Rabbi Benjamin Yasgur was privileged to study under the tutelage of the late Professor Nechama Leibowitz. Beginning with an intensive year of classes, followed by correspondence, personal visits and regular phone conversations spanning a period of twenty-four years, Rabbi Yasgur amassed a treasury of insights, many of which he shares in this volume.

            Rabbi Yasgur is a noted educator and communal leader. He is the rabbi of Congregation Torah Ohr in Boca Raton, Florida and the former rabbi of Congregation Beth Tefillah, Paramus, NJ. He was the founding director of Jewish Educational Services (a central agency for Jewish education) of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey and has  served as principal of the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County (HANC) Elementary School and Hillel Academy, Fairfield, CT. 

            Rabbi Yasgur was ordained at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University; he holds a Master of Science in Jewish Education, a Masters in Jewish Philosophy, degrees in Psychology and Talmud, and a Hebrew Teacher’s Diploma. Rabbi Yasgur is the recipient of the Dr. Herman Axelrod Scholarship in Jewish Education for Outstanding Academic Achievement awarded by the Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University.

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