Congregation Beth Aaron, Teaneck, NJ

It is with tremendous excitement that we welcome our new rabbinic intern, *Rabbi Nosson Rich*. Rabbi Rich and his wife Dena moved to Teaneck this week, and they will be residing at 51 Grayson Place. Rabbi Nosson Rich was born and raised in West Orange. After attending elementary school at the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and high school at The Frisch School, he spent two years learning in *Eretz Yisrael* at Yeshivat Sha’alvim. He completed his B.A. in Mathematics at Yeshiva College, studied at the Ner Yisroel Yeshiva in Baltimore for a year, then returned to YU and received *semicha* from RIETS. While studying for *semicha*, he had the privilege of spending Fridays with Rav Herschel Schachter at the Orthodox Union as a *halachik *consultant, assisting in answering * kashrut* questions. He is currently a Kupietzky Fellow at RIETS. Dena (Weinberg) Rich grew up in West Hartford, CT. After graduating from the Hebrew High School of New England in 1999, she spent a year studying at Midreshet Moriah in Jerusalem and then continued her studies at Stern College, where she earned a B.A. in psychology. She subsequently earned two Masters degrees -- in general education and special education -- from Touro College. For two years, Dena taught first and fourth grades at the SAR Academy in Riverdale. Currently, she is a reading and math specialist at the Ramaz School in Manhattan, where she teaches third and fourth grade students with dyslexia and other learning disabilities, focusing on phonetic awareness, reading comprehension and reading fluency. Rabbi Nosson and Dena Rich are the proud parents of nine-month-old twins, Nachi and Sarah. LR