Rabbi Avraham Benhamu was born in London and raised in Bogota, Colombia. He studied in Israel at Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Maale Adumim. Rabbi Benhamu graduated from Yeshiva University and then received Semicha from its affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). Rabbi Benhamu has been a Judaic studies teacher in Yeshiva of Flatbush Middle Division for 22 years. He is currently the Chairman of Judaic Studies and Curriculum at the Yeshiva. Rabbi Benhamu founded and leads Kehilat Derech Yeshara. He and his wife Margaret have five children.