Rabbi Yochanan Zweig is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva and Kollel Beis Moshe Chaim of Miami Beach. Under his auspices is also a high school and elementary school, both located in Miami Beach.
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Rabbi Zweig was raised in Philadelphia.
While attending Ner Israel Rabbinical College from 1955–1969, Rabbi Zweig received rabbinical ordination (Yoreh Yoreh and Yadin Yadin) from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman and Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg. Rabbi Zweig then went to Israel as the Rosh Yeshiva of Bais HaTalmud in Jerusalem where he remained for six years. In 1974 Rabbi Zweig moved to Miami Beach, FL and opened the Talmudic University of Florida/Yeshiva V'Kollel Beis Moshe Chaim, Alfred and Sayde Swire College of Judaic Studies.[1] It is one of largest Yeshiva and Kollel in the South Eastern United States.
Rabbi Zweig received his formal education from Johns Hopkins University and went on to pursue a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. Subsequently, he has completed a Masters degree and Ph.D. in Talmudic Law from the Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Md.
Rabbi Zweig is a Talmudist who analyzes the Rishonim with a penetrating focus. His Talmud classes reveal how each word of the Gemara and Rishonim are measured and enlightening. He is also famous for his Parsha classes, specifically his Thursday Night lecture which is delivered to the Miami Beach Jewish community.