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Rabbi Yosef Braun was elected as a member of the Beis Din of Crown Heights in 2010 (5770). He is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Jewish Law. He supervises the website Asktherav.com, a database of contemporary halachic questions, which receives hundreds of questions online from all over the world. Rabbi Braun was previously the Rav of the Tzemach Tzedek shul in Sydney, Australia, served as an executive member of the Rabbinical Council of Sydney, and was appointed by the Department of Education of New South Wales to oversee the Jewish Studies curriculum for Jewish Day Schools.
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