This week, Rabbi Levi Cooper discusses parshat BeShalach and the Talmudic views on the power of speech. — And the dangers of a Roman Bathhouse.
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About Rabbi Levi Cooper
Rabbi Levi Cooper is a member of the Pardes faculty.
Originally from Australia, Rabbi Cooper holds an LLB and LLM from Bar Ilan University, and is a member of the Israel Bar Association. He studied at Chabad, Shaalvim Hesder Yeshiva, the Bar-Ilan University Kollel and Beit Morasha. Rabbi Cooper served in the IDF’s Golani Brigade and continues to serve as a commander (reserves) in an infantry unit. He is a member of the Tzohar rabbis organization, which strives to create positive relationships between rabbis and the broader Israeli public.
Rabbi Cooper is also an educational advisor to the Jewish community of Istanbul, Turkey and an educator with Heritage Seminars. Rabbi Cooper has authored articles in Judaic studies and prepared educational materials for use in high schools. He publishes a weekly column in the Jerusalem Post entitled World of the Sages and is a contributing editor for Jewish Educational Leadership, the journal of Bar-Ilan University’s Lookstein Center. Rabbi Cooper is the rabbi of Kehillat HaTzur VeHaTzohar in Tzur Hadassah, a mixed religious and secular neighborhood outside Jerusalem.
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