Rabbi Akiva Zweig is a Rosh Yeshiva (Head of Yeshiva) and Dean of Students at the Talmudic University of Florida, located in Miami Beach. He studied for several years at Yeshivas Ner Israel in Baltimore, Maryland, and in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Israel, Talmudic University, and Yeshivas Bais HaTalmud. Rabbi Zweig has Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees in Talmudic Law as well as Rabbinic Ordination from Talmudic University. He teaches the high school, and in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in the university. He lectures at the highest levels on Scripture, Talmudic law, Jewish history, Jewish philosophy, and Jewish ethics. As Rosh Yeshiva at Talmudic University of Florida, Rabbi Zweig teaches a variety of weekly and daily classes, including Talmud, Jewish Perspective, Jewish Philosophy, Prayer, and Jewish Ethics. He oversees the staff, as well as the self-development of young Jewish college students. He helps prepare them for careers and leadership, in both the Jewish world and the secular world of work. He delivers three weekly online community classes for men and women of all ages and teaches many higher level Yeshiva and Kollel classes. Rabbi Zweig has served as the rabbi of several South Florida synagogues, including Magen David in Bal Harbour, Florida, the Young Israel of Aventura, Florida, and Babi Sali in Aventura, Florida. Rabbi Zweig works on global issues such as anti-Semitism in the Jewish population and educational initiatives worldwide. Since 2017, he has given annually the keynote address at Oxford University for the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy. The program is run by Dr. Charles Small and includes scholars from around the world; the majority of whom are not Jewish. Rabbi Zweig is a certified facilitator for the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and has taught multiple courses on how to incorporate those lessons into one’s Torah lifestyle. He is also a private coach and offers counseling. Rabbi Zweig has written the following Publications: Thesis on Good and Evil 1997 and An Authentic Jewish Orthodox View On Anti-Semitism, Based On The Five Books of Moses”. You may listen to Rabbi Akiva Zweig’s public classes via Podcast Listen Notes and may join his weekly classes on the The Parasha on the Talmudic University of Florida’s website every Wednesday morning via zoom.
Gems:
- Every question needs a real answer.
- Embrace the hard questions.
- There’s a difference between knowing and believing.
- When we know something, we internalize it.
- Education is the process where a person becomes dedicated to fulfilling their potential.
- The ultimate goal of education is to make good choices.
- A person is capable of learning at any age.
- Make sure we’re being honest with our abilities and choices.
- When a person really develops, it becomes a permanent long-lasting change.
- The Introspection process is constant.
- Create a vision for who your students can become.
- You must have a passion for education.
- Remember you’re helping others be the best version of themselves.
- Arouse excitement about the fact that your students can think and that their thoughts matter.
- Inspire a love of learning.
- Always pay attention.
- Our responsibility is to use our talents to make the world better.
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