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CELEBRATINGMore than 200 new musmakhim and the classes of 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964

HONORINGRabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz

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Jay Schottenstein Eitz ChaimTree of Life Award

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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

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A special Yasher Koach to

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartzfor his Torah knowledge, Halakhic rulings and love for every Jew

serves as a moral compass and inspiration to Klal Yisrael.

Jay Schottensteinfor his unwavering and historic commitment to enabling millions of Jews the opportunity to engage and connect to our sacred heritage.

Joel M. Schreiber Chairman

Rabbi Hyman Arbesfeld Lance L. Hirt

Herbert Smilowitz Vice Chairmen

In Honor Of

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz shlita Rosh Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council

Av Beth Din of the Beth Din of America

Upon his receiving the Harav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik Aluf Torah Award

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As a nationally recognized Torah scholar, your groundbreaking halachic decisions and unimpeachable integrity have earned you universal respect. As Av Beth Din for decades

and now Rosh Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council, your leadership in the Chicago community is distinguished through Torah clarity and compassion in difficult situations. Your

refined presence and eloquent homilies have ushered multitudes of people from different communities and diverse walks of life into Torah observance. The Yeshiva is honored to have

this opportunity to show its appreciation for your decades of service. As a RIETS musmakh, Yeshiva College graduate, and disciple of Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik , you embody the

values and ideals of Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan. You are a beacon to our talmidim.

May HaKadosh Baruch Hu bless you and your Eishes Chayil with continued good health and wisdom so that you may continue to provide inspiration to your family, our Yeshiva, and Klal Yisroel.

2Board of Trustees

JOEL M. SCHREIBERChairman

RABBI HYMAN ARBESFELD LANCE L. HIRT HERBERT SMILOWITZ zl Vice Chairmen

DR. WILLIAM J. SCHWARTZ CHAIM HOWARD WIETSCHNERSecretary Treasurer

RABBI JULIUS BERMANChairman Emeritus

BEN I. ADLER

RABBI HOWARD S. BALTER

MOSHE BESSIN

MARVIN S. BIENENFELD

LUDWIG BRAVMANN

ALEX FOLKMAN

ELLIOT GIBBER

DR. FELIX L. GLAUBACH

ALAN E. GOLDBERG

BENJAMIN HELLER

MICHAEL JESSELSON

RICHARD M. JOEL

HOWARD JONAS

MORDECAI D. KATZ

DR. HENRY KRESSEL

MORTON L. LANDOWNE

MOSES MARX

LEON MEYERS

IRWIN PEYSER zl

DANIEL E. POSNER

ERIC ROTHNER

RABBI SOLOMON F. RYBAK

HENRY SCHACHAR

DR. ALVIN I. SCHIFF zl

CARMI SCHWARTZ

DR. WILLIAM SCHWARTZ

IRWIN SHAPIRO

MOSHAEL J. STRAUS

RABBI SOLOMON TRAU

KENNETH A. ZITTER

Honorary Trustees

HENRI BENQUALID

JACOB W. HELLER zl

MARVIN E. JACOB

BRUCE D. SHOULSON

Chag HaSemikhah Parent Committee

DANIEL AND MICHELLE BERMAN

MARK AND BRENDA GARDENSWARTZ

HERMAN AND SIMA HERTZBERG

SEYMOUR AND MINDY LIEBMAN

ROBERT AND DINAH SPITZ

3Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

RICHARD M. JOELPresident

RABBI MENACHEM PENNERActing Dean

RABBI NORMAN LAMMRosh HaYeshiva Emeritus

RABBI ZEVULUN CHARLOPDean Emeritus, Special Adviser to the President on Yeshiva Affairs

RABBI KENNETH BRANDERVice President for University and Community Life

The David Mitzner Dean, Yeshiva Universitys Center for the Jewish Future

RABBI ROBERT HIRTVice President Emeritus

RABBI CHAIM BRONSTEINAdministrator

Roshei Yeshiva

RABBI ELCHANAN ADLER

RABBI ASSAF BEDNARSH

RABBI ELIYAHU BEN-HAIM

RABBI YOSEF BLAU

RABBI J. DAVID BLEICH

RABBI ZEVULUN CHARLOP

RABBI YITZCHOK COHEN

RABBI DANIEL FELDMAN

RABBI MENACHEM GENACK

RABBI OZER GLICKMAN

RABBI MEIR GOLDWICHT

RABBI DAVID HIRSCH

RABBI DAVID HORWITZ

RABBI AHARON KAHN

RABBI ELIAKIM KOENIGSBERG

RABBI AHARON LICHTENSTEIN

RABBI DOVID MILLER

RABBI YAAKOV NEUBURGER

RABBI HAROLD REICHMAN

RABBI YONA REISS

RABBI MICHAEL ROSENSWEIG

RABBI HERSHEL SCHACHTER

RABBI EZRA SCHWARTZ

RABBI ELIAHU SHULMAN

RABBI BARUCH SIMON

RABBI ZVI SOBOLOFSKY

RABBI DANIEL STEIN

RABBI MOSES D. TENDLER

RABBI MAYER TWERSKY

RABBI JOSEPH WEISS

RABBI JEREMY WIEDER

RABBI MORDECHAI I. WILLIG

RABBI GERSHON YANKELEWITZ

4Chag HaSemikhah Convocation Celebrating the Ordination of the Classes of 5770 5774

Processional

Video

Herald

RABBI JOSH JOSEPHSenior Vice President

Officiating

The National Anthem

RABBI JOSEPH ROTHBERGERFiftieth Anniversary Class

PresidingPRESIDENT RICHARD M. JOEL

President and Bravmann Family University Professor

Welcome and Fiftieth Anniversary Class RecognitionJOEL SCHREIBER

Chairman, RIETS Board of Trustees

Message to the MusmakhimRABBI MENACHEM PENNER

Acting Dean, RIETS

Dvar TorahHARAV MICHAEL ROSENSWEIG

Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel, RIETS

AwardsHarav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik Aluf Award

HARAV GEDALIA DOV SCHWARTZ

Presented by

HARAV YONA REISSRosh Yeshiva, RIETS

RABBI MENACHEM PENNERActing Dean, RIETS

RABBI RONALD SCHWARZBERGDirector, The Morris and Gertrude Bienenfeld Department

of Jewish Career Development and Placement Center for the Jewish Future, RIETS

5Eitz ChaimTree of Life Award

JAY SCHOTTENSTEIN

Presented by

RABBI KENNETH BRANDERVice President for University and Community Life

The David Mitzner Dean of Yeshiva Universitys Center for the Jewish Future

Dvar Torah on behalf of the MusmakhimRABBI YOSEF BRONSTEIN

Fellow, Wexner Kollel Elyon Instructor of Jewish Philosophy, Isaac Breuer College

