Staff

Rav Mordechai Greenberg

Rosh HaYeshiva, Rav Mordechai Greenberg, shlita, came to Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh in 1960, after graduating from the "Yishuv Hechadash" Yeshiva High School in Tel Aviv. He was recognized as one of the Yeshiva's outstanding talmidim, and became a close talmid of the founding Rosh Hayeshiva, Maran Rav Chayim Yaakov Goldvicht, zt"l. As a Hesder student, Rav Greenberg served ...
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Rav Gavriel Saraf
Rav Gavriel Saraf
Rosh HaYeshiva

Rav Gavriel Saraf shlita was born in Be’er Sheva in 5733. He studied in Yeshivat Ohel Shlomo in Be’er Sheva. In 5752, he began his studies in the Hesder program at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh and performed his army serves in the Golani Brigade. In 5756, he joined the Yeshiva's Kollel, completing the ordination programs for Rabbanut Shechuna, Rabbanut Ir, and Dayanut. After ...
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Rav Aharon Friedman
Rav Aharon Friedman
Rosh HaYeshiva

Rav Aharon Friedman shlita was born in Yerushalayim in 5735. He studied in the Ma’arava Yeshiva High School. In 5752, he began his studies in the Hesder program at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh. He served in the artillery during his army service, and he presently serves in the reserves as a Battalion Rabbi in the artillery corps. After his marriage, Rav Friedman continued his ...
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Rav Yehuda Lapian
Rav Yehuda Lapian
Menahel of Overseas Program

A great-grandson of the famed Mashgiach Rabbi Elyah Lapian, R' Yehuda was born in 1978 and raised in the Yerushalayim neighborhood of Sha’arei Chesed. He studied in the Yishuv HaChadash yeshiva, and in 1995 he began 11 years of study at Yeshivat Kerem B’Yavneh. During that time, he performed his army service in the tank corps and received semicha ordination from the Chief ...
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Rav David Zahtz
Rav David Zahtz
Program Director

Rav David Zahtz grew up in Jamaica Estates, NY. After attending MTA for high school, he studied with his rebbe, Rav Menachem Mendel Blachman, at Kerem B'Yavneh for two years. He then returned to Yeshiva University to learn under Rav Mayer Twersky and to finish a degree in Psychology. Immediately upon finishing his BA, Rav Zahtz joined the semicha program at RIETS, learning first in New ...
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Staff for Overseas Students

Rav Menachem Mendel Blachman

Rav Menachem Mendel Blachman was born in Hamburg, Germany, and came to Chicago as a child. He learned in a Lubavitch High School, and then came to Israel to study in the Hevron ...
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Rav Shlomo Friedman

Rav Shlomo Friedman was born and raised in Queens, N.Y, and attended Yeshivat Kerem B'Yanveh in 1978-1980. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University, and received semicha from ...
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Rav Ahron Silver

Rav Ahron Silver was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to a distinguished family of Rabbonim. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University, and received semicha, Yoreh Yoreh and ...
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Rav Moshe Stav

Rav Moshe Stav was born in Yerushalayim. He learned in Yeshivat Kol Torah under Hagaon Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt"l, and in Yeshivat Knesset Chizkiyahu (Kfar Chasidim) ...
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Rav Shalom Rosner

A graduate of Yeshiva University, Rabbi Rosner earned a BA in Economics and a Masters in Jewish Education and Administration from Azrieli. A Musmach of RIETS, Rav Rosner was a ...
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Rav Zvi Davidson
Rav Zvi Davidson
Mashgiach

Rav Davidson has been learning in the Yeshiva since 1999. After getting married and joining the Kollel in 2004, Rav Davidson has been very involved with the overseas students, ...
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Rav Daniel Apfel
Rav Daniel Apfel
Night Seder Meishiv

Rav Daniel, a Teaneck, NJ native, attended MTA high school and subsequently studied for two years in Kerem B'Yavneh under the tutelage of Rav Blachman. ...
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Rav Dani Zuckerman

Originally from Silver Spring, MD, Rav Zuckerman spent two years learning at Yeshivat Shaalvim. He then learned at Yeshiva University for 11 years as a member of the Yeshiva ...
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Staff for Israeli Program