{{Short description|American rabbi}} Rabbi '''Binyomin Luban''' is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes <ref>{{cite web|url=http://ytcteam.org|title=Yeshiva Toras Chaim Toras Emes|website=ytcteam.org}}</ref> in [[North Miami Beach]], [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ytcte.org/our-leadership/ | title=Our Leadership - Private Jewish Day School in South Florida }}</ref>
==Life and education== Rabbi Luban was born and raised in [[Holyoke]], [[Massachusetts]]. His brother is Rabbi [[Yaakov Luban]], the rabbinic coordinator of the [[Orthodox Union]]'s [[Kashruth]] division. He attended the flagship high school of the [[Rabbinical Seminary of America]] (RSA) in Queens during the early 1970s. After completing high school he studied for a year at the Seminary's affiliate in the [[Sanhedria Murchevet]] section of [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]]. While there, he learned with [[Rabbi Avrohom Kanarek]] and [[Rabbi Shia Grodzitski]], both students of Rabbi [[Boruch Ber Leibowitz]], the dean of the pre-World War II rabbinical seminary, which was known as Kaminetz. Rabbi luban then returned to America, where he studied for over 15 years at RSA under the tutelage of Rabbi [[Henoch Leibowitz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=16967|title=Rav Henoch Leibowitz, 1916–2008: A Glimpse Of Greatness - Yeshiva World News|date=17 April 2008|publisher=}}</ref> He received his rabbinic ordination in the early 1980s.
==Career== In 1988 Rabbi Luban moved with his family to [[Jerusalem, Israel]], where he took a position as a teacher at [[Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim-Israel Branch]], his former school. He worked in conjunction with both Rabbi Kanarek and [[Rabbi Dovid Chait]] encouraging his students to grow in both Torah and [[Musar literature|Mussar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kesselstreet.tripod.com/pshtick/pshtick.html|title=Purim Shtick|first=enter your name|last=here|website=kesselstreet.tripod.com}}</ref> While there he incorporated the concept of a [[Mussar Vaad]]- an approach to help students deal with life's challenges. In the fall of 2000 Rabbi Luban was offered a position as Rosh Yeshiva of RSA's affiliate in [[North Miami Beach.]] After getting a blessing of success from Rabbi Leibowitz, he moved to Florida to assume the position. Under his auspices, the student body at the [[Bais Medrash]] level more than tripled.
Rabbi Luban began publishing his original Talmud ideas while a student at RSA. Since then, he has published works on at least eight tractates of the [[Talmud]]. Some have been published in several editions, as he is continuously expanding and revising those works. The name of his work is Biurim Veiyunim. He has also published [[Henoch Leibowitz|Rabbi Henoch Leibowitz's]] ''shiurim'' on the Torah, called Chiddushei Haleiv (חידושי הלב). The recently published volume on [[Deuteronomy]] also containing a section with sermons on [[Book of Lamentations|Lamentations]] and the [[Tisha B'Av]] (the Jewish day of mourning) prayer service.
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