Doctoral Candidate, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies

Presentation of Musmakhim

Divrei ChizukHARAV HERSHEL SCHACHTER

Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel, RIETS

Presentation of Individual MusmakhimRABBI CHAIM BRONSTEIN

Administrator, RIETS

RABBI YOSEF KALINSKYAssociate Dean, Undergraduate Torah Studies

RABBI LEVI MOSTOFSKYDirector of Continuing Education

Center for the Jewish Future

HatikvahRABBI MOSHE TESSONE

Director, Sephardic Community Program Faculty, Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music

RecessionalEitz ChaimTree of Life Award

Harav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik Aluf Torah Award

Joseph S. Gruss zl 1983Ludwig Jesselson zl 1986

Joseph Tanenbaum zl 1987Irving I. Stone zl 1988Joel Jablonski zl 1990

Erica Jesselson zl 1994Jacob Glueck zl 1998

Herbert Smilowitz zl 2002Carmi Schwartz 2004Kurt Rothschild 2005

Marcos Katz 2006Marvin S. Bienefeld 2010

Rabbi Hyman Arbesfeld 2013Jay Schottenstein 2014

Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein 1998Rabbi Norman Lamm 2002

Rabbi Zevulun Charlop 2006Rabbi Dr. Herbert C. Dobrinsky 2010

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz 2014

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Richard M. JoelPRESIDENT BRAVMANN FAMILY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR

7With immense joy and gratification, I join the entire Yeshiva University family in celebrating the ordination of the Classes of 57715774 at our quadrennial Chag HaSemikhah.

On this momentous occasion, the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary sends into the world a cadre of rabbinical leaders who will undoubtedly guide and shape our people as they populate our synagogues, schools and communities; in them, we place our hopes and dreams for a bright tomorrow.

We have seen in our thousands of prior musmakhimwhether in the context of Jewish education, the rabbinate or as lay kodesh a demonstration of vitality, depth and nuance as they rise to the challenge of leadership.

Multiple aspects contribute to our musmakhim emerging poised for success. For one, every

musmakh of Yeshiva has undergone a rigorous course of study and accomplished a deep level of learning from which to draw while advising on matter of halachah and Torah guidance.

Further, you associate with a Yeshiva which ascribes to a particular mandate and message vis-a-vis the world, and your commitment to that all-encompassing hashkafah truly sets you apart.

Finally, you look at not only our immediate Torah circles, but the wider world at large, with wonder and with welcome, and determine that we must partner with G-d in making it better for all people.

For all these reasons and more, we stand in awe of the possibilities which emanate from this outstanding class of young men.

Wishing you brachah vehatzlacha. a

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Rabbi Menachem PennerACTING DEAN, RIETS

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Talmidei chachamim marbim shalom baolam (Berachot 64a). Torah scholars increase shalom in the world.

Shalom is more than peace. It is shleimut, wholeness, perfection. It is through the study of Torah, the understanding of G-ds will for the world, that we can bring that world to perfection.

It is with great pride that I congratulate a new generation of rabbis ordained by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and I invite you to join me in celebrating their Chag HaSemikhah. Every four years, RIETS celebrates with the young men who earned the esteemed title of Rabbitalmidei chachamim who will take their Torah learning out to a world waiting to be perfected. There is no greater accomplishment for a ben Torahand no greater joy for a community than to stand in awe of the next cadre of Jewish leaders and scholars.

This years RIETS rabbis hail from more than 65 cities around the world, and represent the most well-trained group of rabbinic professionals to ever march from the walls of our Yeshiva. They have proven themselves to be ready to learn for hours

on end. And now they are ready to lead. At a time where age-old traditions are being questioned, our rabbis stand rooted in the eternal mesorah of Klal Yisrael, and equipped with the skills and the knowledge to explain that tradition to a new generation of students, baalei batim and lay leaders. Though we are sad to see them leave the hallowed walls of the Yeshiva, we are excited to see them spread shalom throughout the world Jewish community.

Celebrate the musmakhim who grew up in your community and say thank you to those who are serving your schools and kehillot and bringing them closer to perfection. And come to see the Yeshiva that created these shining stars. To truly understand the power of RIETS, you must see the Yeshiva first hand. Learn in its batei midrash, hear its faculty at events on campus and experience the vibrancy of its Torah atmosphere.

May we continue to see Torah nachat from our children and grandchildren as we watch them build and perfect our world.

Urei vanim levanechashalom al Yisrael (Tehillim 128) a

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Rabbi Kenneth BranderVICE PRESIDENT FOR UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY LIFE THE DAVID MITZNER DEAN, YESHIVA UNIVERSITYS CENTER FOR THE JEWISH FUTURE

As you mark this very auspicious occasion of your receiving your semikhah, I would like to wish you a mazal tov on behalf of all of us at RIETS and Yeshiva University.

This year, the Yeshiva is studying Mesechet Shabbat. The Gemara discusses the idea of carrying between the reshut ha-yachid and the reshut ha-rabim. A concept that emanates from this sugya is that the private and the public domains represent two different spheres, and the prohibition of carrying from one to the other involves treating them as one domain.

As you begin your personal journey as leaders, I invite you to recognize that there are both private and public domains in community life. It will be your responsibility as a community leaderwhether as rav of a shul, head of a school, chaplain in a hospital or the army, or as a lay leaderto negotiate and navigate between these two separate provinces.

You will be spending much time in the domain of the reshut ha-yachid. Within the parameters of halachah, we must be accommodating to the individual who is in crisis or searching for a personal spiritual experience. And, sometimes in order to ensure the individuals personal need, we need to make accommodations for the particular family or individual. This is necessary in order to

effectuate meaningful and appropriate change for particular members of your community.

Yet, while being accommodating in the private domain, there is another domain in which the community leader must regularly engage, the public domain. In this sphere, you will be called upon to ensure community standards that model fidelity to our mesorah and integrity to ethics. Leaders must communicate, through a consistent

body language, an embrace of halachic and ethical norms and mores.

While this paradigm may seem contradictory, it is actually the dialectic posture that is the sine qua non of rabbinic leadership.

You are entering a world that prefers black and white to grey, texture and color, an Orthodox community that sometimes may minimize the need to be sensitive in the private domain or is sometimes no longer committed to the ideals of normative mesorah. May each of you be blessed to engage in the leadership roles afforded to you with nuance and balance.

Please always know that we at the Yeshiva, your rabbeim and community professionals, will be available to help you. We wish you much hatzlachah in your future endeavors. a

To our newest musmakhim,

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Joel M. SchreiberCHAIRMAN, RIETS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, it is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome the many guests and celebrants to our quadrennial Chag HaSemikha.

More than 125 years ago, our Yeshiva took flight, and during the course of more than a century we have grown into the most important Modern Orthodox yeshiva in the world. Our students come from all over the world and our graduates serve our people across the globe. They come to learn Torah with our remarkable group of roshei yeshiva, dedicated and brilliant teachers who transmit the knowledge of Torah to the next generation of leaders. It is the same Torah and value system, the same halachic methodology that Moshe Rabbeinu bequeathed to Yehoshua and which is now being passed on to the next link in the chain of mesorah.

Without the presence of our great Yeshiva, Judaism in America and around the world would not be the same. Whether in the pulpit, in education or in community leadership, RIETS is indispensible. It is the jewel, the soul, the very neshama of Yeshiva University.

