ABOUT
Rabbi
Hanoch Teller
Rabbi Dovid Grossman
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau
Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Rabbi Hanoch Teller is a globe-trotting modern-day maggid (storyteller of yore) renowned as the King of the Storytellers and has been labeled as 'the Shakespeare of the Yeshiva World'. He has lectured before audiences on five continents, in 40 American States and 24 other countries, delivering a precious and inspiring message that is cherished for a lifetime.
His presentations – imbued with joy and drama, laughter and pathos — provide a one-of-a-kind experience for listeners young and old from all across the spectrum. The classes he teaches in numerous Jerusalem educational institutions are in great demand.
The aptly-named, award winning storyteller and master teacher is also a prolific author, whose critically-acclaimed books (28, at last count) have sold over a quarter-of-a-million copies world-wide, and are translated into five languages.
His electrifying presentations on a vast range of topics – sometimes hilarious, always stirring, meaningful and pragmatic – are underwritten by prodigious scholarship and more than four decades as a hands-on, beloved educator.
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"With wit and deep insight, Rabbi Teller is able to convey lessons that are unforgettable and life-changing. Furthermore, as an educator that has traveled the world, he is able to offer his students vistas that they would never be exposed to otherwise.
-Rebbetzin Tzipporah Heller-Gotlieb
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The aptly-named, award winning storyteller and master teacher is also a prolific author, whose critically-acclaimed, award-winning books (29, at last count) have sold over a quarter-of-a-million copies world-wide, and are translated into five languages.
He has also written and produced three popular documentaries: Do You Believe in Miracles? Reb Elimelech and the Chassidic Legacy of Brotherhood and We’re All in This Together that have been screened and televised the world-over. His wide array of lectures on spiritual giants, the lessons of the Holocaust and the birth of the modern city of Bnei Brak and various other subjects, have been hailed as “audio and pedagogic classics.”
For decades, Hanoch Teller has been a senior docent at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. His sweeping knowledge and sensitivity help to transform the infinite banality of horror into an intensely personal encounter that participants declare life-changing and unforgettable.
In 2021 Hanoch Teller launched his popular podcast: Teller From Jerusalem, the story-intensive history of the early struggle to build the State of Israel, sharing the airwaves with lessons on Character Development, every fourth episode. Overnight this podcast became the favorite of thousands.
Born in Vienna and raised and educated in America, Hanoch Teller displayed his passion for scholarship early on, when he was the only high-school student in New England selected to serve on the Governors’ Council of Education. He continues to study in the Mirrer Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he lives with his wife, Aidel, and their children and grandchildren.