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Ronn torossian1 rabbi eli touger3 professor gil troy1 mr. All of them have found understanding and inspiration. Rabbi shais taub, acclaimed chassidic mentor, author, and teacher of jewish mysticism. Hes an expert in jewish mysticism and the 12step program of alcoholics. Twerski national public radio dubbed rabbi taub an expert in jewish mysticism and the twelve steps for his. Rabbi shais taub is a noted speaker, author, and columnist, who serves as scholarinresidence of chabad of the five towns. Rabbi shais taub shais taub is a popular scholar and teacher of jewish mysticism whose contributions to jewish recovery include authoring the bestselling book, g. But the author, lecturer, educator and addictionrecovery specialist moved to pittsburgh last february for the jewish community and, as he said, because pittsburgh is the capital of jewish recovery of the world. The book of job rabbi yitzchak breitowitz duration. Conscious contact, under the directorship of rabbi shais taub, is currently restructuring its web presence to better service the needs of our worldwide community. As an aside, i d like to mention that i think the reason why i have spent so much time trying to understand this particular book is because of its structure. Rabbi shais taub87 rabbi yisroel meir tauber2 rabbi yehuda teichtel1 mrs.
Listening to a cbc radio interview with rabbi taub, i had an ahha. A great book to share with your community and donors. In this particularly stressful time of year, various groups on campus are organizing events oriented around selfcare, some of which include inviting visiting speakers to bring their perspectives to the topic. Either way it has a highly selective audiencewhat one might call a niche of niche in terms of marketing.
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