Baruch Alter HaCohen Taub is the founding rabbi and Rabbi Emeritus of the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation, the largest Orthodox congregation in Canada.
11 Facts About Baruch Taub
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Baruch Taub served as the de facto chief rabbi of Vaughan, Ontario, and is the former National Director of NCSY.
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Rabbi Taub received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshivas Ner Yisroel of Baltimore, MD.
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Baruch Taub holds a master's degree from Loyola College of Maryland and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the Maimonides College of Ontario.
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Baruch Taub became National Director of NCSY in 1976, following the departure of Rabbi Pinchas Stolper to become Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union.
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Baruch Taub served in this post until 1980, when he left to become the spiritual leader of the BAYT Congregation.
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Rabbi Baruch Taub started the BAYT Congregation in his living room with 13 families in 1980, and continued shepherding it as the sole rabbi.
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Rabbi Baruch Taub is a noted speaker on Orthodox Jewish outreach and the teshuva movement.
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Baruch Taub delivered the keynote speech to the 1996 AJOP Convention on the subject "The Teshuvah Movement: The next generation".
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Baruch Taub led the 11th Siyum HaShas at Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin in Lublin, Poland.
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Baruch Taub is the Rabbi of Young Israel of Holliswood.