Charges dropped against South Florida rabbi accused of inappropriately touching male students Rabbi Benita: ‘I’m very happy the truth came out’ Updated: Rabbi accused of child molestation has charged against him dropped MIAMI – A South Florida rabbi who was accused of touching the private parts of a student had the charges against him dropped. Back in April, Rabbi Yosef Benita was accused of the crimes by a student at the Lubavitch Educational Center, which is located near the the Golden Glades Interchange in Miami. An underage male student initially told police that during tutoring at the Orthodox Jewish day school, Benita touched his private parts four to five times.