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Listing of our Teachers and Guest Lecturers
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Mrs. Dena Gorkin Mrs. Sara Morozow Mrs. Esther Twerski Mrs. Miriam Yerushalmi Mrs. Nechama Bernstein Mrs. Esther Vilenkin |
Mrs. Faye Wilbur Mrs. Fraidy Yanover Mrs. Sara Karmely Rabbi Yossi Paltiel Mrs. Tziporah Vogel Rabbi Mendel Samuels |
Rabbi Y. Y. Jacobson Mrs. Chana Ginsburg Mrs. S. Tzukernik Rabbi M. Friedman Mrs. Sara E. Crispe |
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Teachers
Mrs. Dena Gorkin
Mrs. Dena Gorkin is a popular teacher in Beth Rivkah High School and Seminary for over 15 years. She gives parenting workshops in the Crown Heights community through NCFJE/Operation Survival, and lectures nationally on topics relating to families and childrearing. Dena's certification is in substance abuse prevention and she is a firm believer that by strengthening families our communities can avoid many of the pitfalls of modern society. Dena lives in Crown Heights with her husband and children.
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Mrs. Sara Morozow
Mrs. Morozow is a prominent Kallah teacher in the Crown Heights community. She is one of our most popular and sought after teachers. She teaches Chassidic insights and perspectives on dating, marriage and setting up a Jewish home. Mrs. Morozow has been teaching BYIT students since our inception.
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Mrs. Esther Twerski
Mrs. Twerski is a respected teacher both in Crown Heights and Manhattan. She teachers BYIT students deep Chassidic insights based on famous Jewish works such as Shir Hashirim, Tanach and Aishet Chayil.
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Mrs. Miriam Yerushalmi
Mrs Yerushalmi is both a teacher and a licensed professional in the world of psychology. She teachers BYIT students practical applications of deep Chassidic concepts based on the Tanya.
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Mrs. Nechama Bernstein
Mrs. Bernstein is one of BYIT's first teachers. She teaches complex Chassidic discourses.
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Mrs. Esther Vilenkin
Mrs. Vilenkin teaches contemporary Jewish matters as they relate to women and setting up a Jewish home. Mrs. Vilenkins's teachings are based on Chassidic philosophy.
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Mrs. Faye Wilbur
Faye Wilbur,CSW Coordinator, Family Violence Services Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
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Mrs. Fraidy Yanover
Freidy Yanover comes to us from Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a brilliantly stimulating and dynamic lecturer who speaks on a vast array of topics. Her lectures are Kabbalah-based and use mysticism as a vehicle for a society bruised by contemporary secular ideals.
Well known internationally for her ability to bring lofty spiritual concepts into the beginner's realm of understanding, as well as that of the more advanced, her topics range from Kabbalah to issues dealing with communication and relationships.
Freidy also speaks on spiritual healing and through the medium of meditation, empowers the Jewish audience to explore and deepen their relationship with G-d and thus enhance their lives and intimate relationships.
Freidy gives and inspiring and eye-opening discussion on Kabbalah's mystical meaning of the mitzvah of covering one's hair bringing a joy and understanding of this oft maligned commandment.
"Freidy is an amazing teacher able to bring deep mystical kabbalistic knowledge to the masses in an original style and an incredible life-altering way. Her depth of knowledge clearly comes through to her enthusiastic audiences. Her talks are brilliantly constructed and it is clear that intensive preparation is involved in developing her lectures...she captivates her listeners using personal and practical day to day experiences, making even the most sophisticated subject matter real and user friendly..."Mrs. Rochel Goldman, Chair person, Women of the World "She is truly amazing! We had a very mixed group of participants, both in knowledge and in level of observance - she related to every really well. Freidy imparted deep Chassidic thoughts in a very clear way. She truly had participants walk away with a very clear understanding of how Chassidus is an integral part of yiddishkeit."Rabbi Avraham Bernstein, Manalapan, NJ
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Mrs. Sara Karmely
Sara Karmely's expertise in the field of Taharas Hamishpacha, relationships, love and marriage make her a vibrant and enthusiastic speaker who has been lecturing and counseling for over 20 years. Her lectures stress traditional Jewish marriage and family ideals and she gives Taharas Hamishpacha workshops for a complete overview of the theory and practice of this significant part of Jewish family life.
A specialty of hers is guiding women to help their husbands adjust to the observances of Taharas Hamishpacha. Bringing first-hand experience into her dynamic lectures and sensitive, successful counseling, Mrs. Karmely is tri-lingual, speaking a fluent English, Persian and Italian, and has attracted packed houses all across the U.S. as well as overseas.
The daughter of Iranian parents, Sara Karmely was born in India, raised in London and lived in Italy. She now resides with her family in New York. Highly educated and extremely talented in many areas, Mrs. Karmely achieved diplomas on Oxford level, studied art and had her works exhibited in a North London museum.
Mrs. Karmely has been the director of Sha'arei Tova Talmud Torah for the last 15 years. She is co-editor of "Shalom" magazine, a bi-lingual outreach publication, and has written an inspirational book on relationships, Words To Hear With Your Heart. Sara has also created the inspriational and motivating Jewish Learning Series releasing two new CDs: Shalom Bayis and Taharas Hamishpacha.
Mrs. Karmely also offers a challah baking demonstration combined with the background of this age old Jewish tradition and its relevance to our lives today.
