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Rabbi Sion Shalom Boaron (First name sometimes spelled, Zion, Tzion) (Hebrew: ציון בוארון) (born on Yom Kippur, September 10th, 1945 ) is a former member of the The Great Rabbinical Court, and a renowned Posek and author.

Biography
Sion Boaron was born in the city of Souq al Jum'aa, about 6 kilometers away from Tripoli, Libya

He is the son of Rabbi Shimon and Zina (Bat-Sion) of the Yamin family. He is the grandson of Rabbi Amira Boaron, who was killed as a victim of the 1945 anti-Jewish riots in Tripolitania.

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The Boaron family (Alternate spellings: Buaron / Baron / Ben Baron) are a family of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish descent.

In 1949, when he was four years old, he immigrated with his family to the Land of Israel. His family lived with other immigrant families in the Ma'abarot in Binyamina, after which his family moved to live inShuva. After several years, his family moved to Petah Tikva.

Already in his childhood, he stood out for his intelligence, and his persistent and diligent study of the Torah.

He studied as a youth at the Yeshiva in Hadera led by Rabbi Elhanan Perlmutter, which was established at the initiative and support of the Chazon Ish.

In the winter of 1962, at the age of 17, he was certified by Rabbis Ezra Yair, Ovadia Hadaya, Yaakov Ades , and Salman Hougi Aboudi in Shechita and inspecting poultry.

In 1972, he married Hana, (nee Burns).

After his marriage and the conclusion his studies in Beit Diskin in Jerusalem, he lived in Bnei Brak, and continued his studies at the Kollel Torah VeHoraah, and at the Slonim Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Avraham Yigal, one of the heads of the Council of Torah Elders.

He was additionally authorized to teach by Rabbi Ezra Attia and other rabbis.

In 1984 he was appointed as a judge in the Rabbinical Courts, first serving in the cities of Tiberias and Safed. And in 1989, he was appointed to an Av Beit Din and served as the head of the Beit Din in the city of Beersheba and then in the cities of Petah Tikvah and Jerusalem.

In 2007 he was appointed to the Great Rabbinical Court, and served as a member of the Great Court of Appeals in Jerusalem, until he retired at the age of 70.

Afterwards, he served as a Posek in various capacities, in Badatz Beit Yosef of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and in Rabbi Meir Mazuz's Kisse Rahamim.

Boaron regularly studied the Zohar and Kabbalah together with a group of notable Rabbis and Kabbalists including the Rishon Lezion Rabbi Shlomo Amar, amongst others.

A significant part of his Halakhic expertise is devoted to difficult cases where questions and doubts arise regarding genealogy, Agunot, Mamzerim, and the invalidation of priesthood and conversion.

In the wake of the the 1990s post-Soviet aliyah, he went abroad many times, to tackle relevant issues of Jewish law connected to Soviet Jews, especially in regards to the issues above.

He also traveled to Spain to investigate and rule on the Jewish status of descendants of Conversos of Spain and Mallorca who wish to return to practicing Judaism openly. He ordered each case to be examined individually, and in some cases he ruled that there was enough evidence of Judaism, and a "Confirmation of return to Judaism" was enough, and in other cases he required a Giyur LeHumra.

In addition, he was sent to India to investigate and rule on the Jewish status of the Bnei Menashe, where his unique halachic ruling led to their Aliyah to Israel.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef called the "Pillar of Insight" and would ask him complicated questions concerning the legal status of Mamzerim and Jewish divorce law. Some of these questions were printed in one of Rabbi Boaron's books, "Sha'are Sion".

He currently lives in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood Jerusalem, where he serves as a Posek, teacher, President of Battei Din and synagogues throughout the country, in addition to teaching popular Kabbalah classes every Friday night until midnight in Petah Tikva.