Yisrael Noach Weinberg (Hebrew Extinct as a regularly spoken language by the 4th century CE, but survived as a liturgical and literary language; revived in the 1880s: ישראל נח וינברג) (February 16, 1930 – February 5, 2009) was an Orthodox Orthodox Judaism is a formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics canonized in the Talmudic texts and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. Generally, Orthodox Judaism consists of two different streams, the Jewish The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation. Converts to Judaism, whose status as Jews within the Jewish ethnos rabbi The basic form of the rabbi developed in the Pharisaic and Talmudic era, when learned teachers assembled to codify Judaism's written and oral laws. In more recent centuries, the duties of the rabbi became increasingly influenced by the duties of the Protestant Christian Minister, hence the title "pulpit rabbis", and in 19th century, rosh yeshiva Rosh yeshiva, , (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה), is the title given to the president of a Talmudical academy (yeshiva). It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education. The rosh yeshiva is required to have a vast and penetrating knowledge of the Talmud and the ability to achieve a, and a father of today's baal teshuva Baal teshuva or ba'al teshuvah , sometimes abbreviated to BT, is a term referring to a Jewish person who embraces Orthodox Judaism. Baal teshuva literally means, "master of return", i.e., one who has repented or "returned" to God. It is often contrasted with "FFB" (Frum From Birth), which refers to Orthodox Jews who movement with his establishment of a global network of educational and kiruv (outreach) programs for unaffiliated Jewish men and women. Primarily through the multifaceted activities of Jerusalem Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (help·info), Yerushaláyim (for the meaning, see below); Arabic: القُدس (audio) (help·info), al-Quds Sharif, lit. "The Holy Sanctuary"; Yiddish: ירושלים Yərusholáyəm)[ii] is the capital[iii] of Israel and, if including the area and population of East Jerusalem, its-based Yeshivat Aish HaTorah Aish HaTorah is a Jewish Orthodox Ashkenazi organization and yeshiva. Aish HaTorah is actively pro-Israel and encourages Jewish people to visit Israel and connect to the land and its history. From a religious perspective, however, it follows a mostly Charedi philosophy. Some have asserted that the organisation reflects a more Religious Zionist, Rabbi Weinberg influenced tens of thousands of college-aged youth to learn more about their Jewish heritage and embrace lives of Torah The term Torah , also known as the Pentateuch (Greek: Πεντάτευχος from πεντα- penta- [five] and τεῦχος teuchos [tool, vessel, book]), refers to the Five Books of Moses—the entirety of Judaism's founding legal and ethical religious texts. A "Sefer Torah" (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, "book of Torah") or and mitzvah Mitzvah is a word used in Judaism to refer to the 613 commandments given in the Torah and the seven rabbinic commandments instituted later for a total of 620. The term can also refer to the fulfillment of a mitzvah observance. He also reached out to business executives, professionals and Hollywood The cinema of the United States has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period . Since the 1920s, the American film industry has grossed more money every year celebrities with private and group learning opportunities. Many of the programs which he and his staff developed became successful spin-offs The common definition of spin-out is when a division of a company or organization becomes an independent business. The "spin-out" company takes assets, intellectual property, technology, and/or existing products from the parent organization in their own right, such as the Discovery Seminar, Jerusalem Fellowships, HonestReporting, and the highly-trafficked Jewish educational website A website [citation needed] is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed relative to a common Uniform Resource Locator (URL), often consisting of only the domain name, or the IP address, and the root path ('/') in an Internet Protocol-based network. A web site is hosted on at least one web server,, Aish.com Aish HaTorah is a Jewish Orthodox Ashkenazi organization and yeshiva. Aish HaTorah is actively pro-Israel and encourages Jewish people to visit Israel and connect to the land and its history. From a religious perspective, however, it follows a mostly Charedi philosophy. Some have asserted that the organisation reflects a more Religious Zionist.
