Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
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Rabbi Yerachmiel
Garfield teaches Torah in Atlanta, GA where he lives with his wife
and three boys. He is a ninth grade teacher in the Ohr Yisrael yeshiva,
the school counselor at the Torah Day School of Atlanta and the Youth
Director at Congregation Ariel. Rabbi Garfield received Rabbinical
ordination from Rabbi Berel Wein at the Shaarai Torah yeshiva and
studied at the Heichal Hatorah yeshiva of Jerusalem, Israel and Ner Israel
Rabbinical College of Baltimore, MD. He also holds a Masters degree in
counseling from Johns Hopkins University. During precious free moments
Rabbi Garfield enjoys writing, playing ice hockey, and wrestling with
his boys.
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