Faculty

Faculty

The faculty at Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim are rabbis chosen for their knowledge, their ability to teach and most importantly, for the ways in which they model, in their own lives, the Torah they seek to impart.

They are scholars and teachers, equally skilled in transmitting the depths of Chassidus (Jewish mysticism) or the basics of Hebrew.

They put the beginning student at ease, and quickly move class participants along a lively, intense path of learning. As the new student acquires a proficiency in Hebrew, our rabbis introduce him to even more profound levels of a Torah he is quickly coming to know.

For the more advanced student, our Rabbis are the key to deeper insight into Torah, Talmud, Chassidus, and Halacha.
For all our students, the Rabbis of our faculty are friends, guides and counsellors. They are there to help. Inspired by their students' curiosity, willingness to learn and desire to grow, our Rabbis bring the Torah to life for each participant. They can open the doors of knowledge, and relate the G-d given wisdom of over thirty centuries to everyday life.

Rabbi Zalman Dubinsky email
Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim
Maggid Shiur for Chassidus, Shiur 4; Gemara, Shiur 5
Chassidic Philosophy and Judaic Studies Instructor for the Jewish Women's University
Studied and was on shlichus in Miami, Florida
Received Rabbinical Ordination at Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimin, Brooklyn, New York
Taught in Yerushalyim at the Bostoner Kollel, the Shamir Institute for Russians, and Yeshiva Toras Emes.
Rabbi Dubinsky's warm and accessible manner, and his wealth of stories and mystical source material combine to breathe life and relevance into the spectrum of Torah. He is well received both in person and in print. He is the author of A Practical Guide to Korban Pesach: The Halacha and Practice of the Passover Offering and has written numerous articles on Jewish mysticism and Jewish customs which have appeared in national Jewish publications.

Rabbi Chaim Brafman email
Head of Kollel
Maggid Shiur for Chassidus, Shiur 3; Gemara, Shiur, 4; Shulchan Aruch, Shiur 1
From Miami, Florida.
Studied in Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim, Morristown, New Jersey
Shlichus at Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, Los Angeles, California for 2 years
Studied and received Rabbinical Ordination at Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimin, Brooklyn, NY
Joined faculty of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in 1987
Lives on Tikvah Way with his wife and seven children - adjoining the Yeshiva and Kollel

Rabbi Rony Greenberg email
Mashgiach
Maggid Shiur for Gemara, Shiur 1; Shluchan Aruch, Shiur 2
From Netanya, Israel
After being in the Army for 3 years, Rabbi Greenberg studied Mathematics at Hebrew University
Studied at the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad and at Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimin, Brooklyn, NY before going to Kollel in Brooklyn, NY
Shlichus in London, UK at Carmel College for 12 years
Taught in London at the Girl's High School and Boy's Mechina for 2 years.
Joined faculty of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in 1996.
Lives on Tikvah Way with his wife and nine children

Rabbi Dovid Dick email
Program Director
Maggid Shiur for Chassidus, Shiur 2; Gemara, Shiur 2; Tanya, Shiur 1
From New Jersey
After graduating Brandeis University, Rabbi Dick worked in International Business in Tokyo and as an Investment Banker in London.
Studied at the Lubavitch Yeshivas in Kfar Chabad and Miami and in Kollel in Brooklyn, NY.
Received Rabbinical Ordination at Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimin, Brooklyn, NY
Joined faculty of Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim in 1998
Lives on Tikvah Way with his wife and three children

Rabbi Yakov Wagner   email
Maggid Shiur for Chassidus, Shiur 1; Chumash, Shiur 1; Gemara L'Girsoh; Tanya, Shiur 2
From Toronto, Canada
Studied at Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Shmaryahu, Toronto
                Yeshivas Mir, Yerushalyim
                Lubavitch Yeshiva, Toronto
                Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, Los Angeles, California
Joined Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim faculty in 2002

Rabbi Boruch Hecht   email
From California
Studied at:Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad in LA (5 Years).
                Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami (2 Years).
                Shlichus to The Lubavitch Mesivta of Chicago (1 Year).
Received Rabbinical Ordination in Morristown, New Jersey from Former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, and Rabbi Yeruslavski. (2 Years)
Joined Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim faculty in 2003

Previous members of the faculty:

Rabbi Eli Kornfeld email
Born: Seattle, Washington
Studied in Ohelei Torah in Brooklyn, New York; Central Lubavitch Yeshiva, Kfar Chabad.
Founding member of the Peshteh Yeshiva in Budapest, Hungary.
Shlichus in Scandinavia and Idaho
Received Rabbinical Ordination in Morristown, New Jersey from Former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, and Rabbi Yeruslavski.
Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim faculty: 2000 - 2003

Rabbi Kornfeld left Yeshiva Tiferes Bachurim to found a new Chabad House with his family in Clinton, NJ. However, due to his close proximity, he still finds time to grace the yeshiva with his presence occasionally.

Rabbi Moshe Miller
Rabbi Miller, is a course developer and writer for the Internet for an Israel-based Jewish Studies Institute. Previously, he was the department head at the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ. He has also held the position of Dean at Yeshivat Torat Chaim in Jerusalem and was a teacher of Jewish Studies at Carmel College in England. Miller is an author and translator of twenty books, mostly on Jewish mystical and ethical themes. He speaks about a mystical, inner-dimensional approach to questions and issues of interest and concern on a broad range of topics.

B.A. Philosophy, English Lit. Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa 1978

Yeshiva studies from 1979-1982, 1986-90, Bachelor of Religious Studies from Rabbinical College of America

Rabbinical Ordination (Rabbi Zalman Nachemya Goldberg, Av Beit Din, Jerusalem 1995

Member of the Editorial Board of Kehos Publication Society

Chairman of the Board of Fiftieth Gate Publications and Seminars

Chairman of the Board of Anash Educational Institute

Rabbi Miller has also published, translated, and edited more than twenty books.

(taken from http://www.templeton.org)