Haim (or Chaim) Aharon Valero (1846-1923) born in Jerusalem, Palestine. Son of Ya`akov Valero (1813-1874) who established the first private bank "Jacob Valero & Co.", in Palestine. In 1874 become head of the Valero Bank in Jerusalem.After his brothers death , become head of the family and general manager of the Valero Bank in Palestine. Haim Aharon was the first person chosen to the Sephardi Kollel leadership who was not a rabbi. He headed the Jerusalem Sephardi community for twenty five years. He served as a member of the District Council, the mixed court, and the consular courts in Jerusalem. Jerusalem (; Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek Ιεροσόλυμα) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ... Palestine (Hebrew: ארץ ישראל Eretz Israel, Arabic: فلسطين Filastīn or Falastīn, see also Land of Israel) is one of many historical names for the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the banks of the Jordan River, plus various adjoining lands to the east and south. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages...

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Kark and Glass:" The ValeroFamily: Seven Generations in Jerusalem, 1800-1948" Gefen Publishing House, 2005. ISBN 965-229-336-9