By Rena Udkoff
At a recent teacher appreciation event, the Menachem Education Foundation (MEF) honored Rabbi Yehoshua Einbinder, a 5th grade melamed at Yeshiva Darchai Menachem, with the prestigious Eisenberg Award.
Over the past several years, MEF has awarded exceptional teachers in cities across the USA to show them how much they matter. The honor is awarded annually to nominees who excel in MEF’s varied professional development programs, and this year’s award focused on the close to 100 alumni who have attended MEF’s successful Teacher Induction Program. The public was asked to weigh in and nominate a teacher they felt showed excellence in two of the seven areas in MEF’s “Vision for Chabad Schools”.
The criteria stated that the teacher must 1) instill in the students “the knowledge, values and strength of conviction to make and maintain a lifelong commitment to Torah and Mitzvos,” and 2) encourage each student to become “an independent and literarily astute reader of Judaic texts in their original language.”
MEF carefully looked into each nominee using a rubric as a guide to determine who best fit this year’s criteria, and Rabbi Einbinder was ultimately declared the winner.
Students, parents and colleagues all praise Rabbi Einbinder for his sincere dedication to his students and his passion for education. He was particularly noted for turning his students into self-sustaining learners, who could open up a sefer and learn it on their own – and, moreover, enjoy learning it. His consistency, Yiras Shamayim, and ability to inspire his students made him a perfect choice for this year’s honor.
Rabbi Einbinder was officially presented with his award, along with a check for $1,000, in front of a roomful of educators at MEF’s recent teacher appreciation brunch. A video was prepared to accompany the presentation:
The Eisenberg Award is generously sponsored by Jerry and Sharon Eisenberg in honor of Yaakov Velvel (Billy) Eisenberg OBM, an acclaimed educator for more than 30 years.
MAZAL TOV AND CONGRATULATIONS TO RABBI YEHOSHUA FOR YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AS A DEDICATED TEACHER.
AND A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THE ESTEEMED PARENTS, THE MARANA DE ATRA RABBI AND REBETZEN MORDECHAI EINBENDER ,THIS IS ALL ATTRIBUTED TO THERE DEDICATION TO THE REBBE’S DIRECTION.
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU .
HAIM COHEN ARAZI
Rabbi Shua!!!! Please come teach my son in LA! You definitely deserve this award. You have real dedication and a love of your job which is evident to all your student, parents and staff at Darchai Menachem. Congrats:)
U can’t get any better then this guy! He’s the BEST! Seriously amazing he is smart loving caring wow kah I’m so happy for u yehoshua! May u continue to give us lots if nachas here on Tarzana, we miss u!
He is amazing!! So happy he won he deserves it!!
We are so proud of our dear nephew Yehoshua and his parents and grandmother’s zallen gezunt zein should shep a lot of nachas!!!
Mordy and Rivky
Such a dedicated individual, who is ibergegeben to his shlichus blev vnefesh, in a way that we all could, and MUST learn from!
Darchai Menachem are lucky to have such an amazing teacher!
One of an amazing team of teachers at Darchai!!!
A grateful parent!
The best teacher!
The amazing teacher’s of darchai led by rabbi Einbinder and rabbi Perelstein are ones to admire!!
Rabbi Einbinder is a true model as to what a mechanech should be! So dedicated and caring, so blessed that he taught my child!!
I had the privilege to work alongside him!! Such an amazing person!!!
What a lad!!
We are so proud of u! wish you can come teach over here in LA, show them how it’s Done! You seriously rock! Love you Bro
Tarzana is proud!
Shua you are amazing!
Proud to see that a valley boy is winning a teaching award
so proud of you Rabbi Einbinder…
Moshe and Matty
So proud! There lsnt another guys who deserves this more then Shua! He’s the best! Kind, caring and he puts so much effort in his work!
We love you Shua ur the best!
We need more teachers like Rabbi Einbinder. The most caring teacher!
Such a great guy!
By far the best teacher my child ever had!!! He is by far the most deserving!!
A most most most grateful parent!!
Thank you Rabbi Einbinder for your devotion and care, my son is lucky to have you as his teacher!
A grateful parent.
My son is Meir Perelstein the wonderful thing about this school is that ALL THE teachers and the staff are giving there all to our children this school was started by a wonderful person in his honor I will give a contribution to the funding of a new playground i ask everyone to call and make any amount they can to this school all the teachers give there heart and soul to our children they all are our children and they deserve the best
I love Shua, he’s very sincere and genuinely cares about each and every person.
Go darchai
Rabbi Einbinder is a fantastic teacher and manages to cater to each child as an individual.
What a dedicated and amazing teacher!
Best counsellor and learning counsellor I have ever had!!
Thank you Shua!
Mendel S.
Thank you Shua for everything!
Those are some lucky students to have Shua Einbinder as there teacher he is the greatest!!!!
Go rabbi Samuels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
your the best!!!!!!
Rabbi Einbinder 100% deserves this award! !!
He cares so much about each Talmid and invests his neshama in chinuch!!
He is a role model to educators.
Thanks for everything you are doing for Dovi
Dovi’s parents
Inspirational!!!
Couldn’t have thought of a better choice for this award!
So proud to be your cousins/Aunt/Uncle! Very much deserved, a wise and best decision!
Together with his wife and family, may he go mechayil leChayil!
He cares about each kid and puts so much time and effort into teaching.
From your cousins in 888;)