Rabbi Balbino Cotarelo Núñez

Balbino Cotarelo Núñez is from Gijón/Xixón (Asturias) in Spain.

Balbino has a MSc in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology and a PGCE from the University of Oviedo. He also has a Bilingual/ESL (Spanish) Education Endorsement from National Louis University (Chicago).

Balbino is currently enrolled at the Halacha Mastery Program at Rabbi Chaim Brovender’s WEBYeshiva.

Balbino has work experience as a Science teacher in secondary education schools and has lived and worked in several countries.

During his time at YCT, Balbino completed rabbinic internships abroad in El Salvador and Madrid and locally with the Sephardic minyan of HIR. He also interned as a chaplain at the Hebrew Home of Riverdale.

Balbino’s interests include fitness, nature, reading books about history, and political thought and philosophy. He is also very inspired by the rational approach of the Western Sephardic Tradition and the intellectual rigor and integrity of Old Sepharad.