Rosh Hashanah Holiday Program

The information below is from the 2024 program.

The 2025 program will again be in the Armon Hotel, from Monday Sep 22 to Wednesday Sep 24, 2025.

SPEAKERS

R’ Ari Bensoussan

Speaker

A world-renowned speaker and lecturer, Rabbi Bensoussan is a talmud of Mir Jerusalem and Lakewood BMG, and a Musmach of the Jerusalem Rabbinate and Rav Yitzchok Berkowitz shlita. In 2008 Rabbi Ari co-founded Yeshivat Ruach Chaim in Jerusalem, and in 2014 he became a Rebbi in the Derech program at Yeshiva Ohr Samayach in Jerusalem. Recently, Rabbi BenSoussan moved with his wife and children to L.A. where he is heading a new branch of Chazak International, a community outreach initiative and teaches in Yula High School for Boys.

Rabbi Bensoussan’s Torah Classes can be found on TorahAnytime.com, The Two Cents Podcast on MeaningfulMinute, Daily Mussar on Hachzek.com or Live in Person at his many Chazak weekly shiurim.

Rabbi Dr. Akiva Tatz

Speaker

RABBI AKIVA TATZ is a South African born physician, author and lecturer. Rabbi Tatz spent a number of years concurrently practicing medicine and engaging in Talmudic study in Israel. His books on Jewish thought and philosophy include: “Anatomy of a Search,” “Living Inspired,” “Worldmask,” “The Thinking Jewish Teenager’s Guide to Life,” “Letters to a Buddhist Jew” and “Will, Freedom & Destiny.” Rabbi Dr. Tatz’s Jerusalem Medical Ethics Forum teaches and promotes knowledge of Jewish medical ethics internationally, and he has recently written a textbook in this field. He currently teaches at the Jewish Learning Exchange in London and internationally.

Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson

Speaker

Rabbi Glazerson was born and educated in Israel. He studied at Medrashiat Noam in Pardes Chana and at various Yeshivot, including Kfar Chassidim, Ponievez, and Chevron. In 1964, after just being married, he went to Johannesburg, South Africa, where established the Yeshivah Torat Emet and became its head until he returned to Israel in 1980.

Rabbi Glazerson has been involved in bringing many Jewish youngsters back to their Jewish roots. He has authored more than 30 books in Hebrew, most of which have been translated into Russian, French, Spanish,and English. For fifteen years, Rabbi Glazerson wrote a weekly column for Yom HaShishi in which he related words associated with current events to other Hebrew words having the same gematria. It is by way of the Hebrew letters and gematria that Rabbi Glazerson teaches Torah, instilling and inspiring Jewish values in those who read his books.

Rabbi Dovid Greenblatt

Speaker

Rabbi Dovid Greenblatt comes from a heritage of illustrious Rabbis. He is an exciting teacher who has taught for many organizations. Besides being an active teacher for over thirty years, he has founded and administrates several large charity funds and organizations. Professionally, he is an accomplished internet executive who is an expert in VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) and author of “Call Heard ‘Round the World.” Rabbi Greenblatt is a founding member of the Gateways Organization.

Dr. Chaim Presby

Speaker

Dr. Chaim Presby is a Senior lecturer for Gateways and a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Bell Laboratories for over 30 years, where he led Research and Development efforts in Photonic Applications. His specialty is Optical Fiber Technology and he holds over 200 patents and has published more than 180 papers in leading scientific journals. He held the position of Research Architect for the Terabeam Corporation and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. In addition to speaking for Gateway’s, Dr. Presby gives some seven Torah classes a week in his home town of Highland Park, New Jersey.

Rabbi Mordechai Suchard

Speaker

Rabbi Mordechai Suchard is the son of a prestigious Rav and former Dayan on the Johannesburg Beis Din, Rabbi Suchard is the Founder and Director of Gateways. He studied in Telz, Cleveland and Ponevezh, Bnei Brak. For the past 24 years, he has devoted his time to building Gateways into a premier education powerhouse that engages collegiates, young adults, families, singles and Russian immigrants in the United States and abroad to nurture and sustain Jewish identity, strengthen their connection to Israel and make informed decisions about their Jewish future.

Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt

Speaker

Mrs. Debbie Greenblatt is a Senior Lecturer for Gateways and has been involved in teaching and counseling Jewish women for more than twenty-five years. Her insightful and powerful presentations on topics such as practical applications of Jewish philosophy and personal relationships has touched the minds and hearts of all those who attend her classes. Mrs. Greenblatt lectures frequently within the Metropolitan area and across the country.

BAALEI TEFILAH

Inspiring Ba’alei Tefillah

GOURMET CUISINE

PROGRAM FEATURES

BEIS MEDRASH

Open All The Time

DAF YOMI

Each day of the program

KIDDUSH

Lavish Kiddushim

MEALS

Gourmet Meals

SHIURIM

Shiurim b’Iyun

Q&A Sessions

With Guest Speakers

BABYSITTING

Available Every Night

DAY CAMP

For Children

SHIDDUCHIM

Aaron Leshinsky

Shadchan

Originally from Lakewood, Aaron Leshinksy lived in Israel in the early years of his marriage where he successfully made many shidduchim. Aaron now lives in Lakewood with his wife and kids, where he has established himself as a leading, sought after shadchan. He is a caring personable shadchan with countless successful shidduchim to date. We are delighted to have him as part of the Gateways Connections Team.

Fayge Rudman

Shadchanit

Mrs. Fayge Rudman has over 20 years’ experience working in shidduchim and has been a full-time Gateways shadchan for the last ten years. She focuses on singles in their mid-twenties and up, as well as second time singles. Fayge runs events that bring together hundreds of singles from throughout the United States and Canada. She has written for Binah, Ami and the Jewish Press, has been featured in Jewish Action and Inyan and she has appeared in ‘Match and Marry’, a documentary about today’s shidduch world. Known for her sensitivity, warmth and intuition, Fayge lives with her family in Monsey, NY.