Harav Yehuda Amital (1924–2010) was the founding rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion, a position in which he served for forty years.

A Holocaust survivor from Hungary, he fought in Israel’s War of Independence. In the 1950’s he helped conceive the Hesder program, wherein students combine yeshiva study and military service in order to contribute to the physical and spiritual welfare of the Jewish people and as a path to personal growth – a dream he most fully realized with the founding of Yeshivat Har Etzion in the wake of the Six Day War.

He served as a role model and inspiration to his thousands of students, and influenced even broader circles within the Religious Zionist public through his unique personality, which combined Torah greatness, life wisdom, warmth, charm, and far-reaching vision.

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Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l (1933–2015) was born in Paris, France, and escaped the Nazi occupation with his family, arriving in the United States in 1941. After studying at Yeshivat Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner, he earned his rabbinic ordination at Yeshiva University and his PhD in English Literature at Harvard University. While at Yeshiva University, he became a close disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who was later to become his father-in-law. After serving as a Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel at Yeshiva University for several years, Rabbi Lichtenstein made Aliya to Israel in 1971 and joined Rabbi Yehuda Amital at the helm of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut. Under their joint leadership over four decades, Yeshivat Har Etzion grew into a major center of advanced Torah study, graduating thousands of alumni – including hundreds of educators and community rabbis – and exerting a strong influence in Israel, the United States, and other centers of Jewish life.

Committed to intensive and original Torah study, Rabbi Lichtenstein also articulated a bold Jewish worldview that embraced elements of modernity within the framework of a Torah life. In recognition of his outstanding scholarship and contributions, Rabbi Lichtenstein was awarded in 2014 the State of Israel’s highest honor, the Israel Prize, in the category of Torah Literature. Alongside his genuine Torah greatness and the breadth and depth of his philosophy, he was renowned for his deep humility, nobility and love of humanity.

Rav Yaakov Medan studied at the Netiv Meir High School in Jerusalem and in 1968, joined the first class at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He served in the IDF in the Airborne Nachal Infantry unit in the Hesder Program, and afterwards, returned to the Yeshiva as a Ram. He earned his Semikha from Yeshivat Har Etzion, a Bachelor of Education degree from Michlala in Jerusalem and a Master's degree from Touro College. Rav Medan teaches Tanakh at Yeshivat Har Etzion and at numerous Yeshivot hesder and colleges throughout the country, and is considered one of the outstanding educators of Tanakh today. In 2000, Rav Medan served as a Board member of the school for conversion of the Ne'eman Committee, and thus began is involvement, together with Prof. Ruth Gavison z"l, in composing a renewed pact for relations between religious and secular, for which he was awarded the Avichai Prize. Today, Rav Medan serves as a Ram for fourth-year students at Yeshivat Har Etzion, teaches Tanakh and Jewish Thought at the Yeshiva and Herzog College, and taught at the Advanced Torah Institute of Bar Ilan University and at many other institutions. In 5766, Harav Yaakov was inaugurated, together with Harav Baruch Gigi, as Rosh Yeshiva, alongside the founding rashei yeshiva, to be joined in 5769 by Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein.

Harav Baruch Gigi is a Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He also teaches at the Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz and at Ohr Torah Stone’s Michlelet Bruriah, and serves as the Rav of the Sephardic Synagogue in Alon Shevut.  He has Semikha from the Rabbanut and has a Bachelor of Education from Herzog College. He previously was a Ram and Rosh Kollel at the Hesder Yeshiva "Ma'alot," but since 1988, he has served as a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion. In 5766, Harav Gigi was inaugurated, together with Harav Yaakov Medan, as Rosh Yeshiva, alongside the founding rashei yeshiva, and they were joined in 5769 by Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein.

Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein came on aliya with his family in 1971 from New York. He studied at the Netiv Meir High School in Jerusalem, and thereafter, spent a year studying with the Rav zt"l. From 1979-1985, he did hesder at Yeshivat Har Etzion, serving in the Armored Corps. He received Semicha from the Rabbanut and a degree in English Literature from Hebrew University. Rav Mosheh has been a Ram in Yeshiva since 1992. While on sabbatical in Cleveland during the 97 and 98 academic years, Rav Mosheh served as Rosh Kollel of the Torat Tzion Kollel. He also taught at Bruria, an Advanced Program for Women in Jerusalem from 1992-1997. Rav Mosheh authored Moses: Envoy of God, Envoy of His People, as well as a sefer on haftarot. At present, he serves as Shana Alef Ram, is responsible for the yeshiva’s Kollel Gavoha, and is teaching an advanced Gemara BeIyun shiur at the Beit Midrash for Women Migdal Oz. Harav Mosheh was inaugurated as Rosh Yeshiva in Tishrei 5769, alongside his father Harav Aharon Lichtenstein, Harav Yaakov Medan and Harav Baruch Gigi. He is married to Dr. Michal Lichtenstein and has three daughters.

