Welcoming Rav Noam and Michal Koenigsberg
BKOA Announcements
We are privileged to welcome Rav Noam and Leora Koenigsberg and their family to Ohel Ari this Shabbat.
Rav Koenigsberg is the 3rd and final candidate who will be joining our community for a Shabbat Probe and we hope that everyone will take the opportunity to meet, learn and interact with him and his wife.
There will be many opportunities to hear Rav Koenigsberg throughout Shabbat in both Hebrew and English. A complete schedule will be sent shortly.
There will be a Seuda Shlishit at BKOA where the Koenigsbergs will have a Q&A session with the kehillah.
Short Bio
Rav Noam Koenigsberg grew up in Detroit and completed his BA at Yeshiva University and his Master’s Degree in Jewish Philosophy at Bernard Revel (YU). He made Aliya in 1994 with his wife and children and spent 6 years at the Shaalvim Kollel Avreichim and acted as a madrich ruchani at the NCSY Kollel summer programs in Israel. Rav Noam was a Ram for five years in the Yeshivat Hesder in Nevei Dekalim in Gush Katif. For the past 12 years Rav Koenigsberg has been a Ram at the Yeshivat Hesder Shaalvim teaching both Israeli and foreign students and he teaches at several women’s Midrashot as well. He often leads the davening as a Chazan on Shabbat and Chaggim and uses his musical talent to inspire young and old in informal settings as well.
Leora Koenigsberg was born in South Africa and made Aliyah at 11 years old. Leora teaches in the field of special education focusing on younger children.
The Koenigsbergs have 8 children and live in Mevo Horon where they founded a new kehillah and serve as their Rav and Rabbanit.