Yochanan Zweig
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.
Biography
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.
Approach
Rabbi Zweig approaches Talmudic study with an emphasis on originality and personal understanding. While accepting the approaches of the earlier commentators, Rabbi Zweig brings a fresh perspective to each Talmudic topic that relies on a critical and literal reading of the passage. Many of his lectures are devoted to explicating unclear and contradictory legal statements codified by Maimonides.
His approach to Biblical texts stresses a critical and literal approach, incorporating the Talmudic and Midrashic understanding of the text. It also relies heavily on psychology.
Publications
- Metzulos Yam, Treatises on Bava Basra (Property Law)
- Shiras Yam, Biblical studies on Bereishis (Genesis)