We have been blessed over time with great and illustrious gedolim who have taught generation after generation a value system that is second to none. It is during moments such as these that we sorely miss the presence of the Rav ztl, Harav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, a giant who cast a shadow, underneath which so many of us took refuge. His spirit, his Torah and his values give our Yeshiva a dimension that we still feel and hopefully will imbibe for many years to come.

We now embark on an Endowment Fund Campaign to ensure that our great Yeshiva, RIETS, will endure and thrive for many years to come. We count on your help and vision to make certain that the dreams of our forebears will come to fruition, and that the Torah which emanates from Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan and its rabbeim will inspire our musmakhim, their children and childrens children to make certain that the covenant between Hashem and His people will live on forever.

Mazel tov on this wonderful day and this great occasion. a

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Rabbi Gedalia Dov SchwartzYESHIVA COLLEGE 1946 RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1949

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Harav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik Aluf Torah Award

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, is a proud graduate of Yeshiva College and was ordained by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. Following his ordination, Rabbi Schwartz received a fellowship in the Institute of Advanced Rabbinic Research of Yeshiva, the original post-semikhah kollel at RIETS. He is a past president of the Mizrachi of Rhode Island, past president of the Philadelphia Region of the Rabbinical Council of America, and was coordinator of its Beth Din.

Before moving to Chicago in 1987, Rabbi Schwartz was the rabbi of the Young Israel of Boro Park for more than 18 years, and had previously held pulpits in Providence, Rhode Island; Englishtown, New Jersey; and Philadelphia. In each pulpit, Rabbi Schwartz prominently showcased his Yeshiva College education and his RIETS ordination. Rabbi Schwartz is the first second-generation American rabbi to publish an original halachic work Divrei Regesh, which received the endorsement of the late Gaon HaRav Aaron Kotler, of blessed memory, as well as the approbation of HaRav Dovid Lifshitz, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS and Rov of Suvalk. In 1972, Rabbi Schwartz published a more expansive halachic work, Migdanos Eliezer, which touches on many aspects of rabbinic learning and also includes practical applications of halachah. Since 1972, he has been a member of the Beth Din of the Rabbinical Council of America and the editor of the RCA Torah Journal HaDarom. In 1987, Rabbi Schwartz moved to Chicago as the newly elected Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council.

In 1990, Rabbi Schwartz received a Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, awarded by Yeshiva

University. At the 1991 National Convention of the Rabbinical Council of America Rabbi Schwartz was appointed the Rosh Beth Din, the Chief Presiding Judge, of the Beth Din of America, the national Beth Din affiliated with the Rabbinical Council of America, which now occupies satellite space at Yeshiva University, and serves as a teaching Beth Din for students in the Rabbi Norman Lamm Kollel LHoraah (Yadin Yadin) at RIETS.

In 2007, the Beth Din Chambers of the Chicago Rabbinical Council were renamed in honor of the 20 years of service he has provided to the Chicago community, a ceremony attended by Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel. Two weeks later, a dinner was held in his honor, where Rabbi Schwartzs latest publication, Shaarei Gedulah, was distributed to those present. It includes a biography of Rabbi Schwartz and a description of his formative years as a student at YU and RIETS, and a selection of Torah lectures, halachic over-views and historical insights of the beloved Av Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council.

With the arrival of Rabbi Yona Reiss as the Av Beth Din, Rav Schwartz assumed the post of Rosh Beth Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council.

The years I spent at Yeshiva, seven years before semikhah, and a year later in its first kolel, engendered in me a passion for Torah learning and its transmission to Klal Yisroel, Rabbi Schwartz said. The breadth and depth of Torah scholarship displayed by our great Roshei Yeshiva of that time have left a lasting impression in guiding and directing me in the rabbinate. Consequently I have felt that I have never left the Yeshiva in the fulfillment of my rabbinic responsibilities. a

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Jay SchottensteinTRUSTEE, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY CHAIRMAN, YESHIVA COLLEGE BOARD OF OVERSEERS, (19922002)

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Eitz ChaimTree of Life Award

Jay Schottenstein, esteemed Ohio-based business leader and philanthropist of international renown, captain of both industry and community, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Yeshiva University, is being honored with the Eitz Chaim (Tree of Life) AwardRIETSs highest honorfor the advancement of Jewish scholarship.

Mr. Schottenstein serves as chairman of several companies, including Schottenstein Stores Corp., American Eagle Outfitters Inc., American Signa-ture Inc./Value City Furniture, Schottenstein Property Group, SB Capital and DSW Inc.

Additionally, Jay and his wife, Jeanie, serve as directors or trustees of numerous non-profit organizations, including his service as general chairman of Central Ohio State of Israel Bonds, former chairman of the board of trustees of Yeshiva College and a former co-chairman of the board of trustees for Bar Ilan University and a member of its global board. Jeanie is on the forefront of battling domestic violence and advocating on behalf of important womens issues within the Jewish and general communities. Together, they have endowed the Jeanie Schottenstein Center at Nishmat for Advanced Torah Study for Women in Jerusalem.

For decades, the Schottenstein family has been recognized for their deep commitment to values, integrity, ethics and education. Mr. Schottensteins parents, Jerome, obm, and Geraldine Schottenstein remain beacons of inspiration for the Jewish community and society at large through their philanthropy and personal values; and Jay and Jeanie have continued their mandate to lead by example. For 27 years, the Schottenstein family has served on various YU boards and have been a vital part of YUs leadership (Jerome for seven years, 19801987, and Jay for 20 years, since 1993).

Jay and Jeanie Schottensteins vast philanthropic

endeavors include the Jerome Schottenstein Center/ Value City Arena at the Ohio State University, the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel in Jerusalem, The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Chair in Jewish Studies at Indiana University, and the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College, which provides opportunities for exceptional students to obtain a broad and rigorous education through interdisciplinary and creative research, intensive writing and sophisticated thinking.

Moreover, Mr. Schottenstein is chairman of the board of governors and the major benefactor for the Mesorah Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit trust engaged in the translation and international distribution of the worlds greatest Judaic literary works, including the monumental task of translating and elucidating in English, Hebrew and French, the 73 volumes of the Talmud Bavli, as well as 28 volumes of the Talmud Yerushalmi. The Schottenstein Edition of the Talmud is utilized and enjoyed by nearly 3 million people worldwide. This remarkable feat has advanced Jewish scholarship for people at all levels of Jewish learning, from the novice to the erudite academic.

The Schottensteins have three sons: Joseph (and Lindsay), Jonathan and Jeffrey, all of whom, along with other family members, are major bene-factors to a number of national and international special projects.

The Schottenstein family embodies the values of Torah Umadda through their generosity and steadfast commitment to advancing society. It is our distinct honor and privilege to award Mr. Jay Schottenstein with the Eitz Chaim Award for his unwavering support to Yeshiva University, the greater Jewish community and the world at large. a

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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary has been the soul of Yeshiva University for more than 100 years. Sounds of learning vibrate through the batei midrashot and resonate from morning until late at night.

