Rise to the Heights of Your Homeland

Welcome to Meromei Shemesh

Your Shul. Your Rabbi. Your Community—Right Here in Israel.

Meet your Rabbi and Rebbetzin

Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, a licensed social worker, has served for over 20 years as the rabbi of Congregation Beth Aaron in Teaneck, NJ, where he and his wife Chaviva, who teaches special education at the Sinai Schools, tend to the kehilla’s spiritual, social, and emotional needs. He has been shaping the next generation of rabbinic leaders since 2016 as the Director of Professional Rabbinics at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. With decades of unparalleled rabbinic leadership, Rabbi Rothwachs brings communal dedication, sensitive care, and vibrant passion to build the Meromei Shemesh community. He and Chaviva are the proud parents of five children and four grandchildren.

Feel at Home in Your Homeland

Your shul, your rabbi, your community — right here in Israel. Welcome to Meromei Shemesh.

Led by Rabbi Larry and Rebbetzin Chaviva Rothwachs, Meromei Shemesh is building a vibrant diaspora-style community with our shul at its center in the new Rotshtein Heights development, an extension to Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph.

Our community is aspirational, growth-oriented, and Torah-centric. But most importantly, we are a family. Welcome home.

Meet Your Community

Homes for All Couples and Families

Rotshtein Heights is a new development of 1,300 apartments in Ramat Beit Shemesh

We look forward to hearing from you

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