yoseph Morad and Ḥakham Magdy Shemu'el, he was [[Ordination|ordained]], proclaimed a Ḥakham by the Council of Sages and served as its secretary.{{Cite web|title=חברי מועצת החכמים {{!}} היהדות הקראית העולמית|url=http://www.karaite.org.il/volunteers/%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D|access-date=2020-09-11|website=www.karaite.org.il}} Since his ordination, in 2007, he has been teaching various [[Tanakh]] lessons held across the country and has taught prospective converts to [[Judaism]] through the Karaite movement in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the [[Karaite Jewish University]] (an online school that teaches [[Karaite Judaism]] to both Jews and gentiles). Between late 2004 and 2015 Firrouz operated the first Karaite website in [[Hebrew]] that included a forum. Additionally, he has held [[religion]] classes and sessions in Renan and acts as a certified [[Shoḥeṭ|ritual slaughterer]].

After his arrival in Beer–Sheva's Karaite community he began attending [[Torah]] classes and seminars that took place in the local Karaite [[Beth Midrash]]. After studying under the guidance of Ḥakham Yoseph Morad and Ḥakham Magdy Shemu'el, he was [[Ordination|ordained]], proclaimed a Ḥakham by the Council of Sages and served as its secretary.{{Cite web|title=חברי מועצת החכמים {{!}} היהדות הקראית העולמית|url=http://www.karaite.org.il/volunteers/%D7%97%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%9B%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D|access-date=2020-09-11|website=www.karaite.org.il}} Since his ordination, in 2007, he has been teaching various [[Tanakh]] lessons held across the country and has taught prospective converts to [[Judaism]] through the Karaite movement in his capacity as Vice-Chancellor of the [[Karaite Jewish University]] (an online school that teaches [[Karaite Judaism]] to both Jews and gentiles). Between late 2004 and 2015 Firrouz operated the first Karaite website in [[Hebrew]] that included a forum. Additionally, he has held [[religion]] classes and sessions in Renan and acts as a certified [[Shoḥeṭ|ritual slaughterer]].