Matis Weinberg
Matis Weinberg is an American-born Orthodox rabbi and former rosh yeshiva (rabbinical dean) who now resides in Jerusalem, Israel. He is an author, lecturer[1] and leading Jewish thinker.[2]
Biography[edit]
Weinberg is a member of the famed Weinberg rabbinical family, which has been central to 20th century Orthodox Judaism in the United States. He the son of Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg,[3] long time rosh yeshiva (rabbinical dean) of Ner Israel Talmudical Academy in Baltimore, Maryland and grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, the rosh yeshiva before that. He is the son in law of the late Rabbi Chaim Stein, the rosh yeshiva of Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio and is the nephew of the late Rabbi Noah Weinberg, founder of Aish HaTorah.
He is the former dean at the Hebrew Institute of California, and founder and rabbinical dean of Kerem Yeshiva in Santa Clarita, California.[4] He started Kerem in the 1970s at the age of 29 and left in 1982 under a cloud of suspicion; the school closed about a year later.[5]
He is noted as a prominent and charismatic Torah scholar.[5]
Works[edit]
Weinberg has authored numerous volumes that are widely read and praised:[6]
- Frameworks (1999): a series of books of discourses and discussions on the Torah, currently only covering Genesis to Numbers; Deuteronomy is a work in progress.[7]
- Patterns in Time (1989): a planned eight-volume series on the Jewish holidays, currently with volumes on Rosh Hashana and Chanukah. The series has seemingly been discontinued, though the books have had a new edition featuring new cover artwork published by Feldheim. The remaining parts of the series, if published, would include Yom Kippur, Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, Tisha B'Av, and Purim.
References[edit]
- ↑ The Living Tree.org Transcribed lectures on teshuva by R' Matis Weinberg, October 2010
- ↑ Israel National News.com "The death of gay marriage," April 2013
- ↑ Geneology: R' Shmuel Yaakov Weinberg
- ↑ The Jewish Journal "Turbulence grows in Weinberg case", July 17, 2003
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The New York Jewish Week "Panel To hear charges against prominent rabbi", May 2, 2003
- ↑ The Jerusalem Post "Panel scheduled to hear charges against rabbi," May. 2, 2003
- ↑ Author of Frameworks
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