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Professor Rabbi Shimon Avraham Silman (born 1951) is a Professor of Mathematics at Touro College in Brooklyn, New York, a research team member in Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, founder of the RYAL Institute, and formerly a faculty member at the University of Minnesota.
Professor Rabbi '''Shimon Avraham Silman''' (born 5712, 1951) is a Professor of Mathematics at Touro College in Brooklyn, New York, a research team member in Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, founder of the RYAL Institute, and formerly a faculty member at the University of Minnesota.


== Life History ==
== Life History ==
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== The RYAL Institute Under His Leadership ==
== The RYAL Institute Under His Leadership ==
In 5752 (1992), he organized for the first time, together with [[Rabbi Moshe Feller]], a conference dealing with connecting Torah, Moshiach, and science, attended by researchers and prominent figures from academia emphasizing the connection between science and Torah. Professor Pesach Rosenbloom was notably present at the conference, to whom the Rebbe had given his brother Rabbi Israel Aryeh Leib Schneerson's work for translation and publication.
In 5752 (1992), he organized for the first time, together with Rabbi [[Moshe Feller]], a conference dealing with connecting Torah, Moshiach, and science, attended by researchers and prominent figures from academia emphasizing the connection between science and Torah. Professor Pesach Rosenbloom was notably present at the conference, to whom the Rebbe had given his brother Rabbi Israel Aryeh Leib Schneerson's work for translation and publication.


The conference was held near the yahrzeit of Rabbi Israel Aryeh Leib Schneerson, the Rebbe's brother, in connection with the fortieth anniversary of his passing. This was after Rabbi Silman noticed that the Rebbe's letter dealing with this topic was written exactly on his brother's twentieth yahrzeit, about which he elaborated in an interview given to Beis Moshiach magazine issue 1358.
The conference was held near the yahrzeit of Rabbi Israel Aryeh Leib Schneerson, the Rebbe's brother, in connection with the fortieth anniversary of his passing. This was after Rabbi Silman noticed that the Rebbe's letter dealing with this topic was written exactly on his brother's twentieth yahrzeit, about which he elaborated in an interview given to Beis Moshiach magazine issue 1358.
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* His son-in-law, R' Israel Mogulsky - Crown Heights
* His son-in-law, R' Israel Mogulsky - Crown Heights


== Additional Reading ==
==Further reading==
Beis Moshiach Weekly, Issue 1358, pp. 42-47 Interview with Professor Rabbi Shimon Silman, his life history and about the RYAL Institute named after R' Israel Aryeh Leib Schneerson.
Beis Moshiach Weekly, Issue 1358, pp. 42-47 Interview with Professor Rabbi Shimon Silman, his life history and about the RYAL Institute named after R' Israel Aryeh Leib Schneerson.
==External links==
[www.ryal.org RYAL Institute]
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