Nishmat Kol Chai: Rabbi Shalom Yona Weis: "All You Need Is Love"

Rabbi Shalom Yona Weis is a dynamic, inspirational, humorous, and engaging speaker who has spoken for organizations, schools, universities, and institutions on a variety of topics and to audiences of various sizes and affiliations all around the world. Rabbi Weis received his semicha from Yeshivas Shor Yoshuv where he studied for over 7 years. Rabbi Weis started his teaching career in HALB at the young age of 19 and quickly built a name as a warm, caring, and energetic Rabbi with a unique ability to connect to all students, especially those that "don't fit the mold". Presently, Rabbis Weis lives with his wife and 4 children in Woodmere, NY and is an active long-standing member of Congregation Aish Kodesh and serves on the Rabbinical Board of The Bereishis Foundation (https://bereishisfoundation.squarespa..., which provides access to mental health care at critical moments for Jewish children. He spent 4 years as an Outreach Director for college campuses in Queens and Long Island for Aish HaTorah, NY, teaching as many as 5 weekly classes at a time, including one popular, live, online class for his students from across the globe. Combining his life experiences, Chassidic philosophy, and human psychology gleaned under the close tutelage of Rabbi Moshe Weinberger shlita (Rav of Congregation Aish Kodesh, Woodmere, NY) and his natural warmth, and wit, Rabbi Weiss's guidance has helped thousands find meaning, pleasure and beauty in their Jewish identities. Although currently Rabbi Weis works in the real estate finance field, he continues to give weekly shiurim and speak on various Jewish life topics. In the past few years, he gave daily shiurim to The Shaar and weekly to Seriously Souled (both Olami Bal Teshuva programs), served as Director of B'nei Machshava Tova, a division of Our Place / The Living Room, NY, been involved in other community organizations such as serving on the board of Madraigos, (a local organization dealing with “at risk teens”), and Tsedek, (an organization in Israel providing services for underprivileged children), and helped found & served on the rabbinical advisory board for “Ray of Hope” (a support group for female victims of sexual abuse) as well as create & host a podcast entitled Anonymous Heroes. Rabbi Weis was last (2023/2024) giving weekly shiurim at 3 seminaries under the Ohr Naava banner with periodic classes at B’nos Chaya Academy (https://www.ohrnaava.com/BCA/ - a girls high school also founded by Rabbi Wallerstein zatzal). He currently leads a weekly Bitachon chaburah for men in Woodmere