Rabbi David Fohrman - Aleph Beta

Rabbi David Fohrman - Aleph Beta

Author: Meaningful Minute February 6, 2022 Duration: 1:40:16

Rabbi David Fohrman is the founder and lead scholar at Aleph Beta Academy. He is author of "The Beast that Crouches at the Door," finalist for the 2007 National Jewish Book Award, and "The Queen You Thought You Knew." Rabbi Fohrman seeks to open layers of meaning of Biblical text and to help the reader develop a relationship with the texts that make us who we are. Aleph Beta's CEO is Imu Shalev. For more of his work, see www.alephbeta.org.

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