Founder and head of the Beit Midrash Gavoha leNashim Migdal Oz, the daughter of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and the granddaughter of Rabbi Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Amichai Gordin studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion for fifteen years, beginning in 1991. Ten years of that period were spent in the shiur of Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Aharon Lichtenstein shelit"a, whom he regards as his rebbe and his principle source of knowledge and inspiration. Rav Gordin taught at the Netiv Meir and Sha'alabim yeshiva high schools, serving at the latter also as deputy Rosh Yeshiva for two years. Together with his fellow students from Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rav Chaimi Navon and Rav Shimoni Garti, he led the project of publishing Shiurei Harav Lichtenstein. In 2007 he joined the Yeshivat Har Etzion staff, serving there as a Ram, until his appointment as the Rosh Yeshiva for the Yeshiva High School at the beginning of the 5783 (2022) academic year.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Amnon Bazak is a shiur-bet Ram of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and a lecturer in the Bible and Oral Law Departments of Herzog College and the Women's Beit Midrash in Migdal Oz. Within the framework of Hesder, he completed his army service in the Military Rabbinate, was ordained as a rabbi and attained his B.Ed in Herzog College. He has authored several books on Bible study, including: Samuel Alef - King of Israel, Shmuel Bet - The Kingdom of David, and Nekudat Peticha - Studies in Parshat Hashavua. In his book "To this Day," he presents a comprehensive way of dealing with questions arising from biblical criticism. Hundreds of his lessons, written and recorded, are archived on the website of the Virtual Beit Midrash of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Rav Bazak also edited several books, among them Rav Amital's book "VeHaAretz Natan Livnei Adam" and the holiday series by Herzog College.

With a masters degree from both the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration and from the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Rabbi Bernstein '10 has returned to yeshiva to serve as a Mashgiach Ruchani, as of Elul 5782.

Rav Ezra Bick, a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since his aliya from New York in 1977, is the Director of the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash, with more than 30 weekly shiurim and tens of thousands of monthly users. Rav Bick earned his Semicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, and holds an M.S. degree in Jewish Philosophy from YU and a M. Phil. degree in Philosophy from Columbia University. He is the author of 'Yud-Gimel Middot Shel Rachamim,' and 'The Shemona Esrei.' Rav Bick is currently teaching a shana vav shiur in Yeshiva, which has been especially designed to meet the needs of students who are concurrently attending Hebrew University together with their yeshiva studies.

Rav Assi Blank, an alumnus of Hesder machzor 23. Upon completing his studies here in yeshiva, Rav Assi served as a Ram for many years in Midreshet Ein HaNetziv. For the years 5769-5775, he also served as the Rav of Kibbutz Ein HaNetziv. In 5775, Rav Assi founded the women's midrasha Neta - Beit She'an and served at its head. As of Elul 5779, Rav Assi has returned to the yeshiva, to serve as the Menahel Chinuchi.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Shlomo Brin studied at the Netev Meir Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem and joined Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1974. He served in the IDF as a combat medic in the context of the Hesder Program and fought in the Yom Kippur War and the Peace for Galilee War. He studied at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem for a brief period, and afterwards, returned to Yeshivat Har Etzion. Today, Rav Brin serves as a Ram for first-year students in the Yeshiva, as well as teaching in the Yeshiva and Herzog College. He is in the midst of a Masters program in Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Rav Brin is a member of the Yeshiva Board and serves as Deputy Chairman. Son-in-law to Rav Yehuda Amital zt"l, Rav Brin is married to Tali; they have 6 children and live in Alon Shevut.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Pini Cohen first came to the yeshiva as a talmid in the Midreshet Torah veAvoda [MTA] program in 1994. Rav Pini earned his Semicha from the Rabbanut, and holds a degree in Business Management and Psychology from the University of South Africa, as well as a B.Ed. from the Herzog College. Rav Pini currently teaches Gemara, Hashkafa and Halacha to the South African and Australian talmidim. He has also been teaching at the Gush Etzion Regional Elementary School for the past ten years.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Michael Edrei studied in Netiv Meir Yeshiva High School and joined the Hesder Program at Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1990. He served in the Golani Unit in the IDF.  He received Semicha and earned a degree in law and economics from Bar-Ilan Univesity. In addition to his Semicha studies, he studied dayanut at the Eretz Hemda Institute in Jerusalem.He previously served as a Ram at the Yeshivat Hesder in Acco from 2007-2011. He joined the staff of Yeshivat Har Etzion in 2011 as a Ram for Shiur Bet. In addition to his work at the yeshiva, Rabbi Adrei serves as the rabbi of the Kfar Maimon and Tushia communities since 2014.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Uzi Friedlich began his advanced Torah studies at Yeshivat Merkaz Harav in 1967. With the establishment of Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1968, Rav Friedlich joined the first class and became a founder of the Yeshiva and of Alon Shevut. Rav Uzi served for many years as Mashgiach and spiritual director of the yeshiva. Rav Uzi retired from his official duties over Elul 1990, but he continues to illuminate the beit midrash with his presence, personality and wisdom, and thus we continue to be blessed.

Rav Mordechai Friedman '78 has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1986. He is the Halakha Coordinator for the Virtual Beit Midrash, the Yeshiva's Internet Project. Rav Friedman studied under Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt"l at Yeshiva University in New York, graduating with a degree in Computer Sciences. He earned Semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Amichai Gordin studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion for fifteen years, beginning in 1991. Ten years of that period were spent in the shiur of Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Aharon Lichtenstein shelit"a, whom he regards as his rebbe and his principle source of knowledge and inspiration. Rav Gordin taught at the Netiv Meir and Sha'alabim yeshiva high schools, serving at the latter also as deputy Rosh Yeshiva for two years. Together with his fellow students from Yeshivat Har Etzion, Rav Chaimi Navon and Rav Shimoni Garti, he led the project of publishing Shiurei Harav Lichtenstein. In 2007 he joined the Yeshivat Har Etzion staff, serving there as a Ram, until his appointment as the Rosh Yeshiva for the Yeshiva High School at the beginning of the 5783 (2022) academic year.

Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb is a Ra”m at Yeshivat Har Etzion and the rabbi and co-founder of Ganei Ha’ela, a new community being built in the suburbs of Ramat Beit Shemesh. Prior to his aliyah to Israel, in August, 2010, Rabbi Gottlieb served as rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Emunah, in Baltimore, MD. Since moving to Israel Rabbi Gottlieb has also taught at a number of yeshivot and seminaries and was commissioned by OU Press to write a book about the laws of Yom Tov. Rabbi Gottlieb received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University, where he was also a member of their prestigious Wexner Kollel Elyon. In addition to co-editing two rabbinic journals, Rabbi Gottlieb is the author of Ateret Yaakov, a book of in-depth essays about a wide range of halachic topics. A highly regarded speaker and teacher, Rabbi Gottlieb has served as a Scholar in Residence for numerous communities in the United States, Canada, South Africa, Europe, and Israel.

Alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Yishai has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 2016. The son of an alumnus, Rav Jeselson learned in Yeshiva Tichonit Makor Chaim before entering Har Etzion. Rav Jeselson completed his Hesder army service in the Nachal Brigade, and then attained semikha from the rabbanut. He has since attained a degree in Special Education from Herzog College and has also qualified for City Rabbinate. Rav Jeselson currently teaches an Israeli Shiur Bet shiur. 

Rav Yair Kahn '77 head of the Post College Students Program, has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1987. He teaches an Israeli shiur, one into which the Overseas students integrate comfortably. Rav Kahn has been the coordinator of the Virtual Beit Midrash Gemara Iyun Shiur for several years. Originally from NY, Rav Kahn studied at Chaim Berlin, Yeshiva University, and Yeshivat Har Etzion. Rav Kahn is also the editor of the Shiurei Hagrid series published by the Toras Horav Foundation and Mossad Harav Kook.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Tzvi Chaim Kaye '01; after completing a degree in mathematics in University College London, Rav Tzvi returned to the yeshiva to learn in 2006. He joined the Kollel Gevoah until he became a Ram in 2016 as Ram Seder Erev, and periodically as a Ram of Shana Alef.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Elyakim Krumbein came on aliya from New York in 1973 following his studies at Yeshiva College, joining the Kollel at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He has been teaching at Yeshiva since 1981, currently heading the Tochnit Bekiut. He also served as a Pedagogic Advisor at the Herzog College, supervising the fieldwork of third-year Herzog College students. Rav Krumbein's guides for self-study on the Bavot, Ketubot and other Massechtot are widely used by Yeshiva students and alumni. He is the author of Sho'el K'inyan, two volumes of study guides on Gittin and Kiddushin. He recently published Musar for Moderns (KTAV), an introductory course in musar for the contemporary Jew.

Rav Beni Lehman studied at "Netiv Meir" and later studied at Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav. He holds a master's degree in psychology from Hebrew University. He joined the Yeshiva's educational staff in the year 2007, and teaches Jewish philosophy at yeshiva. At the same time, he continues his work as a psychologist.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Menachem Leibtag '77 headed the Overseas Program at Yeshivat Har Etzion for over a decade, after completing the Hesder Program and academic studies at Machon Lev, the Jerusalem College of Technology. His Tanakh classes at Yeshiva, emphasizing biblical theme and structure, have opened his students' eyes to new dimensions within the text, while transmitting a deeper appreciation of Torah values. He was instrumental in creating the Yeshiva's Virtual Beit Midrash, which today reaches tens of thousands of readers worldwide, and then initiated the Tanach Study Center, his own comprehensive program for the study of Tanakh on the Internet. He also teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Yeshivat Sha'alvim.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Shlomo Levy studied at the Netiv Meir Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem and joined Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1969. He has served as a Ram in the Yeshiva since 1974, and also taught at Yeshivat Shavei Chevron, Yeshivat Yerucham and at Yeshivat "Birkat Moshe" in Ma'alei Adumim. In 2005 he founded the Yeshivat Hesder Yeshiva in Kiryat Gat and headed it for ten years. Today he is the head of Har Etzion's halacha kollel, giving shiurim in yeshiva. He also serves as a dayan at the local Rabbinical Court in Alon Shvut.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Yitzchak Levy served in the Intelligence Corps in the IDF, reaching the rank of Major in the standing army. Upon his discharge from the army, he joined the Kollel of Yeshivat Har Etzion where he studied for nine years, while simultaneously earning a Bachelor's degree in Jewish History and Archeology. Rav Levi headed the Ulpana in Elkana for four years and afterwards, returned to the Yeshiva. Until his retirement in September 2018, he served as the Mashgiach of Yeshivat Har Etzion. He continues to teach Tanakh and Eretz Yisrael Studies at the Herzog College.

Rav Nechemia Ra'anan studied at Yeshivat Sha’alvim High School. Afterwards, he studied at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav from 1991-1994. In 1995, he began the Hesder Program at Ma’alot Yaakov and served in the Nahal Unit in the IDF. In 1996, became a founding member of  Yeshivat Siach Sadeh (headed by Rav Shagar zt”l and Rav Yair Dreyfus) where he studied until 2001. From 2002-2009, he was a member of the Kollel Gavoha of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Rav Ra’anan earned his Semicha and completed a Bachelor of Education degree from Herzog College. He has also served as a Ram at Mekor Chayim Yeshiva High School in Kibbutz Kfar Etzion. In 2011 he joined the staff of Yeshivat Har Etzion and has served for the past decade as a Shana Alef Ram. He teaches as well at the SKA Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz. As of Elul 5781, Rav Nechemia will be the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Hesder Shadlot Mechola - we wish him much hatzlacha in his new position!

