Education
Rabbi Weinberger attended Yeshiva University and was a student of Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz.
Rabbi Weinberger attended Yeshiva University and was a student of Rabbi Dovid Lifshitz.
He is a lecturer and author Some regard him as a posek ("decisor" of Jewish law) and a Jewish leader who is actively involved in Jewish Outreach. In the Fall of 2013, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger was appointed Mashpia of Yeshivas Rabeinu Yitzchok Elchanan (Yeshiva University).
Rabbi Weinberger"s grandparents were Belz Chasidim.
Rose, Binyamin (January 12, 2005). "Gathering Sparks in Woodmere.
- Rabbi Moshe Weinberger sparks the souls of his congregants at Aish Kodesh of Woodmere, Long Island, with the teachings of the Piasezne Rebbe, Hy"d". Cover Story in Mishpacha Megezine.
He holds a Master of Arts in Jewish philosophy from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University and an Mississippi in educational administration from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Rabbi Weinberger was ordained by the RIETS rabbinical school of Yeshiva University, and while there was a student in Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik"s shiur (class). Rabbi Weinberger often uses experiences and lessons from Rabbi Soloveitchik"s shiur in his many current shiurim (classes). Rabbi Weinberger has since adopted the style of a Chasidic rebbe.
Rabbi Weinberger adopted Chasidic attire (a Chasidic-style black hat during the week (known as a Biberhit, or Hoiche Beiberhit in Yiddish), and a shtreimel on Shabbat) and Payos ("side locks") while emphasising and spreading Chasidic thought.
In addition he began teaching works that were previously not easily available to the English-speaking public such as Rav Kook and the seforim of Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh. He has been a career educator.
He is a lecturer in all kinds of Jewish communal gatherings, serving as scholar-in-residence in synagogues around the United States. He has also served as an invited inspirational speaker for youth in Jewish High Schools.
He has given various lectures on different topics in many synagogues on a regular basis and has developed a library of more than 3800 MP3s.