Rabbi Yonason Johnson
Rabbi Yonason Johnson serves as the dean of Kollel Menachem and the Director of Adult Education of the Yeshivah Centre in Melbourne. Having studied in Yeshivos in Israel and Australia, Rabbi Johnson has been a Torah teacher and lecturer in Adult Education for over 15 years.
He has received Semicha from Machon Chaim of Melbourne and Shimmush from notable halachic authorities in the USA, specifically Rabbi Gavriel Zinner of Boro Park - author of the Nitai Gavriel series of halachic works.
He is a gifted orator who has the ability of expressing deep concepts in simple language and imparting to his audiences a thought-provoking and uplifting message. His lectures attract large crowds from the spectrum of the Melbourne Jewish community.
Rabbi Johnson specialises in weaving a kaleidoscope of Torah sources; Midrash, Gemora, Chumash with meforshim, Kabbalah and Chassidus to develop ideas and explore their depth. His vast knowledge, engaging delivery and use of PowerPoint visual presentations come together to create a stimulating learning experience.
From 2004-2006, Rabbi Johnson was a full-time teacher/lecturer for Bina, a Sydney-based Adult Torah Education organisation. He then spent 5 years in Crown Heights (2006-2011) running the Manhattan Kollel. While in N.Y., Rabbi Johnson was a highly sought-after speaker, presenting for Nshei Chabad, Shluchim and teacher development seminars in local schools. He also taught regularly for the Beis Medrash Lenoshim, delivering a weekly Shabbos shiur which attracted over 100 participants.
If you are interested in hosting a lecture for your community or to contact Rabbi Johnson, please click here.
He has received Semicha from Machon Chaim of Melbourne and Shimmush from notable halachic authorities in the USA, specifically Rabbi Gavriel Zinner of Boro Park - author of the Nitai Gavriel series of halachic works.
He is a gifted orator who has the ability of expressing deep concepts in simple language and imparting to his audiences a thought-provoking and uplifting message. His lectures attract large crowds from the spectrum of the Melbourne Jewish community.
Rabbi Johnson specialises in weaving a kaleidoscope of Torah sources; Midrash, Gemora, Chumash with meforshim, Kabbalah and Chassidus to develop ideas and explore their depth. His vast knowledge, engaging delivery and use of PowerPoint visual presentations come together to create a stimulating learning experience.
From 2004-2006, Rabbi Johnson was a full-time teacher/lecturer for Bina, a Sydney-based Adult Torah Education organisation. He then spent 5 years in Crown Heights (2006-2011) running the Manhattan Kollel. While in N.Y., Rabbi Johnson was a highly sought-after speaker, presenting for Nshei Chabad, Shluchim and teacher development seminars in local schools. He also taught regularly for the Beis Medrash Lenoshim, delivering a weekly Shabbos shiur which attracted over 100 participants.
If you are interested in hosting a lecture for your community or to contact Rabbi Johnson, please click here.
A Selection of Recent Topics:
Contemporary Issues and Halacha:
Relationships and Character Development:
Festivals:
Chinuch:
Other:
Series:
Contemporary Issues and Halacha:
- People in Black Hats shouldn't Throw Stones
- The Ultimate Leadership Quality
- Women of the Wall and the truth of Jewish feminism
- Is Gaza Holy Land?
- Ascending the Temple Mount today
- The Heter Mechira - A journey into one of the greatest halachic controversies of the last century
- Ethics of Ebola; Endangering your life to treat others, Is quarantine allowed? Burial and more
- Divorce by Force - What can and can't the Beis Din do to expedite a Gett
- Quality of Life or Value of Life? - The Torah perspective on Euthansia and End-of-Life issues
Relationships and Character Development:
- From Chaos to Perfection - practical skills for achivening harmonious relationships based on Kaabalistic proncipals
- Criticism - Why we hate it and how to use it effectively
- Finding the balance in spiritual living (the Menorah and the Shulchan)
- Achieving True Oneness - lessons on growing closer from the first marriage in history
- Deepening our relationships - a kabbalistic model from the world of thought and the world of speech
Festivals:
- Apples - A simple Minhag which goes to the core (Rosh Hashona)
- The Power of 3, the Kabbalah of Shofar and the Rosh Hashona prayers (Rosh Hashona)
- All I Ask of You, What should be the focus of our High Holiday prayers?
- Hidden Code of the Azazel - The Kabbalistic significance of a most perplexing practise (Yom Kippur)
- Reaching Oneness (Yom Kippur)
- Why Oil Doesn't Mix (Chanukah)
- Finding your Direction, The Menorah's guide to a spiritual existence (Chanukah)
- Dealing with Darkness - 2 approaches to battle negativity (Chanukah)
- The Tree, the Altar and the Nose - discovering the essence of Purim
- Kabbalah of the Plagues - Pesach
- The Fifth Element, Numerology and Kabbalah in the Haggadah - Pesach
- 10 Steps to Spiritual Freedom - A Kabbalistic look at the 10 Plagues
- Crossing Over (Lag Baomer)
- How do you hold your Challahs? The Kabbalah of Shabbos
- Dynamics of Destruction (Tisha B'Av)
- The Deepest Love (Tisha B'Av)
Chinuch:
- Baa Baa - Shepherding the Black Sheep
- Chassidic guidance in Chinuch relationships
- 1,2,3 Magic - 3 building blocks in raising children for success
Other:
- The Kabbalah of Dreams - What they are and where they come from
- Effective Communication - The mystical model for effective communication of ideas
Series:
- Laws of the Beis Hamikdosh - PowerPoint guided study of the Rambam's laws of the Beis Habechira
- Living with the Beis Hamikdosh - life lessons from the Holy Temple design and its sacred vessels
- Praying with Fire - Understanding the nature and power of prayer
