Rabbi Jacob Chatinover (Rav Jacob) lives in Boulder, CO, where he serves as Director of Congregational Learning at Congregation Bonai Shalom. His personal mission is to foster a culture of peer-to-peer torah learning as a spiritual practice. He is a graduate of the rabbinical school of Hebrew College in Boston, and has studied at Yeshivat Yesodei HaTorah, the Northwoods Kollel, and Yeshivat Hadar, and holds a BA in Near Eastern & Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. Rav Jacob is also a freelance translator of Jewish texts from all eras and genres, especially Hasidic writings and early-medieval liturgical poetry. He recently served as research assistant to Rabbi Or Rose, and his writing will (God willing) be published in Rabbi Rose's next 2 books (Returning Higher: Hasidic Inspiration for the High Holy Day Journey; and Psalms Here and Now). In his many roles as an educator he has taught all ages, including at Hebrew College’s Teen Beit Midrash, and as a Jewish outdoor educator at Teva, Hazon, Pearlstone, Eden Village Camp, Ramah in the Rockies, and Bamidbar Wilderness Therapy. In addition to Torah learning, Rav Jacob likes singing, sleeping outdoors, mending things, pickling, collecting quotes, and reading comic books. You can get in touch with him at RavJacob@bonaishalom.org.

Rabbi Micah R. Friedman is a student, and teacher of Torah passionately dedicated to building bridges between contemporary people and the treasures of the Jewish wisdom tradition. Rav Micha is grounded in his experience and faith that Torah and Mitzvot (Jewish wisdom and practice) can help us to live lives of meaning and purpose, connection and service. Micah is a 2023 graduate of the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College, where he received a fellowship for the study of Hasidism and Mysticism. Micah received his B.A. in Religion from Florida State University and studied Torah intensively with Hadar, Pardes, and Drisha. For the past 3 years he has lived in the Southern Tier of NY State where he serves as the rabbi of Temple Israel Vestal and enjoys hiking in the woods.

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