Rabbi Shlomo Gabay was born and raised in London, UK, after studying at Yeshivat Tiferet Yaakov, Gateshead, he moved to Israel where he graduated from the Ner Le'elef International Institute in Jerusalem and obtained his Rabbinic ordination from Kollel Darchei Ho'raah L'rabanim and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, he went on to serve as a teacher and educator in the vibrant Jewish community of Gibraltar, where he founded and directed the popular Shovavim program, a unique one-on-one learning program for adults, featuring international speakers - Rabbi Gabay is currently the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Hamidrash, Vancouver, the only Sephardic congregation West of Toronto.