Lev Avos / לב הבות

Rabbi Yaacov Haber has been a leading force in Jewish education for over forty years. He is presently the rav and spiritual leader of Kehillat Shivtei Yeshurun, a young and vibrant community in the center of Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel.

Before arriving in Israel, Rabbi Haber succeeded Rabbi Berel Wein as the spiritual leader of Congregation Bais Torah in Monsey, NY, and served as the national director of Jewish education for the Orthodox Union, where he created the internationally acclaimed and highly successful Pardes Project. At the same time, he created TorahLab, a popular online educational resource center.

He was a founding trustee of AJOP, the Association of Jewish Outreach Professionals, the founder and director of the Torah Center of Buffalo, and the founder of the Australian Institute of Torah (a project of Kollel Bais HaTalmud).