His upbeat, charismatic personality and message of gaining happiness through acquiring Torah The term Torah , also known as the Pentateuch (Greek: Πεντάτευχος from πεντα- penta- [five] and τεῦχος teuchos [tool, vessel, book]), refers to the Five Books of Moses—the entirety of Judaism's founding legal and ethical religious texts. A "Sefer Torah" (סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה, "book of Torah") or wisdom and experiencing the pleasure of a relationship with God were well-known to listeners of his widely-circulated tape series, especially "The 48 Ways to Wisdom". He also co-authored a book, What the Angel Taught You: Seven keys to life fulfillment, published by ArtScroll ArtScroll is an imprint of translations, books and commentaries from an Orthodox Jewish perspective published by Mesorah Publications, Ltd., a publishing company based in Brooklyn, New York. Its general editors are Rabbis Nosson Scherman and Meir Zlotowitz.[1]
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Biography
Noah Weinberg was born in New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As host of the on the Lower East Side The Lower East Side is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street. It has traditionally been an immigrant, working class neighborhood, but has undergone rapid in 1930. His father, Rabbi Yitzchak Mattisyahu Weinberg was a Slonimer chassid, and a nephew and grandson of the first Slonimer Rebbe Rebbe (pronounced /ˈrɛbə/ in English), which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement. In accordance with Yiddish pronunciation norms, the stress is on the first syllable and the final vowel is sometimes reduced to a schwa, Rabbi Avrohom Weinberg.[2]
His mother, Hinda, was a direct descendant of Rabbi Jacob ben Jacob Moses of Lissa, author of Nesivos Hamishpat.
Weinberg studied at Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin of Brooklyn Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough with approximately 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area. It is also the westernmost county on Long Island and Yeshivas Ner Yisroel Yeshivas Ner Yisroel officially the Ner Israel Rabbinical College, is a yeshiva in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1933 by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, a brilliant Talmudist and one of the primary disciples of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, dean of the famous Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania. It is now led by Rabbi Aharon Feldman, one of the foremost of Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the U.S. state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City in order to distinguish it from surrounding; he received rabbinic ordination Semikhah , also semichut (Hebrew: סמיכות, "ordination"), or semicha lerabbanut (Hebrew: סמיכה לרבנות, "rabbinical ordination") is derived from a Hebrew word which means to "rely on" or "to be authorized". It generally refers to the ordination of a rabbi within Judaism. In this sense it from the latter. He completed his undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Johns Hopkins also maintains full-time campuses elsewhere in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Italy, China, and Singapore. Johns Hopkins University is particularly famous for its world- and post-graduate studies at Loyola Graduate School.
His older brother, Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, later became rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel.
In 1953, Weinberg traveled by boat to Israel to discuss with Rabbi Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz (known as the Chazon Ish), the leading rabbinical sage at the time, how to respond to the threat of assimilation in the Jewish world. Rabbi Karelitz died while Weinberg was en route to Israel.
He then became a traveling salesman for his brother's company. In his course of travel to many small cities in the United States, he discovered Jews of all kinds who were distant from their heritage.[3]
He married Denah Goldman, daughter of Rabbi Elchanan Goldman, also a native of New York, in February 1958. Together they established a home in the Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem. Shortly before the Six-Day War The Six-Day War of June 5–10, 1967 was a war between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. The Arab states of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria also contributed troops and arms. At the war's end, Israel had gained control of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the in 1967, they and their young children moved into a new apartment in the Kiryat Sanz neighborhood of Jerusalem, where they raised their 12 children.
Kiruv pioneer
Observing the high rate of assimilation and lack of Jewish knowledge among Western The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term that can have multiple meanings depending on its context (e.g., the time period, the region or social situation). Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical youth, Weinberg decided to enter the field of kiruv (Jewish outreach). He opened his first yeshiva for assimilated young men in Jerusalem in 1966. That school was short-lived, as were several other attempts before he co-founded Yeshivas Shma Yisrael (later renamed Ohr Somayach Ohr Somayach was founded in 1970. It is a yeshiva based in Jerusalem, Israel, catering mostly to young Jewish men, usually of college age, who already are interested in learning about Judaism. It is known as a "baal teshuva" yeshiva since it caters for Jews with little or no background in Judaism. These Jews have an interest in studying) with Rabbis Nota Schiller, Mendel Weinbach and Yaakov Rosenberg in 1970. After a few years, however, he broke away from the partnership over a difference in educational philosophy. While Weinberg himself was a product of top yeshivas, he believed that the times called