Rav Hillel Rachmani studied at the Netiv Meir Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem and began his studies at Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1970. He received a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Jewish Thought from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Master's degree from Touro College. Until his recent retirement, Rav Rachmani headed the Jewish Thought Department at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He continues to teach in the Yeshiva and Herzog College, at Midreshet Matan in Jerusalem and at the Midrasha for Women of Bar Ilan University.

Rav Daniel Rhein has been at Yeshivat Har Etzion since Elul 2001. He earned his Semicha from Yeshiva University/RIETS, and an MS in Secondary Jewish Education from Yeshiva University Ferkauf/Azrieli. Rav Rhein was the Founding Prinicpal at Block Yeshiva High School in St Louis, served as Principal at Ohr Torah HS in NY, Rebbe and Assistant Principal at MTA , Rebbe and Director of Guidance at HAFTR, and Rebbe and mashgiach ruchani at Beit Midrash L'Torah. He also has many years experience in informal Jewish education, including serving on the Chinuch staff at Camp Mesorah, and as the Director of the educational staff at Morasha.

Chief Rabbi of Gush Etzion, Rosh Yeshiva of Lev Academic Center (JCT), Founder and Chairman of Sulamot and La'Ofek (formerly JobKatif), and Rabbi of Alon Shvut South.

Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon is an internationally acclaimed posek - decisor of Jewish law – as well as an author, educator, and lecturer. Through his book series, Halakha MiMekora, Rav Rimon has become known worldwide for developing an innovative methodology for teaching Halakha, taking the reader from the sources to the practical application of Halakha in our modern reality within the framework of a user-friendly, pedagogical methodology. In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Rav Rimon was awarded the Katz Prize in 2018 for the application of Halakha in modern society, the President's Prize for Volunteerism in 2008, and the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism in 2014 for his revolutionary Chessed initiatives.

Alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Doniel Schreiber '86 has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1994, and he is the founding Dean of the Yeshivat Har Etzion Center for Torah Leadership. He has Semikha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and an MA in Medieval Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School. Rabbi Schreiber also lectures regularly in halakha in the community of Alon Shevut, and has been delivering a weekly evening halakha shiur to men and women in Jerusalem since 1997, first at Kehillat Moriah until 2003, and then at the Hildesheimer Shul until the present. He is the author of an Internet shiur entitled "The Laws of Shabbat" for the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash, has published articles in various books and Torah journals, and has served as scholar-in-residence in various communities in Israel, the United States, and South Africa. His shiurim emphasize reaching a clear halakhic conclusion while showcasing the dynamic and conceptual system of halakha as it emerges from the gemara, rishonim, and poskim.

Rav Yehuda Shaviv studied at Yeshivat Kerem Be’Yavneh. In 1968, he joined Yeshivat Har Etzion as a Ram for the first class of the Yeshiva and continued as a Ram until 2003 when he retired. He published numerous articles and books on a wide range of topics in Tanakh, Jewish Thought, Halakha and Gemara. Rav Shaviv passed away on December 21, 2018. Yehi zikhro barukh.

Rav Shmuel Shimoni studied at Yeshiva Tichonit Neve Shmuel, and began his studies at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Elul 5755 (1995). He served under Hesder in the artillery unit, and upon completion, continued his studies at the yeshiva and later in the Kollel Gavoa. Rav Shimoni earned a teaching certificate and bachelor's degree in education at Herzog College as well as a bachelor’s and master's degree in Law at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After clerking at the Supreme Court and working as a legal assistant and as an attorney, Rav Shimoni returned to Har Etzion as Ram.

Rav Binyamin Tabory z"l, a talmid of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik and talmid-chaver of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, received semikha from Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan and a Master’s degree in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University. For more than thirty years, beginning in 1979, he gave an advanced Gemara shiur in Yeshivat Har Etzion. He previously served as rosh yeshiva in Toronto, Canada, at Yeshivat Or Chaim and Ulpanat Orot, and was the founding rosh kollel of the Torah Mitzion Kollel in Cleveland, Ohio. He also served as the Rav of Kehillat Alei Tzion in London. For over twenty years, Rav Tabory taught at Midreshet Moriah, a women’s learning center in Jerusalem, and at Sha’alvim for Women as well. Rav Tabory authored a written shiur for the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash, The Weekly Mitzva, and an audio shiur at KMTT - Ki Mitzion Teitze Torah - The Torah Podcast, the yeshiva's mp3 Torah project in English, as well as at KESHET - Kol Shidurei Torah - The Torah Podcast, the yeshiva's mp3 Torah project in Hebrew. His shiurim have appeared in various publications and websites devoted to Torah study. See also The Weekly Mitzva, published by Maggid. Rav Tabory passed away 3 Elul 5779. Yehi zikhro barukh.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Moshe Taragin '83 has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion since 1994. He has Semikha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, a BA in Computer Science from Yeshiva College, and an MA in English Literature from City University. Rabbi Taragin previously taught Talmud at Columbia University, lectured in Talmud and Bible at the IBC and JSS divisions of Yeshiva University, and served as Assistant Rabbi at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue. In addition, Rabbi Taragin currently teaches at the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash for Women of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Eli Weber '81, a former Partner at Clifford Chance, graduated from Yeshiva University and Columbia Law School; he studied for three years before and after college at Yeshivat Har Etzion.Eli has been closely associated with the yeshiva and the Etzion Foundation for over 30 years – as a talmid, board member, Dinner Guest of Honor, and now as staff. As of Elul 2011, Eli serves the yeshiva as the Director of the William Major z"l Overseas Program.

