Rabbi Berel and Goldie Paltiel were born and raised in the heart of the Crown Heights Jewish community, home of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and the world headquarters of Chabad Lubavitch.
Rabbi Berel studied in the Oholei Torah Talmudic Seminary in Brooklyn, NY, and at Yeshivos in Canada, France, and at the Rabbinical College of Australia and New Zealand. He received his Rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Yitzchak Yehuda Yaroslavsky, chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbinical Alliance of Israel. In addition to leading Chabad of Snohomish County, Rabbi Paltiel is Director of Advocacy for The Aleph Institute, advocating on behalf of incarcerated people and their families.
Goldie was educated at the Beis Rivka High School, in Brookly, NY. For higher education she attended Beis Chana Seminary of Safed, Israel and the Lauder Chabad Campus in Vienna, Austria. Goldie is an expert educator with years of experience at schools in Vienna, New York, and Seattle.
Rabbi Avi and Marave Herbstman together with their family are dedicated to Jewishly enriching the lives of people of all ages and stages. They have been blessed with eight wonderful, lively, talented children. Rabbi Avi comes from a traditional background, while Marave comes from an Israeli home.
Rabbi Avi Herbstman, originally from Irvine, California pursued his undergraduate studies at UC Santa Cruz before attending Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad and the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown NJ. He received his Rabbinic Ordination from Rabbi Yuruslovsky in Eretz Yisroel. He later acquired an additional B.S. in Computer Science. He has served as an educator and later communal Rabbi of Shaarei Tefillah where he oversaw the Mikveh, programming and education.
Marave Herbstman, was born in the Bronx, NY. She holds a Bachelors from Binghamton University in Human Development and master's in early childhood education from City College of New York. She brings her expertise in education to their community.