RIETS educates and trains rabbis who have shaped and continue to shape our Jewish world. Combining the highest levels of Torah learning in the legacy of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik ztl, an unmatched program of professional preparation for the rabbinate and an impassioned commitment to impact the Jewish community, RIETS continues to produce the finest rabbinic leadership for the next generation and beyond. Our musmakhim fulfill their destiny as vital links in the chain that continues to trans- mit rabbinic knowledge and tradition from one generation of Jewish leaders to the next.

The moving and profound ceremony of the Chag HaSemikhah recognizes the promise of our rabbinic graduates and the achievements of all alumni of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary who have assumed responsibility for the future of the Jewish people. It officially marks the completion of RIETS rigorous four-year graduate program of Torah learning and comprehensive professional training for the rabbinate.

Established in 1886, RIETS more than 3,000 musmakhim serve the worldwide Jewish community in the Torah Umadda tradition that is Yeshiva University. RIETS was named after Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Spektor (181796), a revered sage and spokesman for world Jewry. After his death in 1896, RIETS was named in his memory.

In 1915, Dr. Bernard Revel was appointed president and Rosh Yeshiva of RIETS. After Dr. Revels death in 1940, Dr. Samuel Belkin (191176), a young,

prominent RIETS Rosh Yeshiva and a noted scholar who taught Greek at Yeshiva College, was named dean of the seminary; in 1943, he was elected president of the institution then known as RIETS and Yeshiva College. Dr. Norman Lamm was elected president and Rosh HaYeshiva in 1976the first who was American-bornfollowing Dr. Belkins death that year. A musmakh of RIETS, Dr. Lamm is an alumnus of Yeshiva College and the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, where he earned his PhD.

Under the visionary leadership and guidance of Richard M. Joel, the presi-dent of YU and RIETS, RIETS impact is felt in the Jewish community through-out the world. RIETS musmakhim occupy an overwhelming number of pulpits throughout North America, as well as major educational, communal- professional and lay leadership positions.

As the Western Hemispheres leading center for Torah learning and training for the rabbinate, RIETS provides exceptional training for students entering the various fields of Avodat HaKodesh in the contemporary Orthodox community. The Rabbinic Professional Education program, R-PEP, is the product of a bold, successful strategic planning initiative launched in 2002 by the RIETS Board of Trustees. The program was developed by a special Academic Affairs Committee chaired by Dr. Alvin I. Schiff, zl under the overall guidance of then RIETS dean Rabbi Zevulun Charlop and President Richard M. Joel, and implemented with the aid of Yeshiva Universitys Center for the Jewish Future. In June 2009, the first cycle of students completed the R-PEP program under the supervision of Rabbi Menachem Penner.

Many great and influential rabbis have taught at RIETS. Among the most

illustrious Gedolei Torah was Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, a scholar, philosopher and teacher who had a profound impact on Jewish thought. A leading authority and exponent of Halakhah, he was appointed rosh yeshiva at RIETS in 1941. Rabbi Soloveitchik was familiarly known as the Rav; he had the legendary power to deliver unparalleled discourses spanning the Talmud, Jewish law, philosophy and contemporary issues.

We have an unparalleled faculty of Roshei Yeshiva, said Rabbi Menachem Penner, acting dean of RIETS and a RIETS musmakh. Our learning tradition is a direct continuation of the Talmud Torah at the classical European yeshivot thanks to the strong foundation laid by one of my predecessors, Rabbi Zevulun Charlop. Rabbi Charlop presided over a period of enormous growth at the seminary for more than 35 years and now serves as dean emeritus of RIETS and special adviser to the University president on yeshiva affairs.

The seminary has benefited greatly from the construction of the Jacob and Dreizel Glueck Center for Jewish Study, which houses a two-story, 550 seat beit medrash, as well as numerous classrooms and offices ulitized by RIETS adminis-tration, students and Roshei Yeshiva.

In an increasingly complex world, RIETS accepts the challenge to prepare its students to face the multifarious issues of todays societyanchored always in the sacred legacy of our Torah and people.

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary: The Soul of Yeshiva University

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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary ProgramsRABBI JOSEPH B. SOLOVEITCHIK SEMIKHAH PROGRAM

BELLA AND HARRY WEXNER KOLLEL ELYON AND SEMIKHAH HONORS PROGRAM

ISRAEL HENRY BEREN INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER TALMUDIC STUDIES

RABBI NORMAN LAMM KOLLEL LHORAAHYADIN YADIN

LUDWIG JESSELSON KOLLEL CHAVERIM

MARCOS AND ADINA KATZ KOLLEL

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ISRAEL KOLLEL

CAROLINE AND JOSEPH S. GRUSS INSTITUTEJERUSALEM

MORRIS AND NELLIE L. KAWALER RABBINIC TRAINING PROGRAM / R-PEP

AARON, MARTHA, ISADORE N. AND BLANCHE ROSANSKY CONTEMPORARY HALACHA PROGRAM

JACOB E. SAFRA INSTITUTE OF SEPHARDIC STUDIES

PHILIP AND SARAH BELZ SCHOOL OF JEWISH MUSIC

Yeshiva Universitys Center for the Jewish Future ProgramsIRVING I . STONE RABBINIC INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY TORAH MITZION KOLLEL OF CHICAGO

YESHIVA UNIVERSITY TORAH MITZION BEIT MIDRASH ZICHRON DOV OF TORONTO

SCHOOL AND SUMMER KOLLELIM AND INTERNSHIPS

GERTRUDE AND MORRIS BIENENFELD DEPARTMENT OF JEWISH CAREER PLACEMENT

MARCOS AND ADINA KATZ YUTORAH.ORG

ABRAHAM ARBESFELD KOLLEL YOM RISHON / MILLIE ARBESFELD MIDRESHET YOM RISHON

AARON AND BLANCHE SCHREIBER TORAH TOURS

CONTINUING EDUCATION INITIATIVE FOR RABBIS AND REBBETZINS

SPEAKERS BUREAU

SHABBAT TABLE DISCUSSIONS

THE BENJAMIN AND ROSE BERGER TORAH-TO-GO SERIES

KOHELET FELLOWSHIPS

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

YUCONNECTS

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It was not mere whim nor happy accident which swayed the first organizers of the Yeshiva in 1897 to choose the name of the great Rabbi of Kovno to identify the newly- founded institution of higher learning in America. The fact that the Yeshiva was born a few months after the demise of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan was not a coincidence. It was rather the yearning to perpetuate the traditions of Torah learning and activity so finely exemplified in this sage which determined the choice. To recognize and understand therefore the great role the Yeshiva is playing in the 20th century, one must go back to a brief review of the life, activities and character of the greatest Rabbi of the 19th century. In the words of our teachers: ohbck inhx ,uct vagn The deeds of the patriarchs are but an example for the children to emulate.

