Zmanim According to Rav Mordechai Eliyahu

This method carries a Jerusalem-Baghdad inheritance shaped by the Ben Ish Chai tradition.

The rav and his community

Rav Mordechai Eliyahu was born in Jerusalem in 1929 to a family rooted in Baghdad’s rabbinic and kabbalistic world. He became a dayan and later Rishon LeZion. His teaching joined modern Israeli questions with the customs of Jerusalem and Iraqi-Sephardi practice.

The method’s character

The morning begins with a proportional Alot based on daylight. The extended day used for several deadlines ends at a practical Ben Ish Chai endpoint after sunset. Different evening times may serve different halachic purposes.