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The Torah Learning Library of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah

Written by Rabbi Zachary Truboff

Educational Comments During Megillah Reading

Posted on March 1, 2023
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

Waste Not: Re-Empowering a Halakhic Environmental Principle

Posted on January 31, 2023
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

Chanukah Candles for a Friday Night Dinner at Shul

Posted on December 15, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

western wall

The Mitzvah of Hakhel Today

Posted on October 13, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

etrogim at market

The Mitzvah of Lulav in Jerusalem Today

Posted on October 6, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

hanging lightbulbs

An Electric Light for Havdalah After Yom Kippur?

Posted on October 3, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

shofar sitting on a granite countertop

Speaking During Mussaf: To Correct or Not To Correct?

Posted on September 22, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

animation of the temple burning and the hebrew words for tisha b'av

Should Children Mourn the Loss of the Temple?

Posted on August 3, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

a page from a work of lurianic kabbalah

The Study of Kabbalah

Posted on June 2, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

chips aisle in a grocery store

Chametz She’Avar Alav HaPesach 

Posted on April 19, 2022
From the Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies

mustard seeds

Defining Kitniyot 

Posted on April 13, 2022

About Rabbi Zachary Truboff

Rabbi Zachary Truboff ('10) is the coordinator of the International Beit Din Institute, which seeks to educate rabbis about halakhic solutions to the agunah problem. His writings on contemporary Jewish thought and Zionism have appeared in the Lehrhaus, Arutz Sheva, Akdamot, and Zerufim. His first book, Torah Goes Forth From Zion: Essays on the Thought of Rav Kook and Rav Shagar, will appear in the coming year. Before making aliyah, he served for nearly a decade as the rabbi of Cedar Sinai Synagogue in Cleveland. Under his leadership the synagogue grew substantially and became known for its inclusive community and innovative programing. In 2015, he was chosen by the Cleveland Jewish News as one of the 18 Difference Makers, a select group honored for their contributions to Jewish communal life in Northeast Ohio. He has taught in a variety of adult education settings such as the Wexner Heritage Program, the Torat Tzion Kollel, and the Hartman Institute. . He received semikha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He and wife, Jen, live in Jerusalem with the four children Nahum, Elihai, Shaiya, and Orya.