Binyomin Luban
Rabbi Binyomin Luban is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Chaim [1] in North Miami Beach, Florida[2]
Life and Education
Rabbi Luban was born and raised in Queens, New York. His brother is Rabbi Yaakov Luban, the rabbinic coordinator of the Orthodox Union's Kashruth division. He attended the flagship high school of the Rabbinical Seminary of America (RSA) in Queens during the early 1970s. After completing high school he studied for a year at the Seminary's affiliate in the Sanhedria Murchevet section of Jerusalem, Israel. While there he learned with Rabbi Avrohom Kenarek and Rabbi Shia Grodzitski, both students of the saintly Rabbi Boruch Ber Leibowitz, the dean of the pre-World War Two rabbinical seminary which was known as Kaminetz. Rabbi Luban then returned to America where he studied for over 15 years at RSA under the tutelage of Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz one of the greatest sages of his generation.[3] He received his rabbinic ordination in the early 1980s.
Career
In 1988 Rabbi Luban moved with his family to Jerusalem, Israel where he took a position as a teacher at Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim-Israel Branch. This was a particularly auspicious event for Rabbi Luban as he was now serving on the staff of his former school. He worked in conjunction with both Rabbi Kenarek and Rabbi Dovid Chait inspiring his students to grow to great heights in both Torah and Mussar..[4] While there he developed the concept of a Mussar Vaad- a novel approach to help students deal with life's challenges. In the fall of 2000 Rabbi Luban was offered a position as Rosh Yeshiva of RSA's affiliate in North Miami Beach. After asking and getting a blessing of success from his beloved Rebbe, Rabbi Leibowitz, he picked up his family and moved to Florida to assume the position. Under his auspices, the student body at the Bais Medrash level more than tripled. The Bais Medrash now continues to grow year by year.[5]
Rabbi Luban began publishing his original Talmud ideas while a student at RSA. Since then, he has published works on at least eight tractates of the Talmud. Some have been published in several editions, as he is continuously expanding and revising those works. The name of his Sefer (book) is called Biurim Veiyunim. He has also published Rabbi Leibowitz's sermons on the Pentateuch.The name of the Sefer is called the Chiddushei Haleiv. The recently published volume on Deuteronomy also contains a section with sermons on Lamentations and the Tisha B'Av (the Jewish day of mourning) prayer service.
Philosophy
In many areas Rabbi Luban transmits to his students precisely the ideas that he received from his Primary Rebbe Rabbi Leibowitz. Iyun the in-depth study of Talmud is one such concept that Rabbi Luban preaches to his students