Rabbi Elchanan was born in 1817 in the little town of Rosh in the province of Grodno, Russia where his father, Rabbi Israel Issar served as Rabbi. He received his earliest instruction from him, displaying from the very outset signs of genius. At the age of 8, he was fittingly crowned with the title of Illui, being proficient in many tractates of the Talmud and often engaging victoriously in casuistic battle with profound and aged rabbinical scholars. In the year of his bar mitzvah, as was the custom of the day, the young man was married. He received a dowry of 300 roubles and permission to eat kest, and free board and lodging at the table of his in-laws in Vilkovisk, on condition that he continue his studies. This he did unflinchingly, devoting 20 hours a day to the acquisition of knowledge. His teachers were Rabbis Elijah Shik and Benjamin Diskin who ordained him with semikhah. His colleague was Rabbi Joshua Leib Diskin who later became Rabbi of Brisk.

For six years the young scholar ate kest. During that period his parents died

and his dowry was ruined through the craftiness of a speculator. Abject poverty confronted him and his growing family. Hence at the age of 20, he was compelled to accept a small rabbinical post at Zabelin at five gulden a week. At first he found much difficulty in this new position, for there was great opposition to the youngster who still did not possess the necessary rabbinical dignity and hadrat panim. He soon overcame this with his display of brilliance. In later years, however, all were awed by the tall stature and inspiring face of the Rabbi with the great gray locks.

From this pulpit, Rabbi Elchanan was appointed in 1839 to a position in Baresa. Here his fame grew. Though only 22, he already proved that many Rabbis erred in the preparation of the formula of gitten or divorce bills. His rabbinical decisions were at first regarded as audacious. Some Rabbis even attempted to reject those gitten which he personally prepared. Yet even Rabbi Shavel, one of the greatest of his contemporaries, soon acknowledged Rabbi Elchanans superiority in this phase of law.

It is probable that this early success in the interpretation of domestic law prompted Rabbi Elchanan to devote his life to the amelioration of the plight of the Agunah. These were the unfortunate women whose mates were missing and yet who could not remarry because there was not sufficient evidence to corroborate actual death. The great sage particularly immersed himself in this problem of assisting the many unfortunate wives whose number was growing because of the numerous wars and persecutions in Russia. Rabbi Elchanan showed much lenience in his rabbinical decisions pertaining to the problem. In one case, he even accepted a photograph of a man who had been dragged from the Thames River as sufficient evidence for identification and thereby permitted the wife to remarry.

Once established in a position, the members of his congregation would not allow him to resign. When offered a better pulpit at Nishvez in 1846, he had to flee in the dead of the night since the Baresa community insisted on his remaining. So too, in 1851 he had to depart stealthily to accept the post at Novohordok. Often did the inhabitants of two cities contest fiercely for the Rabbis ministry. Finally in 1864, he became Rabbi of Kovno, serving there for 32 years until his death. In that city he gained fame as the Chief Rabbi of Russian Jewry. From every part of the world scholars turned to him for advice. In every Jewish home of those decades, one could find his picture hanging on the wall, serving as evidence of the love every Jew in Russia had for the great sage.

The affection all had for him was not due primarily to his fine scholastic mind. His noble heart and his desire to be of service always caused him to be revered by all. Upon hearing one speak ill of his fellow man, he would place his index finger in his ear, symbolically deadening the sound of gossip. His servants were never permitted to offer him food unless they themselves had first eaten. Even his personal woes were forgotten in his desire to help others. Thus he once prayed at the bedside of his sick son, Oh, G-d, I have never thought of myself, I have given all for the betterment of my people, for the welfare of many families; I have neglected my health so that others may prosper. Please be gracious unto me, by restoring my own childs health.

Rabbi Elchanan was an indefatigable worker, fighting for every cause which he knew upheld the chain of tradition. Though many ridiculed the Kolel Perushim, the new institution created by Rabbi Israel Salanter for young married men to continue their studies unhampered by economic and social burdens of marital life, it was only

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Rabbi Elchanan who lent him his firm support. When the Russian government closed the Yeshiva of Voloshin, this new institute of young married scholars continued as the staunch bearer of the torch of learning.

It is well to recognize that Rabbi Elchanans genius was also the result of his exceptional physical qualities. His sense of hearing coupled with an excellent memory amazed everyone. Even 40 years after he had met some individual he could recall his traits. When he once heard a peculiar knock on the door of his study room, he remarked to his son, This is Rabbi Peloni B. Peloni. I heard that sound 40 years ago. Similarly, though his library was immense, he was always able to choose any desired book at a moments glance, to turn immediately to any page therein for proof of his argument. He would always carefully annotate and file every letter he received, personally making his own copies of the response. Added to these marvelous personal traits was his sense of humility. When visiting any city he would first go to the Rabbi to bestow upon the head of the community the deserved honor. Every dignitary of the synagoguecantor, sexton or gabbai was equally held in esteem, for thereby the dignity of the synagogue was maintained. His modesty and shunning of honor are revealed in his refusal to allow the celebration of his jubilee year in the rabbinate, in 1889. When prevailed upon, he accepted only the election as honorary member of the Society for Promotion of Culture among Jews of Russia.

His close attachment to Talmudic study resulted in his reciting his prayers, too, in the sing-song manner of the Talmud. It was also his custom to study daily a portion of the weekly biblical reading in addition to chapters of the Psalms (Tehillim). He always maintained that such practice was inspiring and edifying as an introduction even to the study of the Talmud.

The greatness of Rabbi Elchanan is most evident in his not being confined to the four walls of his study or the four ells of halachah. He always took an active part in every question affecting Jewry of his

day. After the Crimean War and Polish Revolt, he attempted to prevent the expulsion of Jews from Russia. In 1881 and 1882 he personally participated in the Petersburg conferences called by Baron Gunzberg to discuss wholesale emigration of Jews and their restriction to the Pale of Settlement. He was always among the first to obtain financial aid from even such countries as Holland, France and England for the purpose of alleviating the suffering of the Russian Jews. This was possible because he was always in constant commu-nication with such men as Baron Roth-schild of France and Dr. Adler of England and others.

If any internal problem confronted Jewry, it was Rabbi Elchanan who was called upon to solve it. When in 1857 a feud arose as to the leadership of the Yeshiva of Voloshin, the then young sage was asked to render his decision. He fought tooth and nail against the governmental schools for Rabbis. Rather, he aimed to get govern-ment recognition of regularly trained and ordained rabbis as authorities of Jewish law. In this he was successfully assisted by Dr. Harkavy.

At the time when anti-semitic feeling was growing in Central Europe, Rabbi Elchanan induced Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsh of Germany to disprove the libels against the Talmud. The book Ueber die Beziehung des Talmuds zum Judenthum was a result of the Kovno Sages plea. He begged however, that his name not be used and hence he is only mentioned anony-mously as the inspirer of this work. When the ritual murder libel became rampant in Russia, the Rabbi was often called upon to testify to the untruth of this slander. It was he who also inspired Dr. Dembo to explain shechitah, scientifically proving thereby that the ritual method was not a cruel means of slaughter.

