- Yaacov Haber
Rabbi Yaacov Haber has been engaged in teaching Jews about their heritage for almost thirty years. He is considered one of the pioneers of the "
Kiruv " or outreach movement and is world renowned as being one of the foremost experts in Adult Jewish education.Biography
Rabbi Haber was ordained in
Jerusalem by RabbiChaim Pinchas Scheinberg of Yeshivah Torah Ore and by Chacham Avrohom Ochana of Yeshivah Ahavat Shalom.After his ordination in
Israel , Rabbi Haber returned to his hometown ofBuffalo, New York in 1979 with his family to found the Torah Center of Buffalo. During his ten years in Buffalo he served as spiritual leader, first of the Amherst Synagogue and later at the Saranac Synagogue.From there he went to
Melbourne, Australia where the Rabbi founded the Australian Institute of Torah, an adult education program that ran in almost everysynagogue in Australia and was attended by thousands of men and women.Rabbi Haber was then brought back to the United States to become the National Director of Jewish Education for the
Orthodox Union . In that capacity he created the extremely popularPardes Project and many other learning programs.Rabbi Haber was the Rav of Bais Torah Congregation in
Monsey, New York where he succeeded RabbiBerel Wein in leading one of Monsey's most dynamic communities.Currently, Rabbi Haber serves as President of TorahLab. [http://www.torahlab.org] Rabbi Haber can be reached at info@torahlab.org.
He is the author of many books in English and Hebrew and hundreds of his lectures are in circulation around the world on the internet [http://www.torahlab.org ] , in print and on cassette tape.
A sought after lecturer and speaker, Rabbi Haber has been instrumental in forming numerous learning programs throughout the USA, Canada and Australia. His easy listening approach to teaching
Judaism to men and women of all walks of life has been widely acclaimed.It was Rabbi Haber who initiated the OU's Cyber Home of Torah Project. [http://www.ou.org ]
Books by Rabbi Haber
*"Conversation of Torah"
*"Sefiros: Spiritual Refinement Through Counting the Omer" (TorahLab Publishers: 2008) (150 pp.; ISBN 978-0-9814974-1-9)
*"Lev Avos on Pirkei Avos" (Hebrew)(TorahLab Publishers: 2007)
*"Reachings - Talks on Torah"
*"Critical Issues for Jews of Today"
*"Chidushei Rav Yosef Engel al HaTorah" (Hebrew)
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