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Rabbi Dr. Joshua Cahan is a writer and Tefilah Coach from Riverdale, NY, and author of The Yedid Nefesh Benscher and The Yedid Nefesh Haggadah. He spent eleven years teaching Rabbinics and Prayer at The Leffell School (formerly Schechter Westchester). He received his rabbinic ordination and a Ph.D. in Rabbinic Literature from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where he also served as Director of the JTS Beit Midrash, and spent eight years directing the Northwoods Kollel and Beit Midrash Program at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin. Rabbi Cahan’s expertise in liturgy and prayer spans the academic and the practical—he is an accomplished baal tefilla (prayer leader) and song leader, and has, in addition to the Yedid Nefesh series, published several academic articles on liturgy. Smicha, Jewish Theological Seminary of America PhD, Talmud, Jewish Theological Seminary of America MHL, Jewish Theological Seminary of America BA, Philosophy, Yale University