Rav Baruch Weintraub was born in Ramat Gan and is a graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion (Machzor 35). He fulfilled his Hesder army duty as a tank soldier in the Armored Corps. After completing Hesder, Rav Baruch continued his studies at Yeshivat Har Etzion in the framework of the Kollel Gavoha and received semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Between the years 5771-5774 he served as the Assistant Head of the Torah MiTzion / Yeshiva University (YU) Beit Midrash in Toronto. After returning to Israel, he was appointed community rabbi of Mevaser Zion, Tel Mond. In 2018, Rav Baruch returned to the yeshiva, teaching a shana bet shiur, alongside Rav Yair Kahn and Rav Yishai Jeselsohn.

Rabbanit Shayna Goldberg is a yoetzet halakha and serves as a mashgicha ruchanit at the Stella K. Abraham Bet Midrash for Women Migdal Oz. She is also a contributing editor at Deracheha.org. She previously taught halakha at the Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School in Teaneck, NJ, and served as a yoetzet halacha for Congregations Rinat Yisrael and Ahavat Torah, as well as for Kehilat Kesher, all in New Jersey. See also https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/shayna-goldberg/ for her thoughts on life in Israel, education, Jewish holidays and current events.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Ra"m in Beit Midrash LeNashim Migdal Oz, and coordinator of the Tanakh chug at Herzog College

Ramit at Beit Midrash for Women Migdal Oz. Rabbanit Shira has a B.A. in Torah Sheb’al Peh and Jewish Philosophy from Herzog College. She studied in the Shiur Hemshekh and in the Keren Ariel program at Nishmat, as well as in the Kollel Iyun at Migdal Oz. She is a Yoetzet Halakha and answers halakhic questions on Taharat Hamishpacha on the Yoetzot Halakha website and for her community.

Dr. Yosefa (Fogel) Wruble, ramit in the Women's Beit Midrash Migdal Oz, holds a doctorate in Bible from Bar-Ilan University, a master’s degree in Bible from Bar-Ilan University and a BA in Literature and Judaic Studies from Yeshiva University. She has a teaching degree from Herzog College, and lectures widely on Bible and Jewish Law.

An alumnus of Hesder machzor 9, Rav Moshe Aberman received semikha at Yeshiva University, where he also completed a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in education. In 1985, he joined the Ramim staff for the Overseas talmidim. On shelichut between 1997-99, he served as the founding Rosh Kollel of Torah MiTzion Chicago. Today he serves as an educator and member of Beit Hillel, and continues to advise shelichim for communities abroad.

Alumnus of Har Etzion, Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh received his semicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. in Jewish History from Yeshiva University. Prior to his aliyah in 2004, he served as a Maggid Shiur and Assistant Director of Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, and as a Rebbe in TMSTA – Yeshiva University High School. He currently holds the Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair in Talmud and Jewish Law at Yeshiva University’s RIETS Kollel in Jerusalem, and teaches at Yeshivat Har Etzion.

One of the founders of Har Etzion, Rav Yoel holds a doctorate in Jewish Philosophy, and lectures widely in Tanakh. As of 2015, he has been a daily columnist for Project 929 - Bible Together.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Uzi Friedlich began his advanced Torah studies at Yeshivat Merkaz Harav in 1967. With the establishment of Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1968, Rav Friedlich joined the first class and became a founder of the Yeshiva and of Alon Shevut. Rav Uzi served for many years as Mashgiach and spiritual director of the yeshiva. Rav Uzi retired from his official duties over Elul 1990, but he continues to illuminate the beit midrash with his presence, personality and wisdom, and thus we continue to be blessed.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Elyakim Krumbein came on aliya from New York in 1973 following his studies at Yeshiva College, joining the Kollel at Yeshivat Har Etzion. He has been teaching at Yeshiva since 1981, currently heading the Tochnit Bekiut. He also served as a Pedagogic Advisor at the Herzog College, supervising the fieldwork of third-year Herzog College students. Rav Krumbein's guides for self-study on the Bavot, Ketubot and other Massechtot are widely used by Yeshiva students and alumni. He is the author of Sho'el K'inyan, two volumes of study guides on Gittin and Kiddushin. He recently published Musar for Moderns (KTAV), an introductory course in musar for the contemporary Jew.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Menachem Leibtag '77 headed the Overseas Program at Yeshivat Har Etzion for over a decade, after completing the Hesder Program and academic studies at Machon Lev, the Jerusalem College of Technology. His Tanakh classes at Yeshiva, emphasizing biblical theme and structure, have opened his students' eyes to new dimensions within the text, while transmitting a deeper appreciation of Torah values. He was instrumental in creating the Yeshiva's Virtual Beit Midrash, which today reaches tens of thousands of readers worldwide, and then initiated the Tanach Study Center, his own comprehensive program for the study of Tanakh on the Internet. He also teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Yeshivat Sha'alvim.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Shlomo Levy studied at the Netiv Meir Yeshiva High School in Jerusalem and joined Yeshivat Har Etzion in 1969. He has served as a Ram in the Yeshiva since 1974, and also taught at Yeshivat Shavei Chevron, Yeshivat Yerucham and at Yeshivat "Birkat Moshe" in Ma'alei Adumim. In 2005 he founded the Yeshivat Hesder Yeshiva in Kiryat Gat and headed it for ten years. Today he is the head of Har Etzion's halacha kollel, giving shiurim in yeshiva. He also serves as a dayan at the local Rabbinical Court in Alon Shvut.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Yitzchak Levy served in the Intelligence Corps in the IDF, reaching the rank of Major in the standing army. Upon his discharge from the army, he joined the Kollel of Yeshivat Har Etzion where he studied for nine years, while simultaneously earning a Bachelor's degree in Jewish History and Archeology. Rav Levi headed the Ulpana in Elkana for four years and afterwards, returned to the Yeshiva. Until his retirement in September 2018, he served as the Mashgiach of Yeshivat Har Etzion. He continues to teach Tanakh and Eretz Yisrael Studies at the Herzog College.