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Rabbi Yossi Paltiel
Rabbi Yossi Paltiel is the Executive Director of Inside Chassidus. He has been teaching Chabad Chassidic philosop
hy for 18 years. He is a graduate of Oholei Torah and completed his smicha studies at 770 Eastern Parkway. He currently teaches at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Chovevei Torah, Machon Chana Women's Institute for the Study of Judaism, and at the Beis Midrash L'Nashim (Women's Beis Midrash) at 770 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He also gives lectures at many events in Brooklyn and travels to speak in Jewish communities throughout the country. return to top
Mrs. Tziporah Vogel
Mrs. Vogel lectures on Taharas Hamishpacha, and is the author of the book "A Plate, A Ring, and the Time in Between".
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Rabbi Mendel Samuels
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Guest Lecturers
Rabbi Y. Y. Jacobson
Rabbi YY Jacobson, one of the most sought-after Jewish speakers in the world today, has lectured to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences on six continents and in thirty states. Funny, brilliant, charming, and an exceptional orator, he has touched thousands with his deep, intuitive grasp of the human condition and his remarkable ability to bring down the ancient Jewish wisdom of the mystical texts and inspire his listeners with its relevance to their daily lives. He is the author of the acclaimed tape series, "A Tale of Two Souls" and "Captain, My Captain," and teaches Kabbalah, Chassidic spirituality and Talmud at the Rabbinical College Chovevay Torah in Brooklyn, New York. Jacobson's weekly internet essays on Judaism, mysticism and psychology are read by tens of thousands worldwide. return to top
Mrs. Chana Ginsburg
Chana Ginsburg is a well-known teacher and lecturer in Kabbalah, Chassidus, and Jewish philosophy, conducting ongoing classes in advanced Jewish learning. She is best known for her ability to bring deep spiritual teachings alive for her audiences by applying and integrating them into everyday life situations.
She is the designer and facilitator of a series of workshops on personal transformation. She has been a therapist, spiritual and personal growth counselor, and mentor to hundreds of women for over 25 years. She currently has a practice with an office in Brooklyn, NY and counsels, coaches, and mentors world-wide via the telephone.
A native of Israel, Mrs. Ginsburg lives and works in New York. She has spent many years in education, serving as principal at the elementary and high school levels, and in institutions of higher learning.
Certified by the Morton Prince Mental Health Center
Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York
Member of the National Community Mental Healthcare Council
Certified as Clinical Hypnotherapist by The Wellness Institue of Seattle, MA.
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Mrs. S. Tzukernik
Shimonah Tzukernik is a writer, artist and acclaimed lecturer. She has been a guest lecturer for U.J.A, Young Israel, Hadassah, synagogue sisterhoods and Chabad Houses both in the U.S. and abroad. She graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a degree in Fine Art, English and Linguistics. Shimonah has received international acclaim for her Inner Vision Seminar that combines art therapy with Kabbalistic insights to harness ones soul powers and transform daily life. She has also spearheaded the series Seven Habits of Jewish Effectiveness. Shimonah imbues her philosophical approach with personal experience in a style that is often emotional and provocative. She is especially adept at distilling abstract Chassidic ideas into application for daily life. Her lectures and workshops are explorative, mystical, yet with a true touch of down to earth practicality. Shimonah resides in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and four children. return to top
Rabbi M. Friedman
World-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, Rabbi Manis Friedman uses ancient
wisdom and modern wit as he captivates audiences around the country and around the world. He hosts
his own critically acclaimed cable television series,
Torah Forum with Manis Friedman, syndicated throughout North America. Over 150,000 copies
of his provocative yet entertaining tapes,
both audio and video have been sold.
Rabbi Friedman's first book, DOESN'T ANYONE BLUSH ANYMORE?, published by Harper San Francisco in 1990, was widely praised by the media. BLUSH is currently in its fourth printing. Following the publication of the book, he was featured internationally in over 200 print articles, and interviewed on more than 50 television and radio talk shows. He has appeared on CNN, A&E Reviews, PBS, and BBC Worldwide, and has been the subject of articles in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Guideposts, Insight, Publisher's Weekly and others.
Rabbi Friedman is a noted Biblical scholar, recognized for his sagacious grasp of Jewish mysticism. In 1971, he founded Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies in Minnesota, the world's first yeshiva exclusively for women, where he continues to serve as dean. From 1984-1990 he served as simultaneous translator for the Lubavitcher Rebbe's televised talks.
Rabbi Friedman is a professionally ranked member of the National Speakers Association. His speaking tours take him to every part of this country as well as Israel, England, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Canada, and Hong Kong.
Rabbi Friedman was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946 and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1950. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinical College of Canada in 1969.
Rabbi Manis Friedman enthuses each of his listeners and readers with a sense of purpose and definite direction.
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Mrs. Sara E. Crispe
Sara Esther Crispe is the editor and creator of the women's site www.TheJewishWoman.org, a project of www.chabad.org where she is a featured writer. Additionally, she is a well-known lecturer and leading speaker of women's issues. Known for her clear and direct approach, she is able to take current and provocative issues and make them meaningful and personal to audiences of various backgrounds. Sara Esther recently moved back to the States after living in Jerusalem for eight years where she and her husband were the directors of Torat Chesed: The Institute for Advanced Learning for Jewish Women. She has her BA from the University of California, San Diego in Literature/Writing and studied for her Master's at Brooklyn College in Literary Theory where she was a lecturer of Composition. Sara Esther is currently working on a book celebrating gender difference according to Kabbalah. She lives with her husband and four beautiful children in Merion, PA.
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