Rabbi Raphael Leban
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Rabbi
Raphael Leban, originally from Virginia, studied at the Mir Yeshiva
in Israel and received his Rabbinical Ordination from Rabbi Z.N.
Goldberg of the Jerusalem Beis Din. He has tried helicopter skiing,
skydiving and covert Middle Eastern travel for excitement but prefers
Torah study for non-stop thrills. The author of Torah Today, a popular
weekly series of insights on the weekly parsha, he is currently the
Outreach Director of The Jewish
Experience in Denver, Colorado, husband and father of three. Rabbi
Leban’s warmth, charisma and tremendous knowledge make every one of his
classes lively and exciting.
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