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How do Sepharadim study Tanakh compared to Ashkenazim? - Rabbi Joshua Maroof
Rabbi Joshua Maroof received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva Bnei Torah in Far Rockaway, NY, his BA with Honors in Psychology from SUNY Stony Brook, and his Masters in Educational Psychology from the CUNY Graduate Center. He has been a member of the rabbinic staff of the United Mashadi Jewish Community (UMJCA) for the past six years, helping meet the needs of its approximately 6500 congregants on a daily basis. In this capacity Rabbi Maroof currently serves as the spiritual leader of one of UMJCA’s three vibrant synagogues (Young Mashadi Jewish Center – Ohr Esther Congregation) and as the rabbinic head of its popular and dynamic Sephardic Bet Midrash.
Rabbi Maroof is also the founder and dean of Yeshivat Deah VeHaskel, an innovative online educational platform that electronically distributes written and audio Torah classes to thousands of committed subscribers ever day. For over twenty years, Rabbi Maroof has enjoyed a reputation as a widely sought-after pulpit rabbi, author, lecturer, educator and public speaker, and has had the privilege of teaching and learning from students of all ages, religious affiliations and backgrounds. He currently resides in Great Neck, NY, with his wife Elana and his six children, Netanel, Zehara, Yedidya, Zerachya, Tiferet and Amira.
We are an online and global Bet Midrash with international students, striving to know God by embracing the world through the lens of Torah.
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