This Shabbat, June 24–25, Rabbi Yehoshua Landau of Yeshivat Reishit Yerushalayim in Beit Shemesh will be the Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Beth Aaron, 950 Queen Anne Road in Teaneck.

On Friday evening, at 9 p.m., his topic will be “Smiling on the Inside?: Inner Simcha.” On Shabbat, at about 9:30 a.m., following the Hashkama Minyan, he will speak on “All Due Respect: Hashem, Man and Self.” At 7:05 p.m., the topic will be “Elusive Emet: Challenges of Modernity,” and, following the 8:05 p.m. Mincha, he will speak on “Sanctifying the Mundane: Finding Spirituality in Our Daily Lives.”

Rabbi Yehoshua Landau is respected as a master teacher who brings creativity and clarity to the shiur room, insight and patience to personal discussions and his trademark smile to everyone.

Originally from Brooklyn, Rabbi Landau joined the faculty of Yeshivat Reishit in Beit Shemesh, Israel, in 1999 after a decade on the West Coast as a rabbi and Director of Student Activities at both the boys and girls divisions of Yeshiva University of Los Angeles (YULA). He immediately made his mark among both students and staff as a warm, caring and energetic rabbi, available to his students at all hours.

A Maggid Shiur and role model, Rabbi Landau always is pioneering new ways to encourage, entertain and enlighten.