Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff is the program director for Chabad Lubavitch of Texas and co-director of Chabad of Uptown / YJP Houston. Among his many hats and responsibilities, he runs the community Mikvah in Houston, is a Rav of the growing Chabad Kehillah of over 130 families and answers Shailos from across Texas.
Rabbi Chaim is a National Instructor of Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid, a 8-hour mental health literacy and suicide prevention course. Since it went to virtual online, Rabbi Chaim has taught over 300 community leaders both Rabbis and Rebbetzins and the general Houston community. ** Dr. Yitzchak Wagshul, PhD is a psychologist in Brooklyn, NY, where he provides individual and couples therapy in his office or virtually. He was formerly with Kadimah PROS, a day treatment program for adults with severe and persistent mental illness under the auspices of Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services, Inc. His published research has focused on the construct of hope and its relation to suicidality. A skilled teacher and mentor, Dr. Wagshul has also written seven books in the field of Chassidic philosophy. He can be reached at [email protected], or by phone at 929-WAGSHUL (929-924-7485). ** |
Rabbi Zischa Ausch serves as the Dayan for the Satmar institutions to advise on all shailos which are medical related, he is the Dayan at the Vulcan Shul in Williamsburg where many seek his expert advice in all aspects of halacha and is the Rabbinical advisor for the well-known Sunshine Children’s Home and Refuah help line. Widely recognized in the Jewish community, including clinicians, Rabbi Zisha Ausch is also the author of Moznei Halacha a masterpiece sefer on contemporary complex issues in the realm of halacha.
** Rabbi Shlomie Appel serves as Rav D'khal Hadras Kodesh Svoliva in Borough Park. He also serves as a Dayan and is a sought out mentor in Borough Park for over 10 years. ** Our Moderator: Rabbi Pinchas Wolhendler is the co-founder of Toras Avigdor and the director of the Kinyan Horaah Rabbinic training program. He is also the author of the Tanna D’vei Avigdor series on Shas, based on Rabbi Miller’s Gemara shiurim. |