"The body is the book, the soul is the author, and life is the story." - Chassidic saying
Given name: Tsvi (צבי) [formerly Tsuguya (צוגויה 嗣也); born with no given name]
Family name: Sadan (סדן) [formerly Sasaki (סאסאקי 佐々木); born with no family name]
Male
Divorced (with no children)
Israel (formerly Japan)
1963-03-15
Yurihonjo (formerly Honjo; merged with seven neighboring towns of Yuri on 2005-03-22), Japan
Jerusalem, Israel (until 2023-09)
Somewhere in the Diaspora (since 2023-10)
Bodyweight strength training (calisthenics)
Running (ChiRunning)
Yoga (Iyengar Yoga)
Native: Japanese
Fluent: Hebrew, English
Rather fluent: Yiddish, Esperanto
Rather active: Russian
Passive: Aramaic, German, French
Almost forgotten: Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Polish
1985-03: BA, Department of Arabic, Osaka University of Foreign Studies (merged with Osaka University on 2007-10-01)
1987-03: MA, Department of Linguistics, Kyoto University
2000-05: PhD, Department of Hebrew Language, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2012-10 - 2013-07: Talmud, Ohr Somayach Yeshiva
2018-07 - 2019-06: Jewish coaching, Refuah Institute
2019-11 - 2020-08: Jewish coaching, BSD Jewish Coaching
2020-08 - 2020-10: spiritual coaching, Life Purpose Institute
2018-11 - 2021-06: Chabad Chassidus, Torat Hanefesh School of Jewish Psychology
1991-10 - 1993-06: part-time lecturer in Japanese, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1994-04 - 1995-03: part-time lecturer in linguistics, Kansai University
1994-04 - 2004-07: part-time lecturer in English, Kansai University
1994-04 - 2004-07: part-time lecturer in Hebrew and Japanese, Osaka University of Foreign Studies
2003-04 - 2004-07: part-time lecturer in linguistics, Doshisha Women's College
2004-10 - 2009-03: lecturer, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
2009-04 - 2020-09: tenured senior lecturer, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Bar-Ilan University
2020-10 - 2023-07: Jewish life coach, online
2023-10 - pesent: edupreneur of Jewish life wisdom, online
2025-01 - present: translator of Chassidic classics (directly from Hebrew and Yiddish)
Chabad Chassidus
Russian
Language is the gatekeeper of our mind-made prison.
Life challenge is our best life coach.
A little light dispels a lot of darkness.
Q: Who am I?
A: I am.
Last update: 2025-01-03