Rav Nechemia Ra'anan studied at Yeshivat Sha’alvim High School. Afterwards, he studied at Yeshivat Merkaz HaRav from 1991-1994. In 1995, he began the Hesder Program at Ma’alot Yaakov and served in the Nahal Unit in the IDF. In 1996, became a founding member of  Yeshivat Siach Sadeh (headed by Rav Shagar zt”l and Rav Yair Dreyfus) where he studied until 2001. From 2002-2009, he was a member of the Kollel Gavoha of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Rav Ra’anan earned his Semicha and completed a Bachelor of Education degree from Herzog College. He has also served as a Ram at Mekor Chayim Yeshiva High School in Kibbutz Kfar Etzion. In 2011 he joined the staff of Yeshivat Har Etzion and has served for the past decade as a Shana Alef Ram. He teaches as well at the SKA Beit Midrash for Women in Migdal Oz. As of Elul 5781, Rav Nechemia will be the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Hesder Shadlot Mechola - we wish him much hatzlacha in his new position!

Rav Daniel Rhein has been at Yeshivat Har Etzion since Elul 2001. He earned his Semicha from Yeshiva University/RIETS, and an MS in Secondary Jewish Education from Yeshiva University Ferkauf/Azrieli. Rav Rhein was the Founding Prinicpal at Block Yeshiva High School in St Louis, served as Principal at Ohr Torah HS in NY, Rebbe and Assistant Principal at MTA , Rebbe and Director of Guidance at HAFTR, and Rebbe and mashgiach ruchani at Beit Midrash L'Torah. He also has many years experience in informal Jewish education, including serving on the Chinuch staff at Camp Mesorah, and as the Director of the educational staff at Morasha.

Chief Rabbi of Gush Etzion, Rosh Yeshiva of Lev Academic Center (JCT), Founder and Chairman of Sulamot and La'Ofek (formerly JobKatif), and Rabbi of Alon Shvut South.

Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon is an internationally acclaimed posek - decisor of Jewish law – as well as an author, educator, and lecturer. Through his book series, Halakha MiMekora, Rav Rimon has become known worldwide for developing an innovative methodology for teaching Halakha, taking the reader from the sources to the practical application of Halakha in our modern reality within the framework of a user-friendly, pedagogical methodology. In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Rav Rimon was awarded the Katz Prize in 2018 for the application of Halakha in modern society, the President's Prize for Volunteerism in 2008, and the Moskowitz Prize for Zionism in 2014 for his revolutionary Chessed initiatives.

Rav Yehuda Shaviv studied at Yeshivat Kerem Be’Yavneh. In 1968, he joined Yeshivat Har Etzion as a Ram for the first class of the Yeshiva and continued as a Ram until 2003 when he retired. He published numerous articles and books on a wide range of topics in Tanakh, Jewish Thought, Halakha and Gemara. Rav Shaviv passed away on December 21, 2018. Yehi zikhro barukh.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, head of IT at Har Etzion/Herzog College and teacher of Tanakh.

Rav Binyamin Tabory z"l, a talmid of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik and talmid-chaver of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, received semikha from Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan and a Master’s degree in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University. For more than thirty years, beginning in 1979, he gave an advanced Gemara shiur in Yeshivat Har Etzion. He previously served as rosh yeshiva in Toronto, Canada, at Yeshivat Or Chaim and Ulpanat Orot, and was the founding rosh kollel of the Torah Mitzion Kollel in Cleveland, Ohio. He also served as the Rav of Kehillat Alei Tzion in London. For over twenty years, Rav Tabory taught at Midreshet Moriah, a women’s learning center in Jerusalem, and at Sha’alvim for Women as well. Rav Tabory authored a written shiur for the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash, The Weekly Mitzva, and an audio shiur at KMTT - Ki Mitzion Teitze Torah - The Torah Podcast, the yeshiva's mp3 Torah project in English, as well as at KESHET - Kol Shidurei Torah - The Torah Podcast, the yeshiva's mp3 Torah project in Hebrew. His shiurim have appeared in various publications and websites devoted to Torah study. See also The Weekly Mitzva, published by Maggid. Rav Tabory passed away 3 Elul 5779. Yehi zikhro barukh.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rabbi Avi Baumol is serving the Jewish community of Krakow as it undergoes a revitalization as part of a resurgence of Jewish awareness in Poland. He graduated Yeshiva University and Bernard Revel Graduate School with an MA in Medieval JH, and semikha from RIETS. He served as a rabbi in Vancouver British Columbia for five years. Rabbi Baumol is the author of "The Poetry of Prayer" Gefen Publishing, 2010, and author of "Komentarz to Tory" (Polish), a Modern Orthodox Commentary on the Torah.

