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Sacks attended the high school headed by Rabbi [[Shlomo Riskin]] and Rabbi [[Pinchas Bak]] in [[Riverdale, New York]] in the mid 1970s. |
Sacks attended the high school headed by Rabbi [[Shlomo Riskin]] and Rabbi [[Pinchas Bak]] in [[Riverdale, New York]] in the mid 1970s. |
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Sacks graduated from Yeshiva University in 1981 and was ordained by the University's affiliated [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]] in 1984. Two years later, he was awarded |
Sacks graduated from Yeshiva University in 1981 and was ordained by the University's affiliated [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]] in 1984. Two years later, he was awarded ''yadin yadin semicha''. |
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Yonason Sacks is an Orthodox rabbi and the Rosh Yeshiva of Lander College for Men, a division of Touro College, as well as the spiritual leader of the Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov[1] in Passaic, New Jersey.
Family
Sacks' grandfather was one of the leaders of Jewish education in Chicago, Illinois, and his great-grandfather was the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Tzvi Pesach Frank. Sacks dedicated his first book, Chemdas Yomim (focusing on the laws of the Sabbath) in memory of his father.
Sacks lives with his family in Passaic.
Bildung
Sacks attended the high school headed by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin and Rabbi Pinchas Bak in Riverdale, New York in the mid 1970s.
Sacks graduated from Yeshiva University in 1981 and was ordained by the University's affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1984. Two years later, he was awarded yadin yadin semicha.
Rosh Yeshiva
Sacks was rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University from 1994 until 2012, when he became rosh yeshiva at Beis Midrash L'Talmud, a part of Lander College, a division of Touro College.
Educational method
When giving a shiur, Sacks uses a two-step approach to topic analysis. First, in an effort to understand the topic in a wider context than the case at hand, Sacks branches out into other areas of halacha (Jewish Law) examining the topic as it appears throughout the Talmud. The information gleaned from the broad analysis is applied to the case at hand. Secondly, Sacks elaborates on parenthetical points made by the Talmud, giving his students a background in these important issues.
Works
Sacks is the author of more than 30 Jewish books, including:
- Hagadas Chazon L'Yomim (Hebrew and English)
- Chazon L'Yomim 1, 2 & 3 on Tractates Pesachim and Beitzah
- Chemdas Yomim on the laws of Shabbos
- Orchos Yomim on kriyas shema and shmoneh esrei
- Yimei Temimim on Pirkei Avos
- Yimei HaPurim on the holiday of Purim
- Yimei HaSefira on the days of Sefirat Ha'omer
- Yom HaZikaron on the holiday of Rosh Hashanah
- Yimei Chanukaon the holiday of Chanukah
- Vihigasa Bo Yomam Valaya, a three-part series on mitzvos, Torah study, and middos
References and external links
Specific
- ^ "RABBI YONASON SACKS". AGUDAS YISROEL BIRCAS YAAKOV of PASSAIC. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
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