Deeply attached to all religious regulations, he always attempted to maintain them in the face of economic difficulties. In 1868, when there was a lack of potatoes, he permitted the eating of peas and beans on Passover so that the poor would not suffer. In 1875 he forbade the use of Korfu citrons (etrogim) because the merchants raised the price to an exorbitant level.

Even today pious Jews refrain from using such citrons in memory of Rabbi Elchanans decree. He was particularly concerned with securing kosher meat for the soldiers in the Czars army. In his will, he com-manded his son to follow this practice and to have Jewish soldiers at his table so that they might observe the traditional laws of kashruth. When the early settlers in Palestine were confronted with the problem of Shemitahthe seventh year when all land is to lie fallowthey turned to the great sage for advice. He held that the land should not be sold to the Arab, as recommended by others, for the very earth in Palestine is sacred.

His deep concern with all problems is particularly revealed in his conduct just a few days before his death on the 21st day of Adar 1896. He then gave thought to the use of seltzer bottles on Passover, to the freeing of some more unfortunate Agunahs and to the providing of kosher meat for Jewish soldiers in the army. He also requested that his works be published, for he well recognized their value for the future.His publications are the Baer Yitzchak containing responsa on all sections of the Shulchan Aruch, the Nachal Yitzchak discussing questions of civil law of Choshen Mishpat and Am Yitzchak which pertains to family and domestic laws. His son, Rabbi Hirsh Rabinowitz, who succeeded him as Rabbi of Kovno, carried out his wishes.

Until his last moment, Rabbi Elchanans mind functioned most acutely. His last Talmudic discussion pertained to caution-ing those of priestly stock in his room. He felt that since he was on the verge of dying, these Kohanim were not permitted ritually to be under the same roof.

His funeral was held in a pouring rain, as if the very heavens wept the departure of the great saint of Kovno. Forever, his yahrzeit, on the 21st day of Adar, is remem- bered. On that day of the year, it is customary for the Yeshiva to ordain young rabbis to carry on the traditions of the Gaon and to serve their communities with the same nobility of purpose and devotion, dedicating their lives to Torah and Avodah as did their great master, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan.

Congratulations to the Classes of 5721, 5722, 5723 and 5724 (1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964) who are celebrating the anniversary of their ordination.

