About Rabbi Lev

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Credentials

  • Over 23 years of demonstrated experience in Shlichus and Chinuch, including serving as pulpit Rabbi, youth and adult education, day school administrator, camp and Hebrew school director,  fundraising, outreach, youth and community programs.
  • In addition to having counseled and coached hundreds of congregants, Jewish inmates, fellow Shluchim couples, and those pursuing marriage, I am accredited by the International Coaching Federation for completing the Victor Frankl Life Coaching Program and the Marriage, Dating and Intimacy Program and currently completing a course on (SRT) self-regulation training and effectively relieving the effects of stress and trauma.
  • B”H, I am a strategic leader with excellent management, networking and relationship-building skills and have worked with other Shluchim, educators, congregants and other individuals in a variety of fields including marital matters, parenting/educational questions, dating advice, and shlichus related matters.
  • Drawing on countless Torah sources, I firmly believes that you are placed in a tailor-made position to make a positive difference in the lives of the people you care about most. I will work with you and/or your child to achieve positive and measurable results in both the short and long haul. Rather than simply dispensing wisdom or advice, I will listen attentively and then brainstorm with you to work out an effective strategy with measurable steps specific to your situation, empowering you and/or your child in the process.

My Story

I am a native Houstonian whose Texas roots date back to my great-grandparents on either side of my family, having moved there around the turn of the century from Eastern Europe. Being passionate about making an impact and helping others, I had a decision to make on whether to choose to practice medicine (as my father and grandfather had done), or to focus on spiritual care. With the Lubavitcher Rebbe and a number of figures in my yeshiva years as mentors, I chose the latter.

 

After completed my Semicha (Rabbinic ordination) in Venice, Italy, I served as Rabbi in the Shul in the Park in Glasgow, Scotland, and later taught children, university students and adults in Johannesburg, South Africa, Toronto, and Brooklyn, including 6 years in Yeshiva Darchei Menachem and 3 years as Director of Education for the Chabad Student Center of Columbia University.

In 2010, I moved with my wife Dassy on Shlichus to Raleigh, NC. During my 12 years there, I had the opportunity to work with children, teens, adults and seniors while running the Hebrew School and Camp Gan Israel and teaching classes from the Jewish Learning Institute and the Florence Melton School of Adult education and later transitioned to senior Rabbi of Congregation Sha’arei Israel. I also would visit and counsel Jewish inmates while serving as the contract Rabbi at the federal prison in Butner, NC. Working tirelessly to grow the shul and Jewish community was truly gratifying and fulfilling, yet as our children’s Jewish educational needs required more than Raleigh could offer, we made the decision to move to South Florida to give them a top notch Jewish education.

 

In addition to coaching, I now work as a behavioral consultant in area Jewish schools while teaching at the Rohr Bais Chaya Academy. Whatever the age and stage of Jewish life, my goal is to impart the timeless beauty and

depth of Torah values in a clear and relevant manner. I would be honored to meet with you and explore how I can positively impact your parenting journey, collaborating to achieve tangible success in your child’s emotional, social, and spiritual development.