Shalom Arush

Rabbi Shalom Arush
Rabbi Shalom Arush
Position	Rosh Yeshiva
Yeshiva	Chut Shel Chessed
Organisation	Chut Shel Chessed Institutions
Personal details
Birth name	Shalom Arush
Born	15 April 1952 Morocco
Residence	Jerusalem, Israel
Alma mater	Shuvu Bonim Tel Aviv University
Semicha	Breslov

Shalom Arush (Hebrew: שלום ארוש‎‎; born 15 April 1952) is an Israeli Breslov rabbi and founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions. He spreads the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov among Sephardic and Ashkenazic baalei teshuva around the world through his books and speaking appearances.

Arush was one of nine children born to his parents in the town of Beni Mellal, Morocco. He learned in the local Jewish Alliance school and studied Hebrew in the evenings. His eldest brother married and immigrated to Israel before the rest of the family; Arush, his parents, and other siblings immigrated to Israel when he was 13.

The family settled in Petah Tikva, where his parents enrolled Arush in a state-religious school; he later attended a secular high school. In 1970 he joined the Israel Defense Forces as an airborne combat medic, taking part in many missions, including missions during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. During that time, five of his closest friends were killed in a helicopter crash while carrying out an army mission. This event was one of the catalysts for his personal teshuva.

Following his army service, Arush studied economics and accounting at Tel Aviv University.