Rabbi yehoshua b gordon biography

Remembering Rabbi Yehoshua B. Gordon, Beloved Host of the World’s Largest Daily Torah Class

by Menachem Posner – Chabad.org

Rabbi YehoshuaBinyamin (Josh) Gordon, the beloved Torah scholar, congregational rabbi and educator who taught thousands of students around the globe through the world’s most widely viewed daily Torah classes, passed away yesterday in California after an extended illness. He was 66 years old.

A consummate rabbinic and communal leader, Gordon was the founder and executive director of Chabad of the Valley in Southern California, established in 1973, and spiritual leader of Chabad of Encino. The rabbi oversaw a string of institutions, including 26 Chabad centers, Hebrew schools, adult-education institutes, summer camps and a host of other closely linked communal institutions.

Gordon was an internationally acclaimed teacher of Torah, speaking in a style that was both lucid and highly engaging. Since 2009, his classes have streamed live on Chabad.org’s Rabbi yehoshua b gordon biography children!