Yeshivat Har Etzion Faculty

Yeshivat Har Etzion / Overseas Program Faculty / Complete Yeshiva Faculty

Rav Moshe Aberman [YHE '77] has taught at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1985. He was on sabbatical in Chicago for the 97 and 98 academic years, serving as Rosh Kollel of the Torah Mi'Tzion Kollel. He received his Semicha, BA degree in Psychology and MA degree in Education, from Yeshiva University. He has previously taught at Machon Gold and Nishmat in Jerusalem.

Rav Ezra Bick, a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since his aliya from New York 29 years ago, currently teaches a second-year shiur for Israeli students. He is Director of the Yeshiva's Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash Project, with more than 20 shiurim on varying levels reaching tens of thousands of individuals worldwide. Rav Bick earned his Semicha from Yeshiva University, and holds an M.S. degree in Jewish Philosophy from YU and a Master's degree in Philosophy from Columbia University.

Rav Mordechai Friedman [YHE '78] has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion for the past 20 years. He is the Halacha Coordinator for the Virtual Beit Midrash, the Yeshiva's Internet Project. Rabbi Friedman studied under Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik z"l at Yeshiva University in New York, graduating with a degree in Computer Sciences. He earned Semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.

Rav Yair Kahn, [YHE '77] head of the Overseas Students Program, has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1987. He is currently teaching a second-year Israeli shiur. 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.

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 Menachem Leibtag [YHE '77] headed the Overseas Program at Yeshivat Har Etzion for over a decade, after completing the Hesder Program and studies at Machon Lev, the Jerusalem College of Technology. His Tanach 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 Tanach on the Internet. He also teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum, MMY in Jerusalem, Yeshivat HaKotel and Sha'alvim.

Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein [YHE '78] has been a Ram in Yeshiva since 1992. He was on sabbatical in Cleveland during the 97 and 98 academic years, serving as Rosh Kollel of the Torah MiTzion Kollel. He came on aliya with his family in 1971 from New York. After high school at Netiv Meir in Jerusalem, he 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. He also taught at Bruria, an Advanced Program for Women in Jerusalem from 1992-1997.

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.

Rav Doniel Schreiber [YHE '86] is a Ram for overseas students at Yeshivat Har Etzion, writes shiurim on the laws of Shabbat for the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash, and lectures in Halacha in Alon Shevut and at Kehillat Moriah in Jerusalem. He has an MA in Medieval Jewish History from the Bernard Revel Graduate School, and Semicha from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.

Rav Binyamin Tabory a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1979, received Semicha and a Master's in Jewish Philosophy from Yeshiva University. Rav Tabory previously served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Bnei Akiva High School in Toronto. He was the founding Rosh Kollel of the Torah Mitzion Kollel in Cleveland, the first Zionist Kollel in North America. In addition to his fourth-year shiur for Israeli students at the Yeshiva, he also teaches at Midreshet Moriah in Jerusalem. Rav Tabory authored a weekly shiur for the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash on The Weekly Mitzva, and gives a weekly shiur at KMTT - Ki Mitzion Teitze Torah - The Torah Podcast, the yeshiva's mp3 Torah project.

Rav Moshe Taragin [YHE '83] has been a Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Gush Etzion for the past 12 years. He has Semicha 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. He is the author of an Internet shiur entitled "Talmudic Methodology" with over 5,000 subscribers, and authors an audio shiur for KMTT - Ki Mitzion Teitze Torah - The Torah Podcast, entitled "Redemptive Sketches."

Rav Daniel Wolf [YHE '75] has been teaching at Yeshivat Har Etzion since 1983. He received his Semicha and Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Yeshiva University and an M.Sc. degree in Operations Research from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He also lectures extensively for Paamonim, a charitable organization that provides financial assistance and counseling for needy families. Rav Wolf is also available for halakhic consultations for ribbit issues in legal contracts.