Denah Weinberg is an

Orthodox Jewish Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on M ...

Rebbetzin Rebbetzin ( yi, רביצין) or Rabbanit ( he, רַבָּנִית) is the title used for the wife of a rabbi—typically among Orthodox, Haredi, and Hasidic Jews—or for a female Torah scholar or teacher. Etymology The Yiddish word has a ...

and founder and dean of

EYAHT EYAHT ( he, א.י.ה.ת., an acronym for the phrase, אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל, ''Eesha Yirat Adonoy Hi Tithallal'', "A woman who fears God, she shall be praised", Proverbs 31:30), was a full-time college for advanced Jewish learning fo ...

College of Jewish Studies for Women in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. EYAHT has over 2,000 alumnae. She is also a speaker on women's issues in Israel and abroad, and has published several essays in Jewish women's anthologies. She is the

widow A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has Death, died. Terminology The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed ''widowhood''. An archaic term for a widow is "relict," literally "someone left over". This word ...

of Rabbi

Noah Weinberg Yisrael Noah Weinberg ( he, ישראל נח וינברג; February 16, 1930 – February 5, 2009) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and the founder of Aish HaTorah. Early life Noah Weinberg was born on the Lower East Side of New York in 1930. His f ...

, founder of Yeshivat

Aish HaTorah Aish HaTorah ( he, אש התורה, lit. "Fire of the Torah") is an Orthodox Jewish educational organization and yeshiva. History Aish HaTorah was established in Jerusalem in 1974 by Rabbi Noah Weinberg, after he left the Ohr Somayach yeshiva ...

Biography

Deena Weinberg was born in

Far Rockaway, Queens Far Rockaway is a neighborhood on the eastern part of the Rockaway peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It is the easternmost section of the Rockaways. The neighborhood extends from Beach 32nd Street east to the Nassau County line ...

, New York to Albert and Esther Goldman. Albert was the youngest of eight children of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Goldman, rabbi of Congregation Ohave Shalom in

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, and his wife, Dina. Weinberg had two sisters, Naomi and Judy, both of whom are deceased. She married Noah Weinberg in New York in February 1958. They lived in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and raised 8 sons and 4 daughters. One of their sons, Rabbi Hillel Weinberg, briefly succeeded his father as

rosh yeshiva Rosh yeshiva ( he, ראש ישיבה, pl. he, ראשי ישיבה, '; Anglicized pl. ''rosh yeshivas'') is the title given to the dean of a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primar ...

of Aish HaTorah. She was widowed in 2009.

Founding EYAHT

After giving weekly classes to women in her Kiryat Sanz apartment for several years, in 1984, with seed money from Aish HaTorah, she opened the EYAHT college in two ground-floor apartments located across the street from her home. She named the college "EYAHT" ( he, א.י.ה.ת.) by creating an acronym for the phrase, אשה יראת ה' היא תתהלל, ''Eesha Yirat Adonoy Hee Tithallal'', "A woman who fears God, she shall be praised" (

Proverbs A proverb (from la, proverbium) is a simple and insightful, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and use formulaic speech, formulaic language. A proverbial phra ...

31:30). Rebbitzen Weinberg taught ''The 48 Ways to Wisdom'', a curriculum developed by her husband based on

Pirkei Avot Pirkei Avot ( he, פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת; also transliterated as ''Pirqei Avoth'' or ''Pirkei Avos'' or ''Pirke Aboth''), which translates to English as Chapters of the Fathers, is a compilation of the ethics, ethical teachings and Maxim ...

. She also taught a curriculum on the beauty and meaning of

Shabbat Shabbat (, , or ; he, שַׁבָּת, Šabbāṯ, , ) or the Sabbath (), also called Shabbos (, ) by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday. On this day, religious Jews remember the biblical storie ...

, which she developed. She placed a strong emphasis on the role of the Jewish woman in her family and community, with special classes in ''

shalom bayit Shalom bayit () (also sholom bayit or shlom bayit, or (Yiddish) sholom bayis or shlom bayis) is the Jewish religious concept of domestic harmony and good relations between husband and wife. In a Jewish court of law, ''shalom bayit'' is the Hebrew te ...

'' (marital harmony) and ''chinuch habanim'' (raising Jewish children). Shortly after inaugurating a five-story, campus for EYAHT in the

Romema Romema ( he, רוממה, ''lit.'' Uplifted) is a neighbourhood in northwest Jerusalem, just off the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway at the main entrance to the city. It occupies the highest hill in Jerusalem. Romema is bordered by Kiryat Mattersdorf ...

neighborhood in 2014, EYAHT was closed.

Speaker, writer, and community activist

Rebbetzin Weinberg is a featured speaker at the annual Aish HaTorah Partners Conference in New York. She has published several essays in books geared to Jewish women. During the

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...

, she launched a "1000 Soldiers, 1000 Women Praying" campaign to sign up 1000 women to pray once a day for the welfare of Israeli soldiers on the battle lines.

Published works

*"What is Your Potential?" by Denah Weinberg — published i
''Jewish Matters: A Pocketbook of Knowledge and Inspiration''.
Doron Kornbluth, ed (1999). Targum/Feldheim. .
"Shabbat Candles: Lights of the Soul" by Rebbetzin Denah Weinberg — published in Kornbluth, Sarah Tikvah (2000). ''Jewish Women Speak About Jewish Matters''.

References

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