On Shabbat, June 24, Rabbi Zvi Grumet, director of the Tanach program at Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi, will be the scholar-in-residence at Congregation Beth Aaron. He will speak following the Kiddush after the main minyan on “Winning the Battle but Losing the War.” At 7:15 p.m., his topic will be “Moshe’s Finest Moment,” while following the 8:05 p.m. Mincha, he will discuss “Israeli and American Orthodoxy: Continents Adrift.”

Rabbi Zvi Grumet is a master teacher, creative educational thinker, and innovative Tanach scholar whose teaching over the past three decades has inspired students and communities in the US and Israel and throughout the English-speaking world. He engages his listeners in a close reading of the Biblical text, bringing its characters alive and bringing out the compelling nature of the Biblical message.

Rabbi Grumet earned his rabbinic ordination and Ed.D. at Yeshiva University. He dedicated the first 18 years of his career to teaching Torah and leading educational institutions in the US. Rabbi Grumet currently teaches at Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi and other university-level programs in Israel. He is a senior staff member at The Lookstein Center for Jewish Education, where he is editor of Jewish Educational Leadership and generates initiatives to help advance Jewish education on four continents. Rabbi Grumet’s books include “Moses and the Path to Leadership” (Urim, 2014) and his recently released “Genesis: From Creation to Covenant” (Maggid, 2017).

Congregation Beth Aaron is located at 950 Queen Anne Road in Teaneck.