דניאל דהן

Daniel Dahan (b.1969), rabbi, as of 2020 he has served as Grand-Rabbin of Lyon and of the Rhône-Alpes region of France, born in Annecy, France. He attended the Lycee-Yechiva of Aix-les-Bains and then at the Séminaire israélite de France (SIF) in Paris graduating in 1992. He continued his studies at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem and was ordained by the Israel Chief Rabbis Ovadiah Yosef (1920-2013) and Mordechai Elyiahu (1928-2010) as well as by Shalom Messas (1913-2003), the former Chief Rabbi of Morocco and Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. During 2008-2013 he attended law studies at the University of Aix-en-Provence obtaining a PhD in 2013. Dahan was named deputy rabbi of Nancy and the Lorraine in 1994 and then became Chief Rabbi of the city until 2014, when he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Aix-en-Provence. In May 2020 he was elected Grand-Rabbin of Lyon and of the Rhône-Alpes region.
His works include Agounot: "Les femmes entravées". Problèmes et solutions du droit matrimonial hébraïque, Préface du Pr. Raphaël Draï (2014).