How Rabbi Rami Goldberg turned a WhatsApp group into a congregation of 600, and why people keep coming back for the prayers, not just the content.
You’ve seen the news out of Israel. The headlines, the analysis, the endless takes. What you haven’t seen is what Rabbi Rami Goldberg sees when he steps outside his front door in Ramat Beit Shemesh on any given morning, and that’s exactly what he’s been sharing, nearly every day, for the past year and a half.
His WhatsApp group started simply enough: videos, articles, and his own thoughts about Torah, the Jewish people, and the land of Israel. A way to help people connect with Israel in a real, unmediated way. No spin. No editorial agenda. Just life on the ground, filtered through the eyes of an ordained rabbi who also happens to be a father, a financial expert, and a founder.
“The news is very edited. People don’t really see what’s going on on the ground, don’t really understand Jewish practice. Through this group, people are able to connect in a completely different way.”
— Rabbi Rami Goldberg
What he didn’t anticipate was what the group would become. With nearly 600 members, it has quietly transformed from a content channel into something closer to a congregation. Members don’t just read and scroll — they reach out. They send private messages asking for prayers to be said in the land of Israel. Prayers for health. Prayers for parnassah. Prayers for family members facing impossible situations.
“People give hearts and thumbs up,” Rabbi Rami says, “but then they reach out personally. They ask for specific prayers. I really see this group not so much as a place for Bible study or news updates — it’s an opportunity for hope.”
That’s the thing about having a rabbi in your pocket who lives in Israel: he can actually go pray for you. At the Kotel. At a grave site. In the very land that both Jewish and Christian tradition holds as the apple of God’s eye, the cornerstone from which the world was created. It’s a spiritual access point that most people simply don’t have on their own.
Beyond the prayer requests, the group functions as an honest day-in-the-life window. Rabbi Rami shares what he’s seeing — at Israel365 events, in his community, across the country. It feels less like a newsletter and more like getting a WhatsApp message from a close friend who happens to live in Israel and knows Scripture inside out. That’s not an accident. It’s his gift.
As Director of Strategic Relationships at Israel365 Charity and host of the Biblical Money podcast — where he sits down with CEOs and entrepreneurs to explore faith, business, and finance — Rabbi Rami lives at the intersection of the ancient and the urgent. He holds ordination from Yeshiva University and a master’s from the Azrieli School of Jewish Education, and has built a reputation as a bridge-builder between Israel and its supporters worldwide.
The group is where that bridge becomes something you can actually walk across — daily, personally, prayerfully.
Get daily videos, updates, and Torah insights from Rabbi Rami Goldberg — live from Israel. Request prayers in the Holy Land. Connect with a growing community of hundreds who take their relationship with Israel seriously.
This is not another WhatsApp group. It’s a congregation.