1961

Rabbi Isaiah Beilin

Rabbi Yosef Blau

Rabbi Jay Braverman zl

Rabbi Abraham Bronspigel

Rabbi Bernard Cohen

Rabbi Emanuel Federbush

Rabbi Naftali Friedman zl

Rabbi Tzvi Genauer

Rabbi Alan Greenspan

Rabbi Leon Kassin

Rabbi Arnold Lamm

Rabbi Milton Pine

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet

Rabbi Israel Reiss

Rabbi Dr. Israel Rivkin

Rabbi Joseph Rothberger

Rabbi Reuben Rudman zl

Rabbi Simeon Schreiber

Rabbi Harvey Senter

Rabbi Yaak Shalem zl

Rabbi Raphael Weinberg

Rabbi Matisyohu Weisenberg zl

Rabbi Jerry Witkin zl

Rabbi Jeremiah Wohlberg

Rabbi Moshe Yaged

Rabbi Ephraim Zimand

1962

Rabbi David Aberbach

Rabbi Leon Aronsky

Rabbi Saul Berman

Rabbi Gerald Blidstein

Rabbi Abraham Cohen

Rabbi Joseph Deitcher zl

Rabbi Gerald Frankel

Rabbi Simcha Freedman

Rabbi Menachem Gordon zl

Rabbi Simcha Green

Rabbi Samson Helfgott

Rabbi Robert Hirt

Rabbi Norman Intrator zl

Rabbi Michael Kramer

Rabbi Moshe Kwalbrun

Rabbi Eli Lazar zl

Rabbi Mordecai Lipschitz

Rabbi Abraham Mandelbaum

Rabbi Dr. Abraham Mann

Rabbi Daniel Mehlman

Rabbi Henoch Millen

Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum

Rabbi Melvin Sachs

Rabbi Rafael Saffra zl

Rabbi Isidore Schertz zl

Rabbi Charles Schless

Rabbi Sender Shizgal

Dr. Joshua Shuchatowitz

Dr. Haym Soloveitchik

Rabbi Joseph Wanefsky zl

Rabbi Israel Wind

Rabbi Mordecai Zeitz

1963

Rabbi Saul Aranov

Dr. Yehuda Ben-Meir

Rabbi Nahum Ben-Natan zl

Dr. Yehuda Bohrer

Rabbi Henry Book zl

Rabbi Jerome Dattelkramer

Rabbi Stanley Fogel

Rabbi Aaron Fruchter

Rabbi Jay Goldberg

Rabbi Leo Goldberg zl

Rabbi Abner Groff zl

Rabbi Edgar Gross

Rabbi Harris Guedalia

Rabbi Benjamin Hirsch

Rabbi Sheldon Hirsch

Rabbi David Kassin zl

Rabbi Dr. Yisrael Levitz

Rabbi Jerome Merantz

Rabbi Jerome Pomerantz zl

Rabbi Albert Possick

Rabbi Mark Press

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

Rabbi Irving Rubin

Rabbi Yehuda Samet

Rabbi Harry Schlakman

Rabbi H. Strickman

Rabbi Edward Weiss zl

Rabbi Dr. Erich Zauderer

1964

Rabbi Richard Barth

Rabbi Shael Bellows

Rabbi Meyer Berglas

Rabbi Avraham Etzion

Rabbi Daniel Fingerer

Rabbi Samuel Frank

Rabbi Michael Hecht

Rabbi Howard Jaffe

Rabbi Howard Joseph

Rabbi Eugene Roshwalb

Rabbi Tobias Roth

Rabbi Marvin Schneider

Rabbi Isidore Twersky zl

Rabbi Richard Viener

Rabbi Yosef Wolicki

Rabbi Eugene Zaveloff

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Rabbi Bernard Lipschitz 35R

Rabbi Sidney Kleiman 36R

Rabbi Louis (Eliezer) Simonson 37R

Rabbi Dr. Bernard Bernie Lander 38R

Rabbi Meyer Kimmel 40R

Rabbi Allan Mirvis 41R

Rabbi Dr. Baruch Poupko 41R

Rabbi Dr. O Asher Reichel 42R

Rabbi Samuel W. Rubenstein 41R

Rabbi Hershel Schacter 41R

Rabbi Zev Zahavy 42R

Rabbi M. Aaron Kra 43R

Rabbi Gedalyah Engel 43R

Rabbi H. Joel Laks 43R

Rabbi Morris B. Margolies 43R

Rabbi Arthur Weiss 43R

Rabbi Sidney Applbaum 45R

Rabbi Dr. Maurice Wohlgelernter (The Reb) 44R

Rabbi Moshe (Milton) Furst 46R

Rabbi I. Fred Hollander 46R

Rabbi Norman Strizower 46R

Rabbi Milton E. Kramer ESQ. 47R

Rabbi Joel Levy 47R

Rabbi Dr. Max Lipschitz 47R

Rabbi Louis Tuchman 47R

Rabbi Dr. Jacob Adler 48R

Rabbi Yehoshua [Eugene] M. Geller 48R

Rabbi Louis Ginsburg 48R

Rabbi Dr. Edmund Neiss 48R

Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz 49R

Rabbi Stanley (Shmuel) Metzger 49R

Rabbi Joshua Shapiro 49R

Rabbi Martin Sofer 49R

Rabbi Amos Bunim 50R

Rabbi Nehemia Gellman 50R

Rabbi Chaim Zev Herbert W. Bomzer 51R

Rabbi Israel Poleyeff 51R

Rabbi Dr. Ben Zion Wacholder 51R

Rabbi Herb Scheinfeld 52R

Rabbi S. Alvin Schwartz 52R

Rabbi Dr. Philip Zimmerman 52R

Rabbi Gilbert Lewis Shoham 53R

Rabbi Dr. David Hartman 54R

Rabbi Shlomo Stanley Levin 54R

Rabbi Stanley Z. Schneur Zalman Siegel 54R

Rabbi Moshe (Morris) Ganz 55R

Rabbi Moshe Mendlowitz 55R

Rabbi Jacob Roth 55R

Rabbi David L. Weinbach 55R

Rabbi Dr. Elihu Marcus 56R

Rabbi Dr. Jacob Jack Sable 56R

Rabbi Joel N. Smilchensky 56R

Rabbi Sol Steinmetz 56R

Rabbi Morton Mordechai Summer 56R

Rabbi Dr. Stanley M. Wagner 56R

Rabbi Yeshaya (Sheldon) Goldstein 57R

Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Petrof 57R

Rabbi Sheldon Rudoff 57R

Rabbi Akiva Schlussel 57R

Rabbi Ahron Batt 58R

Rabbi Abraham I. Halbfinger 58R

Rabbi Dr. Leon Laibel Green 58R

Rabbi Dr. Jay Braverman 61R

Rabbi Dr. Jack (Eliyahu) Steinhorn-Shalem 61R

Dr. Martin L. (Menachem) Gordon 62R

Rabbi Aaron Gaffney 66R

Rabbi Sholom M. Kaminetzky 69R

Rabbi Eliezer (Larry) Cohen 72R

Rabbi Yehuda Hilewitz 72R

Rabbi Ezra Labaton 74R

Rabbi Moshe Segal 76R

Rabbi Yosef Betzalel Rabinowitz 81R

Rabbi Yitzhak (Irvin) Yeres 90R

Rabbi Dan Segal 02R

usrpb tk o,uncu ovjc onhgbvu ohcvtbvMembers of the RIETS Family kz we have lost since the last Chag HaSemikhah

RIETS Rabbinic Alumni kz who we have lost since the last Chag HaSemikhah

Professor Gerald August RIETS professional Rabbinics faculty 19972012

Mr. Jacob Glueck YU Benefactor, The Jacob and Dreizel Glueck Center for Jewish Study RIETS Eitz ChaimTree of Life Awardee 1998

Professor Richard Dick M. Harris RIETS professional Rabbinics faculty 20042012

Mr. Jacob W. Heller RIETS Honorary Trustee

Rabbi Dr. Sidney Zevulun Lieberman 54R, Rosh Yeshiva, RIETS

Cantor Macy Nulman Former Director, Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music at Yeshiva University

Rabbi Irwin Peyser 54R RIETS Trustee

Dr. Alvin I. Schiff RIETS Trustee; Chairman, RIETS Academic Affairs Committee; Founder and director, The Graduate School of Jewish Education (1959), renamed in 1982 as the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration

Mr. Herbert Smilowitz RIETS Board Vice Chairman RIETS Dor LDor Awardee 2008 RIETS Eitz ChaimTree of Life Awardee 2002

ALBANY

Lecture and celebration featuring Rabbi Jeremy Wieder at Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob

YALE UNIVERSITY

Lecture and celebration featuring Rabbi Yona Reiss

QUEENS COLLEGE

Lecture and celebration featuring Rabbi Baruch Simon and Rabbi Menachem Penner at Queens College Hillel

NEW ROCHELLE

Shabbat event featuring musmakh Rabbi Reuven Berman at Young Israel of New Rochelle

BROOKLYN

Lecture and celebration featuring Rabbi Hayyim Angel at Kingsway Jewish Center

FIVE TOWNS

Shabbaton featuring Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger, Rabbi Menachem Penner, Rabbi Eliakim Koenigsberg, Rabbi Etan Schnall and musmakhim from the area. Locations included Young Israel of Woodmere, Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Congregation Beth Sholom, Congregation Shaarey Tefila, Bais Medrash of Harborview, Congregation Aish Kodesh, Congregation Kneseth Israel, the Irving Place Minyan, Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchok, Bais Tefilah of Woodmere, Bais Knesset North Woodmere, Woodsburgh Minyan, Young Israel of Hewlett, Congregation Anshei Chesed, Beis Tefillah of North Woodmere and Bais Avrohom Zev

COLLEGE PARK

Melave malka featuring Rabbi Michael Rosensweig at the Maryland University Hillel

HILLCREST

Shabbaton featuring Rabbi Daniel Feldman at Young Israel of Hillcrest

CINCINNATI

Lecture and celebration featuring Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner at Congregation Shaarei Torah

CHICAGO

Shabbat event featuring Rabbi David Weiss of the Kollel Elyon at Kehilath Jacob Beth Samuel Congregation and Bais Chiam Dovid (Bais Medrash of Lincolnwood)

EDISON/HIGHLAND PARK

Shabbaton featuring Rabbi Meir Goldwicht at Congregation Ohr Torah, Congregation Ohav Emeth, Congregation Ahavas Achim and Congregation Ahavas Yisrael

HOLLISWOOD

Shabbaton featuring Rabbi Ozer Glickman and Rabbi Menachem Penner at the Young Israel of Holliswood and the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates

ROSLYN

Shabbaton featuring Rabbi Kenneth Brander at the Roslyn Synagogue

MANHATTAN

Sephardic musmakhim celebration featuring Rabbi Menachem Penner, Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, Rabbi Eliyahu Ben Haim, Rabbi Dr. Dobrinsky and Rabbi Moshe Tessone at Congregation Magen David

TEANECK

Melave malka featuring Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Menachem Penner and roshei yeshiva at Congregation Keter Torah

RIVERDALE

Shabbaton featuring musmakhim from the area including Rabbi Yitzchok Genack, Rabbi Aaron Fleksher, Rabbi Joshua Grajower, Rabbi Benjamin Golmdan and Rabbi Menashe Mazurek. Locations include Riverdale Jewish Center, Young Israel of Riverdale and Young Israel Ohab Zedek of North Riverdale

MANHATTANS WEST SIDE

Shabbat event featuring Rabbi Baruch Simon at West Side Institutional Synagogue and Lincoln Square Synagogue

WEST ORANGE

Shabbat event featuring Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger at Congregation Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and David

