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12th Grade Rebbeim

RAV MICHOEL PARNES

Rav Michoel Parnes teaches the most advanced Iyun shiur at Heichal HaTorah. Rav Parnes is a veteran mechanech and talmid chacham who came to Heichal after serving as rebbe for the twelfth grade honors shiur at JEC for 36 years. Rav Parnes received his semichah from the Mirrer Yeshiva of Brooklyn, New York. He also studied at the Mirrer Yeshiva in Israel, and at YU under the Gaon HaRav Dr. Joseph Ber Solovetchik, zt”l. He has the privilege of being a chavrusa with his father, HaRav Yehuda Parnes, the esteemed maggid shiur at YU and Lander College.

Rav Parnes is known for earning the respect of his students and inspiring them to live up to their full potential. His talmidim emerge highly skilled and sought-after by prestigious yeshivos in Israel. Rav Parnes has maintained close relationships with his talmidim long after graduation, as they transition into adults and contributing members of their communities. He is always available for his past and present talmidim to discuss any and all life issues.

RAV CHAIM MARCUS

Rav Chaim Marcus is the Heichal Mashpiah and also teaches an Iyun shiur to seniors. Rav Marcus studied under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l, at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and earned his semichah at RIETS, at Yeshiva University. In addition to serving as the marah d’asrah of Congregation Israel of Springfield (CIS), Rav Marcus was the Senior Halacha Rabbi of Bruriah High School for Girls for nearly two decades, and leads the Semichat Chaver program at CIS. “It is an honor that Rav Marcus, one of the most influential and inspirational rabbis in our community, has chosen Heichal to continue to his illustrious chinuch career,” said Rav Stechler.  

RAV JASON FINKELSTEIN

Rav Jason Finkelstein is a rebbe at Heichal. Rav Finkelstein studied at Yeshivat Hakotel and then continued on to Yeshiva University where he spent many years learning with Rav Michael Rosensweig and developing a close relationship with Rav Meir Twersky through YU’s Masmidim program. He was a member of the Wexner Kollel Elyon, and partook in extensive rabbinic training.


Rabbi Finkelstein was a beloved seventh and eighth-grade rebbe at Yeshivat Noam and has been involved in numerous roles of harbatzas HaTorah throughout the Teaneck community. His passion for learning and his ability to connect with all his talmidim makes a lasting imprint on his students.

RAV SHUA KATZ

Raised in Teaneck, NJ, Rav Shua Katz is now a member of the Wexner Kollel Elyon at RIETS, YU, and Rosh Beis Medrash at Darchei Noam of Fair Lawn, NJ. Previously, he served as Rabbinic Intern at Young Israel of Passaic-Clifton and as a Rosh Chabura at the YU Young Alumni Night Seder in Teaneck, NJ. After growing up in Teaneck, Rabbi Katz learned for two years in Yeshivat Har Etzion and then for six years with his Rebbe, Rav Michael Rosensweig, for whom he served as Shiur Assistant. Rabbi Katz received his Semicha from RIETS, a BA in philosophy from YU and an MA in Jewish Philosophy from Bernard Revel Graduate School. He now lives in Fair Lawn with his wife Bracha, a school psychologist, and their sons Effy and Eliezer. Rav Katz will be teaching Bekius at Heichal.

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