Rav Yaakov Beasley is the Tanakh Coordinator at Yeshivat Lev haTorah and is completing a doctorate on the book of Micah at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of an upcoming volume on Nahum, Habbakuk and Zephaniah for the Maggid Studies in Tanakh series. Rav Yaakov has been teaching and writing about Tanakh for almost twenty years. A popular lecturer around Jerusalem and Israel, including such yeshivot as Matan, Darchei Noam, Midreshet Rachel, and others, he co-edited Yeshivat Har Etzion's groundbreaking series "Torah MiEtzion" on the application of new literary methodologies to the study of parashat ha-shavua. Additionally, he authored several years of Har Etzion's Virtual Beit Midrash Introduction to the Parasha series, and his articles on Tanakh have appeared in Tradition and other publications.

Alumnus of Har Etzion, Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh received his semicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. in Jewish History from Yeshiva University. Prior to his aliyah in 2004, he served as a Maggid Shiur and Assistant Director of Yeshiva University’s Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, and as a Rebbe in TMSTA – Yeshiva University High School. He currently holds the Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair in Talmud and Jewish Law at Yeshiva University’s RIETS Kollel in Jerusalem, and teaches at Yeshivat Har Etzion.

בוגר הישיבה, דוקטורנט למדעי המחשב באוניברסיטת אריאל

One of the founders of Har Etzion, Rav Yoel holds a doctorate in Jewish Philosophy, and lectures widely in Tanakh. As of 2015, he has been a daily columnist for Project 929 - Bible Together.

Alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Blau is the Rosh Yeshiva and Shana Bet Ra’’m at Yeshivat Orayta. He is also the author of Fresh Fruit and Vintage Wine: The Ethics and Wisdom of the Aggada and Tradition’s associate editor. He has taught at Yeshivat Hamivtar and the Yeshivah of Flatbush, and currently also teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum. 

An alumnus of Har Etzion and Yeshiva University, Rabbi David Brofsky has taught Talmud and halakha in yeshivot and seminaries in Israel, including Yeshivat Har Etzion and Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalyim. He currently teaches in Midreshet Torah V’Avodah, is a senior faculty member at Midreshet Lindenbaum, and writes a weekly halakha shiur for the Virtual Beit Midrash (VBM).

An alumnus of Har Etzion, and a retired major in the IDF, Rav Cherlo is one of the founders of Tzohar, which has pioneered building bridges in Israeli society, specifically between the religious and secular communities. A sought after speaker and prolific author who has written several books on the role of Judaism and Halacha in modern life, Rav Cherlo plays an array of public roles in the State of Israel, including serving on the Governmental Ethical Committees, and of the Presidential Press Council. Rav Cherlo’s eagerness to share the richness of his learning and experience in public life gives students of Yeshivat Amit the unique opportunity to experience first-hand the inner workings of Israeli society and the role of Torah and Jewish values in the modern state.

Deracheha: Women and Mitzvot is an initiative of Yeshivat Har Etzion, in partnership with the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash and the Stella K. Abraham Beit Midrash For Women – Migdal Oz.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, one of the rashei yeshiva of Yeshivat Hesder Yerucham as well as one of its founders. Rav Uriel teaches there, as well as in other beit midrash, the philosophy of the sages of Israel, pshat and sod. His books, A River Flows from Eden, are the fruit of many years of study, observation, teaching and writing.

Graduate of the yeshiva, Herzog College and the Eretz Hemda Institute. Lecturer in Biblical and Oral Torah in the Beit Midrash for Rabbis in Rome and Rabbi of the Beit Shmuel Synagogue in the city. Qualified to be a judge on behalf of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and a member of the court in Rome and Milan. Published articles in a variety of journals in the fields of Halakha, Bible and Philosophy.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Etshalom Has been teaching in the Los Angeles community for over 30 years; and serves as the Rosh Beit Midrash at Shalhevet High School as well as Bible Chair at YULA High School. Rav Etshalom has authored two volumes of “Between the Lines of the Bible” as well as an in-depth commentary on Sefer Amos which will be published by Koren in 2022.

מרצה לתנ"ך במכללת הרצוג ובישיבה

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Beit Midrash Beit Morasha, and the Torah Institute of Higher Education at Bar Ilan University, Rav Tani serves as the Rav of "Kehillat Ilana DeChayei" in Jerusalem. Rav Tani has a bachelor's degree in medical sciences from Hebrew University, and a master's and PhD degree in Bar Ilan University. His doctorate deals with Aggada and Halacha in the Babylonian Talmud. Rav Tani teaches Gemara in the Women's Beit Midrash at Migdal Oz and Toshba at Herzog College and Bar Ilan University. In addition, he wrote several series of Internet Torah lessons in the VBM and edited alongside Rav Ezra Bick, the Har Etzion Parashat HaShavua book series "Torat Etzion".