for "kiruv soldiers" to be given a few years of basic education and then sent out to give introductory classes to other young people at risk of assimilation and intermarriage. To that end, he established Aish HaTorah Aish HaTorah is a Jewish Orthodox Ashkenazi organization and yeshiva. Aish HaTorah is actively pro-Israel and encourages Jewish people to visit Israel and connect to the land and its history. From a religious perspective, however, it follows a mostly Charedi philosophy. Some have asserted that the organisation reflects a more Religious Zionist with 5 students in a small apartment in Jerusalem's Old City The Old City is a 0.9 square kilometre (0.35 square mile) walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem; it lies within East Jerusalem. Until the 1860s this area constituted the entire city of Jerusalem. The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: the Temple Mount and its Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy in 1974.[4]
Aish HaTorah became a symbol of the blossoming baal teshuva movement. In addition to its Jerusalem headquarters, Weinberg spearheaded the establishment of an Aish HaTorah branch in St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis (pronounced /seɪnt ˈluːɪs/ or /sænt ˈluː.iː/; French: Saint-Louis or St-Louis, [sɛ̃ lwi] ) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. The city itself has an estimated population of 354,361 and is the principal municipality of Greater St. Louis, population 2,879,934, the largest urban area in Missouri and 16th-largest in 1979. The first outreach center of its kind in North America, this became a prototype for the outreach programs in every major Jewish community today. Over the course of 35 years, Weinberg built a network of over 25 branches on five continents.[5]
In 1985, Weinberg launched the Discovery Seminar, a multi-day seminar designed to introduce proofs of God God is the English name given to the singular omnipotent being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism's existence to audiences all over the world. Based on the Arachim model, Discovery is seen by nearly 10,000 people each year.[6]
In 1985, Weinberg launched the Jerusalem Fellowships, a 3-week tour-and-study program that has brought 10,000 college-aged students to Israel.
Aish HaTorah's umbrella of educational programs also include:[7]
- Essentials, an introductory learning program for men ages 18–29
- Executive Kollel, which develops Talmudic The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism, in the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history learning skills in men over age 30
- Executive Learning Center, a short-term, customized learning program for men and women
- B'nei Aish, a 4-week summer program for ninth through twelfth graders
- Jewel, a 3 1/2-week introductory program for young women
- Gem, a 10-day program of learning and touring for women over age 30
- Intermediate and Advanced Yeshiva
- Rabbinic Ordination/Leadership Program
- Hesder Yeshiva
- EYAHT College of Jewish Studies for Women, led by Rebbetzin Denah Weinberg
The aish.com website, which receives over 2 million hits per month, includes articles and audio segments on spirituality, parenting, dating, weekly Torah portion, Holocaust studies The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah (Hebrew): השואה,[citation needed] Romanized ha'shoah; Yiddish: חורבן, Romanized churben or hurban is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored extermination by Nazi Germany, and "Ask the Rabbi" questions and answers. This website also operates a 24-hour live webcam from the Western Wall The Western Wall , also the Wailing Wall or the Kotel (lit. Wall; Ashkenazic pronunciation: Kosel); (Arabic: حائط البراق, translit.: Ḥā'iṭ Al-Burāq) is a remnant of the wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple, and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the Temple Mount. One of the most sacred sites in Judaism, it. Spin-off sites in Hebrew Extinct as a regularly spoken language by the 4th century CE, but survived as a liturgical and literary language; revived in the 1880s, Spanish Countries where Spanish has official status. States of the U.S. where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 25% or more of the population. States of the U.S. where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 10-20% of the population. States of the U.S. where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 5-9.9% of the population, Portuguese Portuguese ( português or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that grew from the Latin descended Galician-Portuguese language that was spoken in the mediaeval Kingdom of Galicia, whose territory is now divided between northern Portugal, Galicia and Asturias. It also absorbed influences from the Romance and Arabic languages spoken in the, French French is a Romance language spoken as a first language by about 136 million people worldwide. Around 190 million people speak French as a second language, and an additional 200 million speak it as an acquired foreign language. French speaking communities are present in 57 countries and territories. Most native speakers of the language live in and Russian Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe. Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages and is one of three (or four including Rusyn) living members of the East Slavic languages. Written examples of Old East Slavonic are are also up and operating.
Other activities
Weinberg believed in the idea of Israel activism. He took a lead role in the founding and growth of Honest Reporting, today the largest organization in the world countering media bias against Israel.[citation needed]
In 2001, as Israel was losing an important public relations battle on college campuses,[citation needed] Weinberg founded the Hasbara Fellowships to bring university students to Israel for 2 weeks of Israel Activism training.
