Where Sephardic Leadership Is Reborn in the Heart of Jerusalem
Metivta Program
The SEC in the Old City of Jerusalem is the proud host of Metivta, an annual international Rabbinical seminar with the top Sephardic Rabbis from around the world. Learning takes place on the very site that once housed the Hakhan Bashi or the Rishon Le-Tzion (Chief Rabbi) during the Ottoman Empire and also a number of rabbinical schools or Yeshivot throughout those previous centuries. Topics are all contemporary and essential from history to medicine, philosophy, Zionism and more.
Many of our great Sephardic sages grew up and were educated in these buildings. These thoughts add a distinct flavor to anyone who opens a book of the Torah or meditates over the words of our sages within these walls.
What Sets METIVTA Apart
Collaboration
The SEC’s rabbinical programs bring together Sephardic rabbis and spiritual leaders from around the world for serious learning, dialogue, and growth.
HISTORY
Metivta is an international rabbinical seminar hosted at the SEC campus in the Old City of Jerusalem — in the very buildings where generations of Sephardic sages studied and taught.
RELEVANT
Through contemporary topics in halacha, history, medicine, philosophy, Zionism, and communal leadership, Metivta strengthens rabbis with the wisdom and confidence to lead through the classic Sephardic tradition.