Rabbi Chaim Eliezer Edelstein
Rabbi Chaim Eliezer Edelstein is a proud graduate of the 2021 class of JTS Rabbinical school, and Senior Rabbi at Temple Beth Ahm in Aberdeen, NJ. The years have flown past as Rabbi Edelstein’s knowledge and understanding have grown deeper through learning with his prestigious teachers and colleagues. In tandem with his rabbinic ordination, Rabbi Edelstein completed a master's degree in Jewish Thought, concentrating in Kabbalah and Hasidic literature, and wrote his thesis on the mystical connection between ethics and cosmogony in early Hasidic commentaries on Parshat Bereishit.
Rabbi Edelstein is an avid outdoorsman, an interest he developed as a youth in the BSA Scouting movement. He earned his Eagle Scout Award in 2007. Since moving to Aberdeen, Rabbi Edelstein has joined Monmouth Council, BSA as Council Chaplain and is active in promoting Jewish Scouting, including providing rabbinic guidance for the National Jewish Committee on Scouting's Kosher and Shomer Shabbat trek at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. While studying in Israel, Rabbi Edelstein completed certification in Shechitat Ofot (Kosher slaughter of birds), and is now continuing his studies of treifot in order to advance his certification to behemot (goats, sheep, and cows). Rabbi Edelstein is passionate about ethically sourced meat, and the movement to keep kosher meat kosher by promoting strict animal welfare policies.
When not learning and teaching Torah or enjoying the outdoors, Rabbi Edelstein is most often thinking about, making, or drinking home roasted coffee, made with brewing methods from around the world.
Rabbi Edelstein and his wife, Audrey, live in Aberdeen, NJ.
Thu, February 9 2023
18 Shevat 5783
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