Shimon Green

Who is Shimon Green?

Rabbi Shimon Yerucham Green is rabbi of Kehillas Shomrei Emunim of Phoenix and the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas HaTurim of Phoenix, AZ. When Rabbi Green first came to Phoenix he was rabbi of Ohr HaTorah and the spiritual head of the [http://torahdayschoolofphoenix.org Torah day School in Phoenix. Rabbi Green founded and was Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Bircas HaTorah in Jerusalem a Yeshiva of Talmud professionals that specializes in intensive programs for adults. The Yeshiva utilizes a logical and rhetorical method developed by Rabbi Green that makes precision-Talmudic learning accessible to anyone who follows it diligently.

Rabbi Green emigrated to Israel at the age of seventeen. After fourteen years of intensive study with his primary teacher, Rabbi Mordechai Goldstein, he was ordained, and went on to pursue post-rabbinic studies with Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, at the renowned Kollel Shevet U'Mechokek, from which he also holds an ordination. In addition to his formal studies throughout those years, he traveled the length and breadth of Israel presenting Torah outreach programs to thousands of youths and adults, in schools, army bases, kibbutzes and towns.