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Yitzchak Berkovits ((ヘブライ語:יצחק ברקוביץ)), also spelled Yitzchak Berkowitz, (b. 1953) is a Haredi Jewish rabbi, rosh kollel and posek (halakhic decisor) in Jerusalem. Through his 16 years as mashgiach ruchani of Yeshivas Aish HaTorah and EYAHT College of Jewish Studies for Women, he built a reputation as a lucid orator on halakhic and philosophical topics and a caring mentor for hundreds of English-speaking, baalei teshuva young men and women. He is considered one of the spiritual leaders of the worldwide baal teshuva movement. Berkovits is the dean and rosh hakollelim of Linas HaTzedek: The Center for Jewish Values, which is dedicated to spreading the awareness of ''mitzvot bein adam lechaveiro'' (mitzvot between man and his fellow man). He leads the Center's network of evening kollelim in Israel and the United States. He is also the founder and rosh kollel of The Jerusalem Kollel,〔(The Jerusalem Kollel home page. )〕 an institute dedicated to training rabbis and Orthodox Jewish outreach counselors for communities in the Jewish diaspora. Many of his students fill prominent positions around the globe.〔(Jerusalem Kollel Alumni Serving Am Yisrael )〕 He is regarded as a "rabbi's rabbi" and as an adviser to hundreds of rabbis.〔(Rosenblum, Jonathan. ''New learning framework for the frum baalebos''. London Jewish Tribune, March 11, 2004. )〕 He is well-known to international audiences for his telephone tapes and book on shemiras halashon (laws of proper speech) for the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation. He serves as a ''Moreh Tzedek'' (religious guide) for Jerusalem's Sanhedria Murhevet neighborhood, where he resides, and leads that community's Congregation Minyan Avreichim. ==Biography== Rabbi Berkovits was raised in the Brownsville and Boro Park neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York. He studied at Toras Emes Kamenitz in Boro Park, Brooklyn, New York before leaving to Israel. In Israel he studied at the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem. His parents are both Holocaust survivors.〔Rose, Binyamin. "Learning to Care: A 'Sichas HaChag' with Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, shlita". ''Mishpacha'', 16 May 2010, pp. 38–46.〕 He served as Menahel Ruchani of Yeshivas Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem for 16 years.〔 He developed and supervised that yeshiva's rabbinic ordination program, graduating hundreds of students. He also designed and taught the halakha curriculum at EYAHT, Aish HaTorah's College of Jewish Studies for Women. Berkovits is a leading proponent of what is known as the "''kiruv'' movement". This means that he actively exhorts his students and followers to enter the field of Orthodox Jewish outreach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yitzchak Berkovits」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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