In 2006, Weinberg took a group of Aish HaTorah rabbis to Poland to visit the concentration camps. Rabbi Weinberg believed that the threat of spiritual assimilation was no less a threat than the physical holocaust of decades ago. While standing in front of the crematoria at Auschwitz, he declared that just as the Nazis were motivated to destroy the Jewish people, we have to be motivated to build the Jewish people.
For many years, Weinberg promoted the idea of harnessing members of the Jewish community with a significant Jewish background to reach out and share with fellow Jews. In the past few years this idea has caught on, giving rise to Project Inspire and bringing this issue to forefront of communal discussion and efforts.
Government recognition
In recognition of Aish HaTorah's accomplishments, the Israeli government awarded Weinberg the last two building sites — 40% of the frontage — directly facing the Western Wall. In 1996, Weinberg dedicated his newly-designed yeshiva, housing Aish HaTorah's manpower and leadership training programs.
In his final months, Weinberg was devoted to the development of the Aish HaTorah at the Western Wall Building, housing Aish HaTorah's extensive outreach programs, which is scheduled to open in June 2009. A second phase, with a hi-tech Exploratorium and the Kirk Douglas theater, is slated to open in 2011.
In 2005, Weinberg was honored with the "Treasured of Jerusalem" Award by the mayor of Jerusalem.
Final years
He was diagnosed with lung cancer in late 2007,[8] for which he underwent chemotherapy Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, is the treatment of a disease by chemicals especially by killing micro-organisms or cancerous cells. In popular usage, it refers to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a cytotoxic standardized treatment regimen. In its non-oncological use, the term may also refer and radiation treatments. Late in 2008, he broke his thigh bone and shoulder, compounding his condition. He died of cancer on the morning of February 5, 2009 (11 Shevat Shevat (Hebrew: שְׁבָט, Standard Šəvat Tiberian Šəḇāṭ ; from Akkadian Šabātu) is the fifth month of the civil year and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 30 days. Shevat usually occurs in January–February on the Gregorian calendar 5769). In accordance with a halakhic Halakha — also transliterated Halocho (Ashkenazic Hebrew pronunciation) and Halacha — is the collective body of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law, as well as customs and traditions ruling by Rabbi Avigdor Nebenzahl, Rav of the Old City, his casket was not allowed to be brought into the Old City for eulogies at his yeshiva, Aish HaTorah. Rather, the funeral began at a synagogue A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. (it might also be of interest that the word when broken down could mean, "learning together" (syn - gr. together and aghoghei gr. learning or training) near his home in Kiryat Sanz, and proceeded to interment on Har HaMenuchot.
Weinberg left behind his wife of over 50 years, Denah, 12 children, and more than 100 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.[9]
He was succeeded as rosh yeshiva of Aish HaTorah by his son, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Weinberg.
Works
Weinberg created new curriculums to teach the fundamentals of Jewish belief and practice to Jews ignorant of their heritage. These include:[10]
- "The 48 Ways to Wisdom"
- "The 6 Constant Mitzvot"
- "Foundations"
- "The 5 Levels of Pleasure"
He co-authored (with Rabbi Yaakov Salomon) one book, What the Angel Taught You: Seven keys to life fulfillment (Artscroll, ISBN 978-1578191345).
Multimedia
Videos
- Rabbi Noah Weinberg: A Tribute
- Describing Rav Noach: A Video
- The Rosh Yeshiva: A Personal Farewell
- Rabbi Weinberg's Love
References
- ^ What the Angel Taught You: Seven keys to life fulfillment.
- ^ Rabbi Yitzchak Matisyahu Weinberg, came from a chassidic background – he was a Slonimer chassid, and a nephew and grandson of the Slonimer Rebbes
- ^ The Rosh Yeshivah and the Shliach by Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz on Chabad.org Chabad.org is the flagship website of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. It serves not just its own members but Jews worldwide in general. It was one of the first Jewish internet sites and the first and largest virtual congregation
- ^ Harris, Ben. "Rabbi Noah Weinberg, founder of Aish HaTorah, dies." JTA, February 6, 2009.
- ^ About Aish Hatorah.
- ^ Discovery: A Project of Aish International.
- ^ Aish HaTorah Programs in Israel.
- ^ Coopersmith, Rabbi Eric. "The Greatness of Rabbi Weinberg, z"l." 8 February 2009, aish.com.
- ^ Tannenbaum, Gershon. "Rabbi Noach Weinberg (1930-2009) Torah Outreach Pioneer". The Jewish Press, 11 February 2009.
- ^ Rabbi Noah Weinberg: Teachings.
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