Scheduling Scholar in Residence/Lecturing and Eruv Consulting

SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE/LECTURING AND ERUV CONSULTING INFORMATION

1. SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE 
PROGRAMS, LECTURES, SHIURIM
Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Dr. Shani M. Bechhofer

We are in the process of organizing our schedule for this coming fall and winter. 
We have a large repertoire of topics and programs. 

Baruch Hashem, we have been very well received in many venues, including 
shuls, communal organizations, and educational institutions,
as well as hotel scholar-in-residence events and programs.

For example, this past winter we were at the Mt. Sinai Jewish Center in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan. My wife discussed the “State of Chinuch in North America,” and “Feminism and the founding of the Bais Yaakov Movement.” I spoke on “The Washington Heights Eruv Controversy,” and gave a drasha on the Shira and “Ta'amu u're'u ki tov Hashem.” 

Earlier in the winter, I was at Cong. HOJMI in Calgary, Alberta where I spent Friday involved in eruv planning and design. Over Shabbos I discussed “Modern Orthodoxy or Orthodox Modernism,” and “Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch as a Guide for the 21st Century.”

This past year we were also individual and co-scholars in residence in West Hartford, CT; Harrisburg, PA; San Diego, CA; and the Pesach program at Niagara Falls, Ontaro,

Pleae check out the additional information and links at:
http://rygb-dsmb.blogspot.com/2012/08/scholars-in-residence-general.html

Our contact information, brief bios and an endorsement by Rabbi Yosef Davis, founder and director of TorahAnytime.com, are below.

Please contact us to discuss, plan and schedule programming.

Please also feel free to forward this email to anyone you think might be interested!

Thank you very much,

Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer 
ygb@aishdas.org 
ygbechhofer@gmail.com

Shani M. Bechhofer
shani.bechhofer@gmail.com

home: 845.425.6820
cell: 845.216.1617

Bios:

Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer is a Rebbe at the Mesivta of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon (commonly known as MTA) in Manhattan, and a frequent Maggid Shiur at Yeshivas Ohr Somayach in Monsey. Rabbi Bechhofer is the author of one of the most popular tracts on the subject of metropolitan eruvin, and serves as a consultant to communities across the continent, facilitating the building and maintenance of urban and suburban eruvin. He is also an editor at Artscroll/Mesorah Publications, most recently involved with the Daily Dose of Torah project. Rabbi Bechhofer has served as a Rav, Rebbe and Rosh Kollel in the Chicago and New York areas.

Rabbi Bechhofer is one of the few individuals to have served as a Maggid Shiur for both the Daf Yomi Bavli and the Daf Yomi Yerushalmi. He is also a senior lecturer for the Aishdas Society, an association devoted to more profound understanding and experience of all aspects of Talmud Torah and Avodas Hashem. He has served as a guest Maggid Shiur, scholar in residence, and lecturer in numerous venues, including Alberta, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Ontario, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin, Israel and England. He is a prolific author. He has published many essays in major Orthodox Jewish periodicals. His published seforim are: The Contemporary Eruv: Eruvin in Modern Metropolitan Areas, Bigdei Shesh on Bava Basra, and Bigdei Shesh on Sefer Shoftim.

Rabbi Bechhofer learned in many yeshivos, including Sha’alvim, Ner Yisroel and both Mirrer yeshivos. He received Semicha from Rabbi Yitzchok Kolitz, Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, and Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg, Av Beis Din of Jerusalem. He holds an M.S. in Education (concentration in Counseling and Guidance) from Johns Hopkins University. 

Dr. Shani M. Bechhofer is one of the foremost authorities on all aspects of the contemporary world of Chinuch. She is a much sought-after consultant, who recently formed her own consulting agency. Dr. Bechhofer is also an instructor in Torah Umesorah's Aish Dos professional development division. In her over twenty-five years as an educator, Dr. Bechhofer has held the positions of teacher, principal, menaheles, researcher, evaluator and professor. Notably, she was featured in U.S. News & World Report for her leadership as Principal of the Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School of Illinois.

Rabbi and Dr. Bechhofer, who live in Monsey, have six children, the oldest of which is married and recently presented them with their first grandchild.


From Rabbi Yosef Davis of TorahAnytime.com:

R' Yosef Gavriel does many impressive things very very well. He is a Rebbe par excellence, a community leader, an author, mentor, and a true inspiration to those striving to live a true Torah life (to name a few). I have heard first hand from his students at Ohr Somayach Monsey what a tremendous positive impact he has on their lives. He is on the front lines molding and shaping the future of Klal Yisrael.

TorahAnytime.com has had the zechus to record and disseminate his Torah for years to the benefit of thousands of Jews worldwide. He consistently delivers stellar shiurim that jog the mind and leave delicious food for thought. I would highly recommend getting in touch with him for your next speaking engagement or Shabbaton.




2. ERUV CONSULTING                 
Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
author, The Contemporary Eruv: Eruvin in Modern Metropolitan Areas (Feldheim)

₪  Planning and Design
₪  Comprehensive Checking and Re-certification
₪  Eruv-Checker Training
₪  Halachic Decision-making
₪  Community Education and Outreach

Plan, check and maintain your eruv!

Most urban and suburban eruvin in North America are of doubtful kashruth.

Some were not built properly
Some were built properly, but not maintained properly
Some were maintained properly, but the terrain has changed

Both the construction and the maintenance of urban and suburban eruvin entail complexities and complications. Numerous issues arise in the design and in the building of an eruv. Just as many issues arise over time in the ongoing upkeep of an eruv.

I am in the process of organzing my schedule for the coming fall and early winter. These are ideal times for Eruv fieldwork! 

Please call or email as soon as possible to schedule consultations and on-site 
inspections. I can be reached by email at ygbechhofer@gmail.com or by cell phone at 845.216.1617

Please see 
http://rygb-dsmb.blogspot.com/2012/08/eruv-consulation-general-information.html 
for more information. Thank you.