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Rabbi Zelig Pliskin

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Rabbi Pliskin was born in 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland.H attended Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim Talmudical Academy of Baltimore and later studied at the Telshe Yeshiva in Ohio. After his marriage Rabbi Pliskin moved with his wife to Israel and studied for five years at a Brisk yeshiva. He received his degree in Counseling Psychology at the State University of New York.

Rabbi Pliskin's father had been a student of the Chofetz Chaim at the Raduń Yeshiva in Poland and had written a biography of him. In 1974, after writing an article for The Jewish Observer about the life of Chofetz Chaim, "The Profile of an Oheiv Yisroel," Rabbi Pliskin was asked to write a book explaining the Chofetz Chaim's teachings. The result his first book "Guard Your Tongue".

Several years following Rabbi Pliskin's move to Israel, the outreach organization Aish HaTorah asked him to speak on human emotions and relationships. So insightful and successful were Rabbi Pliskin's lectures that soon people began to approach Rabbi Pliskin for personal guidance. Rabbi Pliskin now provides marriage counseling and works with individuals to encourage their personal growth and improvement. He remains closely affiliated with Aish HaTorah, and continues to lecture both in Israel and in the United States.