Introduction to Piasetzna Hassidus

Guest Lecturer

Rav Zvi Leshem made aliyah in 1979 and lives in Efrat with his family, where he serves as the rabbi of Congregation Shirat Shlomo. He is the Director of Overseas Programs at Nishmat, the Jerusalem Center for Higher Torah Study for Women. He studied in the Kollel of Yeshivat Hamivtar for many years and was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Rav Zvi is now completing his doctorate on the Piaseczner Rebbe's Definition of Chassidut at Bar Ilan University. He was a Jerusalem Fellow and is the author of Redemptions: Contemporary Chassidic Essays on the Parsha and the Festivals, available at Amazon.com.