Tova Ganzel is the Director of the Midrasha at Bar-Ilan University and one the first trained women's halakhic advisors (Yoatzot Halacha). She received her PhD from Bar-Ilan's Department of Bible Studies, and is a renowned figure in the world of women's Jewish learning.

Graduate of the yeshiva and the Kollel Gavoha. Rav Matan has semikha as well as a master's degree in Jewish philosophy from Bar Ilan University. He teaches Gemara at Yeshivat Neve Shmuel and is on staff at Sulamot, where he writes sifrei halakha.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, educational psychologist and teacher of Jewish Philosophy at Ulpanat Neve Channa.

Alumnus of Har Etzion, Judah Goldberg holds a B.A. from Yeshiva University and an M.D. and an M.A. in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. He studied for several years at Yeshivat Har Etzion and under its auspices received semikha from Rabbi Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg of Jerusalem. He practices emergency medicine in both Jerusalem and Florida. He has authored several articles on Jewish and general bioethics, as well as a series on Jewish values for the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash of Yeshivat Har Etzion.

A graduate of Har Etzion (Hesder 18), with a master's degree in clinical psychology, currently works as a clinical psychologist.

An alumnus of the yeshiva, Rav Haber has been involved in Torah education for over twenty-five years. He currently serves on the faculties of World Bnei Akiva’s MTVA and YTVA programs, Nishmat, Matan, and YTA (Yerushalayim Torah Academy) Girls’ High School.  He is a licensed professional tour guide who provides educational tours all over Israel to both groups and families.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rav Hattin teaches Tanakh and Halakha at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem and serves as the Coordinator of the Beit Midrash for the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators.  He studied for semicha at Yeshivat Har Etzion and holds a professional degree in architecture from the University of Toronto. Michael is the author of “Passages: Text and Transformation in the Parasha”, Urim Publications, as well as “Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land”, Koren Publishers.  He has served as scholar-in-residence in many communities in North America and Europe.

An alumnus of Har Etzion, Rabbi Alex Israel is an author, Tanakh teacher and international lecturer. He currently teaches at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi and Matan, and is Director of the Community Education Program, Summer Program and the Elmad Online Study Website at the Pardes Institute.

Rav Samuel Lebens is a professor of philosophy at the University of Haifa and a graduate of Yeshiva Har Etzion. He deals in several areas of philosophy: from the philosophy of Bertrand Russell to the philosophy of literature and the philosophy of religion. See his website at https://www.samlebens.com/

Dr. Tizporah Lifshitz completed her PhD in the Department of Talmud at Bar Ilan University in 2009 and is engaged in the study, teaching and research of the literature of the aggadot of the Land of Israel. She founded and manages the Ma'ale Adumim Jewish Cultural Center, which works to instill Jewish spiritual treasures and make them accessible to the general public.

Teaches Bible in women's midrashot; edits and manages content; writes articles and curricula.

Rabbanit Dr. Avigail Rock z"l earned a PhD in Tanach from Bar-Ilan University, had been teaching Tanakh and Torah She-be'al Peh for over two decades in Israel and abroad. Her online classes appeared regularly. A certified Rabbinical Advocate, Dr. Rock lived in Bet Shemesh with her husband, Rabbi Yehuda Rock, and their five children. Sadly, she passed away after a courageous battle with cancer, on 4 Tammuz 5779 (July 7th, 2019). She is sorely missed. Yehi zikhra barukh.

Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University and Herzog College. He also taught at Beit Morasha, Lander Institute and Shalem Academic Center. In 2007 he received the "Yakir Yerushalayim" award. For more on his books, research, essays, opinion columns, journalistic interviews and thoughts about current events, see https://www.shalomrosenberg.com/english/

Rabbi Elchanan Samet is a lecturer at the Michlelet Herzog- Lifschitz College in Gush Etzion. He served for over 25 years as a teacher and Ram at Yeshivat Birkat Moshe in Maaleh Adumim. Rabbi Samet is the author of a number of popular volumes containing his shiurim on Parashat Hashavuah, on the Elijah and Elisha cycle of narrative sin the Book of Kings and selected Psalms.

A graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion and Herzog College. Served for 8 years as head of the halakhic policy section of the Military Rabbinate and in the position of assistant to the Chief Rabbi 0f the IDF. Teaches the Daf Yomi lesson at yeshiva, among other shiurim.

Alumnus of Har Etzion, editor, translator and author of the daily Surf A Little Torah column for the Virtual Beit Midrash.

Rabbi Reuven Ziegler is Founder of Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash and has served as Editor-in-Chief since its inception in 1994. He also serves as Editorial Director of Koren Publishers Jerusalem. He is author of Majesty and Humility: The Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and, as Director of Research at the Toras HoRav Foundation, he edited many volumes of Rav Soloveitchik's manuscripts in the MeOtzar HoRav series. He has also edited works by and about Rav Aharon Lichtenstein (such as By His Light, Return and Renewal, and Musar Aviv) and Rav Yehuda Amital (such as Leovdekha BeEmet). He has lectured widely to yeshiva and college students and has served as scholar-in-residence at synagogues throughout Israel, North America and Europe.

Dr. Yael Ziegler teaches at Matan and is an assistant professor of Bible at Herzog College. Her books include Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy, Promises to Keep: The Oath in Biblical Narrative, and Lamentations: Faith in a Turbulent World. Dr. Ziegler lectures widely in synagogues and on campuses, and has served as scholar-in-residence on five continents.