Rabbi Eliezer Glatt, a renowned educator and life coach who lived in Israel, passed away this week.
Rabbi Glatt graduated from Stuyvesant High School with a National Regents’ Scholarship, received a B.A. in Liberal Arts from New York University, and an M.A. in Educational Psychology from Antioch College.
He taught for 41 years in the field of education, both in the USA and in Israel, at all levels, having taught in elementary schools, junior high, and high schools, and in teachers’ colleges. He was the principal of a Talmud Torah in Jerusalem for 18 years, and the chairman of the Special Education Department of “Beis Rivka” Teacher Training College in Kfar Chabad, Israel, for eight years.
Trained in all levels at Refuah Institute, Rabbi Glatt maintained a private practice for life coaching and counseling. He both lectured and supervised practicums in coaching and counseling for the Refuah Institute as well.
“Rabbi Glatt was an extraordinarily great teacher, coach and friend to all of those who were privileged to be associated with him,” said Joshua Ritchie, MD, Dean of Refuah Institute.
“He was a real individual,” recalls Jerusalem-based counselor Yochonon Mayers, “intelligent and unassuming. His grasp of Torah, Mesorah in general, and the Mitzvas HoEitzoh in particular, was so useful. If we ever wanted advice, we knew who to ask.”
“Rabbi Glatt was a mechanech,” says Shmuel Strickman, principal of Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway, NY. “His role as a Rebbi was to instill a love for Yiddishkeit and Torah. As a Menahel he strove to instill in his Rabbeim and Morot an understanding of and a love for their Talmidim.”
As a coach, his goal was to create self-awareness, the key to being a true ‘Oived Hashem.’
He was very enthusiastic about teaching coaching and hoped that his methods would be adopted by all mechanchim. His methods were based on the premise that with Torah guidance we not only believe that we can change our middos, we believe that we have an obligation to continually improve ourselves.
The Levaya took place Sunday in Jerusalem.
Baruch Dayan Haemes.
The Refuah Institute is working on publishing a book about Rabbi Glatt and his special way of chinuch. Please contact them if you have any stories about Rabbi Glatt or something special that you learned from him.
Phone: 972-2-571-5112, International 1-646-395-9613, Email: [email protected] www.Refuah.net
Beis Moshiach magazine says he was 69 and that he learned Chasidus with R’ Yaakov Landau, rav of Bnei Brak for 16 years which was mekarev him to Chabad. He lived in Telzstone. He gave have a shiur in Chassidus there and gave a Tanya class in English at the Chabad house in Chashmonaim.
He was a great teacher with a great sense of humor!
ר אליעזר ע״ה ואשתו שתחי׳ הי אצלנו לסוף שבוע בשביל זוגות לפני איזה חדשים והי בהצלה גדולה רציתי לנחם אשתו שה׳ יתן לה כח לעבור המצב בקשה הזה ובטח שהזכות שהוא עזר לכ״כ משפחות יעמוד לו ושנזכה כבר להתגלות הרבי
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I am in shock! What an incredible man! He was my coaching teacher, and I gleaned lots of life lessons from him. He always had a nice word to say, tried to make everyone feel comfortable and I learned about the true meaning of Ahavas Yisroel from him. Rabbi Glatt, you will be sorely missed! Please go to the Kisei Hakavod and beg Hashem to bring Moshiach- enough is enough!!!
What a special person. What a loss.
I am so sad to hear this! I still have the notes from his classes. Without moving a muscle, he had us riveted with his precise words and expressive eyes. A bit of humor was always present in his lectures, and he always waited for is to get the joke before moving on. A kind, gentle man with a razor-sharp mind and systematic approach to special education. I will never forget how he let us leave class early one day after numerous attempts to get us to concentrate. He knew how to go with the flow. He would give rides… Read more »
May Hashem give his family strength and may we merit to be reunited with Moshiach Now!
MOSHIACH NOW!
such a kind man…when we made aliyah to israel years ago one of our children needed some special ed intervention..it was hard finding someone who had a similar culture and spoke a good English and supportive at the same time. Also he.had a kesher with Chabad as well..We were zochen to meet up with Rabbi Glatt..his assistance and caring was invaluable and made the experience so much more doable. He gave us a lot of chizuk as well. Rabbi Glatt a”h, ( as well as Rabbi Shaya Weber, may he live and be well ) was a G-dsend for new… Read more »
He was an amazing teacher. He thought me almost 8 years ago and made a huge differances in my life. BDE
he taught us in seminary in israel. he was a very kind and educated man. may his family be comforted
I was privileged to learn coaching from him. He was a teacher par excellence. A warm, intelligent, kind, and patient person.
A humble yet powerful individual, his knowledge and understanding of chinuch as well as other coaching related areas was clear and on the button. A gleiche kohp and a sweet man. I learnt much him, but what I learned most was his calm personality, emphathetic talent and listening skills.
He had an asnwer to practically every emotional and maental challenge. He knew exactly how to guide you.
Oy oibershter, ad mosei!!!
My teacher from sem bdh
My M.A. in special education is thanks to him.
As an american studying in kfar chabad for 4 years, he taught me soooo much and sparked my interest in pursuing a career in special ed.
We lost a great person today
he was really good!
wonder how old was he…