Esti Rosenberg

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Esti Rosenberg
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Esti Rosenberg (Hebrew: אסתי רוזנברג; born July 24, 1965) is an American-Israeli Orthodox Rabbanit who is the founder and head of the Migdal Oz seminary.[1] She is the daughter of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik and the granddaughter of Joseph B. Soloveitchik.[2]

Biography

Esti Rosenberg was born in 1965 in the United States, the fourth child of her parents, Aharon Lichtenstein and Tova Lichtenstein, and immigrated to Israel with her parents on Aliyah in 1971 at the age of six, when her father was offered the position of Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Har Etzion.[3] She studied at the Chorev Ulpana in Jerusalem and was a member of the Ezra youth movement.[4] Rosenberg graduated with a bachelor's degree in Hebrew Literature and History from Hebrew University.[5] She studied Tanach studies at the Jerusalem Michlalah and learned in one of the first graduating classes of Matan Jerusalem.[6][7]

Rosenberg was Rosh Beit Midrash at Midreshet Bruriah, now known as Midreshet Lindenbaum, and served as Training Coordinator of Bnei Akiva's Jerusalem region. In 1997 she founded Migdal Oz, the sister school of Yeshivat Har Etzion, under the guidance of Aharon Lichtenstein and Yehuda Amital.[1][8] Rosenberg gives many Shiurim throughout Israel, is a member of Bnei Akiva's national administration and participates in peace dialogue groups between the religious and secular and between the right-wing and left-wing groups in Israel.[4]

Worldview

Regarding the establishment of a Beit Midrash/seminary for women, Rosenberg said, "Placing

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Rosenberg believes, in line with the views of her grandfather

Tanach, machshevet Yisrael and chassidut. All these subjects are taught in depth at Migdal Oz with an emphasis on independent learning b'chravuta which is crucial in cultivating Torah learning as a substantive component in the life of the student.[10] Rosenberg has stated that learning in the beit midrash is a merit that becomes an obligation towards the Jewish People. Therefore, she calls upon her students to influence all areas of life in Israeli society, especially in the professions of teaching and education.[9]

Rosenberg has been a prominent figure in the struggle to obtain serious and high-level Torah learning opportunities for women.[11]

Personal

Rosenberg is married to Herzl Rosenberg.[12] They have seven children and live in Alon Shevut.[4]

Family tree

References

  1. ^ a b "Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg". VBM: Torat Har Etzion.
  2. ^ "Guest Speakers". Lincoln Square Synagogue. 2013.
  3. ^ "Roshei Yeshiva". Yeshivat Har Etzion.
  4. ^ a b c נטעאל, בנדל (30 January 2013). "Things You Didn't Know About Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg". Kipah.
  5. ^ "The Educational Staff". SKA Migdal Oz. 28 February 2011.
  6. ^ "About". Deracheha.
  7. ^ "The Staff of the Beit Midrash". The Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash For Women of Yeshivat Har Etzion.
  8. ^ "About Us". Beit Midrash LaNashim - Migdal Oz.
  9. ^ a b "דברי הרבנית אסתי רוזנברג – ראש בית המדרש". Beit Midrah Lanashim - Migdal Oz. 19 December 2010.
  10. ^ "Daily schedule". בית המדרש לנשים מגדל עוז. 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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  12. ^ "News: Mazal Tovs". Yeshivat Har Etzion.
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