Rabbi Catriel N. Zer-Garland

Being a teacher is perhaps the most rewarding of professions that exist. In my personal experience, I found that it opens doors to re-learn, re-explore and exchange some of life's most memorable moments while at the same time creating life-time bonds with your students. 

Again in my personal opinion the top qualities for good teachers to have include the following:

• Faith
• Effective goal-setting
• Clear communication
• Acting as a role model
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Preparation
• Self-reflection
• Lifelong learning
• Promoting a love of learning

The question "makes one's own," implies that the individual is actively involved in shaping, altering, or customizing something to suit their specific needs or tastes. This can apply to various aspects of life, such as ideas, opinions, beliefs, skills, and possessions. It signifies a sense of personalization and individuality, as one takes an active role in creating or modifying something to reflect their own unique identity. 

I prefer to say co-founded, I cannot be a community on to my self. To answer they question: As a Jew first I read  passages from the Siddur that remind me to care for the orphan, the stranger, the widow and the convert. It was during my rabbinical studies I realized a serious problem. I realized that many of those individuals that I read about were emailing or calling or both, what did they want? 

They were looking for a place that they could pray and learn Tora; a place that speaks to their Judaism as well as their ancestral roots. 

Tora V'Ahava of Florida was founded to be place were those Jews could flourish and feel welcomed.