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my bat mitzvah
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my dad, center of judaism, died
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lived abroad in new zealand, land of few jews
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developed personal shabbat practice connected to my grandma in new zealand
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3 month ADAMAH, jewish farming fellowship
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one year of intensive learning at Yeshivat Hadar
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Teaching Mentor Rav Elie Kaunfer
As a newbee beginner learner at Hadar, Rav Elie was my first Talmud teacher. Rav Elie brought the Gemara to life for me. The Gemara, as a text that is unfriendly to beginners, with many barriers to entry, has the potential to be a frustrating first learning experience, something akin to hitting one's head against a brick wall. Yet, when he taught us to analyze the flow of a sugya he did so with all of his passion, enacting the back and forth of the sugya with his whole body engaged and active. -
one year of learning at Pardes
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began rabbinical school at Hebrew College
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married my wife who I met while studying at Hadar!
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started learning daf yomi!
