Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold, born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY, attended Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in NY, Ner Israel in Baltimore, and Yeshivot Ponevez and Hevron in Israel.

He received semicha from Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Halevi Herzog and from HaRav Yaacov Yitzchok Halevi Ruderman.

Rabbi Gold has been in the vanguard of building communities both in the Diaspora and Israel.
As a young man in 1959, he came to Toronto to establish the Ner Israel Yeshiva, where he also built and developed Congregation Bnei Torah in Willowdale, a northern suburb of Toronto.

Becoming Rabbi of Young Israel of West Hempstead NY in 1971, he built one of the first Eruvin in North America, which quickly became a model world-wide. Under his leadership the local mikveh was built as West Hempstead was developing into one of the most vibrant religious communities in the NY area.

Since making aliya in 1982, he has built and served as the Rav of Kehilat Zichron Yoseph in Har Nof, and in 1984 founded the Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults, which merged with the Israel Center in 2002, where Rabbi Gold taught Torah to hundreds of his talmidim for decades.

His love of and devotion to Eretz Yisrael accompanied him throughout his entire life. Rabbi Gold has been at the forefront of the struggle for Eretz Yisrael. He was one of the founders of the Ichud Harabanim L’maan Eretz Yisrael V’am Yisrael , under the guidance of the Chief Rabbis Avraham Schapira z”l and Mordechai Eliyahu z”l.

His shiurim and very insightful Torah essays have been an inspiration to many, including the countless families whose decision to make aliya as a result of listening to “Rabbi Gold’s Tapes.”

We all were saddened and shocked when Rabbi Gold was suddenly taken from us on 19 Tamuz, 5783 (July 8, 2023).

We wish that his Torah thoughts brought here on this website will continue to be an inspiration for all of us.