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What Academics Are Saying About Mori Bar-Ron's Scholarship
“Rabbi Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron is an outstanding scholar of the Tanakh and Talmud. I am currently working with Michael on a research project related to the Israelites in Egypt and the development of the Proto-Sinaitic/Proto-Consonantal script discovered in Sinai and the Nile valley. I have found him to be an excellent scholar with tremendous enthusiasm for biblical history and religion. He has helped me enormously in terms of research for my own book writing and television work.”
— David Rohl, Egyptologist, archaeologist, author and TV presenter.
Former tutor in Ancient History at University College, London; Director of the Institute for the Study of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Editor of the Journal of the Ancient Chronology Forum; Field Director of the Eastern Desert Survey; Archaeology Correspondent for the Daily Express; now retired.
“Having known Rabbi Michael Bar-Ron and his careful research since some time, I highly recommend his "Torah Defense" course to you. While like myself he seeks to establish sound synchronisms between archaeology, modern science and Hebrew Bible, he never jumps to his conclusions before having critically studied the evidence. His work is a must for all those, who love the Scriptures and their antiquity.”
- Dr. Pieter Gert van der Veen, Ph.D. Deputy professor of Biblical Archaeology, University of Mainz. Head of the Biblical Archaeology study group (ABA) of the German Research Foundation Studiengemeinschaft Wort and Wissen e.V. (Baiersbronn, Germany)
Rabbinic Approbations
Song of the Creator
“Through his deep understanding coming from pure Da’as Torah (understanding of Torah), he has proven through it in a truthful way and through correct reasoning that all the words of our holy and pure Torah are true, and we have nothing greater than the words of this Torah.”
— Avraham Yerachmiel Rabinowitz, Grand Rabbi of Ostrova-Biale
“Rav Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron… the world of Torah scholars and laymen owes him a great debt. … This book helps to illuminate the beauty of the vessel of Torah – showing how the structure of the words, themes, and parshiyot all come together to form a cohesive whole, with symmetry and splendor.”
— Rabbi Saul Zucker, Principal of Magen David Yeshivah High School, Teaneck, NJ
“It is an astonishing work of Torah thought, filled with creativity, insight, and חידושים… Every word is eloquent testimony to the design of the Creator and to the unique gift that He bestowed upon the Jewish people.”
— Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Rabbi of Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ
Oral Torah from Sinai
“…a masterpiece of scholarship… an invaluable contribution to works on the Oral Law. His proofs and demonstrations are compelling and profound; they reflect serious scholarship and thorough research.”
— from the Haskamah of Rabbi Saul Zucker, Teaneck, NJ
“I saw in the content of his words that all his teachings are correct and strong, founded on the path of the holy Torah….”
— from the Haskamah of Avraham Yerachmiel Rabinowits, Grand Rabbi of Ostrova-Biale
“…addresses key, burning questions and difficulties of lay people and Torah scholars alike.”
— from the Haskamah of Rabbi Shlomo Kassin, Dean of Shehebar Sephardic Center
Guide for the Noahide
“In a clear, thunderous voice of truth, Rabbi Bar Ron guides his readers... without deviating right or left. Like a fearless prophet, he has conscientiously chosen to appease no one but the Torah, carefully avoiding any pressure to sound politically right or to drift into esoteric interpretations and unwarranted messianic visions. I think that Rabbi Bar Ron’s ‘Guide for the Noahide’ is a ‘must have’ to every sincere person who wishes to learn the Seven Noahide Commandments.”
— Rabbi Dr. Zvi Aviner Author of "Sod Siach" on the Torah
About "Beth Midrash Ohel Moshe"
As a community, we have evolved considerably, no longer identifying purely with the teachings of the RaMBaM (Rav Moshe ben Maimon of blessed memory). We now see a much broader "big picture". Nonetheless, we are still rooted in precious, invaluable gems of the RaMBaM's philosophy and his invaluable description of applied Torah law, per his traditions and genius.
To this day, we are proud of our early achievements at that stage, as "Beth Midrash Ohel Moshe" (meaning “house of teaching”). This was the brand-name of my educational work, when we acted as a group of Orthodox Torah educators and hardworking Jewish fathers and grandfathers in Israel, dedicated to spreading authentic Torah -- particularly the teachings of the RaMBaM.
The unifying goal, then as it remains today: to inspire and help Jews and non-Jews to live by the eternal principles of the Torah in a way that is both authentic, broadly-informed and wise. All so that our children might inherit a healthier, more normal Torah world (in the eternal eyes of the Torah) than the one we grew up in. One that embraces oft-overlooked or unrecognized values found in the Torah -- namely universalism, ecology, health, warriorship, and more. One that accepts the findings of confirmed modern science, the challenges of academic scholarship, and the modern State of Israel.
Our work included, then as in now, providing Torah teaching, community (only online today), as well as hard-to-find religious articles (tephillin, mezuzoth, meghilloth, Torah scrolls) for sale, and, at that time, a Sedaqah (charity) fund for the needy.
The work inspired these 'haskamoth', letters of endorsement, from rabbis we still hold in high esteem.
"In all sincerity, I could not recommend his mentorship more. Besides for being a tremendous Torah scholar in the classical rabbinic sense, he also brings to the table a formal background in anthropology, Near East history, biblical academia/scholarship, and a number of sciences..."
Daniel Edelstein - Cardozo School of Law in New York