Baruch Chait

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Rabbi Baruch Chait is a Jewish religious composer, author, and Rosh Yeshiva. He is the son of R. Moshe Chait, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivath Chafetz Chaim of Jerusalem, and a student of R. Henoch Leibowitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim of Forest Hills, NY.

Rabbi Chait is considered by many to be one of the most important Jewish religious songwriter in the second half of the 20th century. Since late 1960s, he composed hundreds of songs that still have wide popularity and appeal. Included in this list is his original composition, "Kol haOlam Kulo." He founded several bands - Rabbis' Sons, Kol Salonika and published dozens of records.

Rabbi Chait also founded a yeshiva high-school called Maarava Machon Rubin. The Yeshiva attempts to combine an excellent limudei kodesh curriculum with secular studies, allowing graduates to complete their matriculation exams. The yeshiva officially caters to the Haredi sector of society, but because of its curriculum it draws from the less extreme elements of Haredi culture. As such, much of the student body consists of boys from American backgrounds. A major educational stress of the yeshiva is the study of musar and the yeshiva prides itself on the ethical character of its students.

In the beginning Maarava created some controversy in the Israeli Haredi Orthodox Jewish world about the role of secular studies in its curriculum.

He has also written a number of children's educational book on Jewish topics.[1]