Rabbi Moshe Rosenstein
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Rabbi Moshe
Rosenstein, currently serving as Dean of a soon to be opening
seminary in Jerusalem, Tomer
Devorah, grew up in Elizabeth, NJ. A former national president of NCSY, Rabbi
Rosenstein’s commitment to Jewish education and outreach manifested itself early on
in his life. He learned at Yeshivat Ohr
Yerushalayim after high school, and then returned to America where he attended Touro College and
Yeshivat Ohr HaChaim in Queens. Known for his dynamic and personable speaking style, Rabbi Rosenstein is a
sought after lecturer and
teacher in the Chicago area. Aside from speaking for schools, shuls and NCSY programs on
a wide range of Torah topics, Rabbi Rosenstein
has been a popular women’s teacher for many years. An often featured lecturer on TorahMedia.com,
he initiated and taught a long-running
women’s halacha class in Passaic, NJ and in Chicago, IL. Rabbi Rosenstein has been teaching
halacha and machshava at the Hanna Sacks
Bais Yaakov High School in Chicago, where he touched the lives of his students both in the classroom,
at his Shabbos table and in his role as
guidance counselor.
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