FAIR LAWN

Shabbaton featuring Rabbi Elchanan Adler at Congregation Darchei Noam, Congregation Ahavat Achim and Congregation Shomrei Torah

BELLE HARBOR

Lecture and celebration featuring Dr. David Pelcovitz at Congregation Ohab Zedek of Belle Harbor

LOS ANGELES

Shabbaton featuring Rabbi Menachem Penner at the Young Israel of Century City, Young Israel of North Beverly Hills and Beth Jacob Congregation

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

Lecture and celebration featuring Rabbi Daniel Feldman at Brandeis University Hillel

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Shabbat event featuring Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Lecture and celebration featuring Rabbi Barry Freundel

Pre-Chag HaSemikhah Events Sponsored by RIETS

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Rabbi Yaacov Feit crvNew York, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Kushner Schools, Livingston, NJ; Administrator, Bet Din of the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, Teaneck, NJ

Rabbi Simcha Hopkovitz crvStaten Island, NYRabbi, Queens Jewish Center, Forest Hills, New York; Judaic Studies Faculty, North Shore Hebrew Academy, Great Neck, NY

Rabbi Yosef Kalinskyhexbhke hfsrn ;xuh crv

Los Angeles, CAAssociate Dean, Undergraduate Torah StudiesYeshiva University, New York, NY

Rabbi Uri Orlian crvBrooklyn, NYRabbi, Shenk Shul. Rebbe, JSS. Coordinator, Contemporary Halacha Program, RIETS Yeshiva University

Rabbi Shlomo Weissmann crvPassaic, NJDirector, Beth Din of America

Rabbi Ari Zahtz crvJamaica Estates, NYAssistant Rabbi, Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ; Faculty, Masmidim Program, Yeshiva University, New York, NY

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Rabbi Elihu Abbehct vhcuy uvhkt crv

New York, NY Fellow, Katz Kollel RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Rafi Abrahamovrct rhtn ktpr crv

Teaneck, NJ Software Developer, New York, NY

Rabbi Aaron Abramsoniuznrct gauvh irvt crv

Toronto, Canada Law Student, University of Toronto, Teaching Assistant, Yeshivat Or Chaim Rabbinic Intern, Puah Institute

Rabbi Zev Aederrshht hukv uvhnrh ctz crv

Kew Gardens Hills, NY Real Estate Agent, Jade Development,New York, NY

Rabbi Alon Amarrng ;xuh iukt crv

Hillcrest, NY Equity Research, Citi, New York, NY

Rabbi Mordechai Ambrosexurcnt ehzhht hfsrn crv

New York, NY PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, St. Johns University, New York, NY

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The Musmakhim

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Rabbi Sam Ashat injb ktuna crv

Rochester, NY Rabbi Jacob Kupietzky Kodshim Fellow, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Eitan Avinerrbhct i,ht crv

Jerusalem, Israel Student, Eretz Hemdah Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies, Jerusalem

Rabbi Ariel Bannettygbc kthrt crv

Highland Park, NJ NCSY Director, Monmouth County NJ

Rabbi Jeremy Baranirc sus uvhnrh crv

Teaneck, NJ Financial Analyst, Elizur Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA

Rabbi Dr. Yonah Bardosxusrc sus vbuh crv

Baltimore, MD Resident, OB/GYN, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York NY

Rabbi Chaim Baschatc ojbn ohhj crv

West Orange, NJ Accountant, Ernst & Young, New York, NY

Rabbi Dovid Bashevkinihecac sus crv

Lawrence, NY Director of Education, NCSY, New York, NY

Rabbi Dani Bauerrtutc rhtn kthbs crv

New York, NY Judaic Studies Faculty, Kohelet Yeshiva, Lower Merion, PA

Rabbi Eitan Bendavidsus-ic i,ht crv

Teaneck, NJ Judaic Studies Faculty, SAR, Riverdale, NY; Rabbinic Fellow, Lincoln Square Synagogue, New York, NY

Rabbi Eliezer J.D. Bercusoniuxuerc shus rzghkt crv

Ottawa, CanadaJLIC Rabbi, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Rabbi David Bergerrdrc ksbn vsuvh sus crv

Los Angeles, CATherapist, Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Dovi Bergmanindrc rzghkt cus crv

Elizabeth, NJFaculty, Seatle Hebrew Academy

Rabbi Reuven Bermaninrc i,ht icutr crv

New Rochelle, NYFellow, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Josh Berman Queens, NYDeveloper, Suite Solutions, Jerusalem, Israel

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Rabbi Tzvi Bernsteinihhyxbrc ;xuh hcm crv

Stamford, CTAttorney, Zone & Bernstein, Stamford, CT

Rabbi Yaakob Bittoniuyhc cegh crv

Great Neck, NYCorporate Attorney, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY

Rabbi Gideon Blacketkc iugsd crv

London, UKJLIC Rabbi, New York University, New York, NY

Rabbi Michael Bleicherrgfhhkc hfsrn crv

Staten Island, NY. Assistant Rabbi, Congregation AABJ&D, West Orange, NJ; Outreach Coordinator, Jewish Family Service of Clifton-Passaic

Rabbi Amitai Blicksteinihhyxehkc rgc h,hnt crv

New York, NYPhD Candidate, Education and Jewish Studies Program, New York University, NY

Rabbi Avram Block etkc uvhgah ovrct crv

Roslyn, New York | Doctoral Student, Psychology, St. Johns University. Judaic Studies Faculty, North Shore Hebrew Academy HS.New York, NY

Rabbi Elli Bloomoukc uvhkt hfsrn crv

Fair Lawn, NJStaff Auditor, Eisner Amper LLP, New York, NY

Rabbi Chaim Blumenthalkybnukc ;xuh ohhj crv

Jamaica Estates, NY Avreich, Kollel Zichron Nosson, Yerushalayim, Israel

Rabbi Joseph Blumenthalkybnukc vhnjb ;xuh crv

Brooklyn, ,NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Yeshivah of Flatbush High School, Brooklyn NY

Rabbi Rephael Blumenthalkybnukc ktuna ktpr crv

Johannesburg, South Africa Teaneck NCSY Director, Rabbinic Intern, Congregation Keter Torah, Teaneck NJ

Rabbi Yitzchak Brandsbrc ivfv ejmh crv

Baltimore, MDFaculty, Yeshiva University High School for Boys, New York, NY

Rabbi Mendel Breitsteinihhyayhhrc ksbgn crv

Montgomery Village, MDEnglish and American culture teacher at the American Center, Jerusalem Israel, Freelance cartoonist for the Jerusalem Post.

Rabbi Tzvi Aryeh Brokerreurc vhrt hcm crv

New York, NY Staten Island NYAcademic Guidance CounselorMichigan Jewish Institute

Rabbi Yosef Bronsteinihhyabtrc hcm ;xuh crv

Bayswater, NYFellow, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS; Instructor of Jewish Philosophy, Isaac Breuer College. PhD Candidate, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies.

New York, NY

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Rabbi Joshua Brown crvTeaneck, NJFormer Rabbinic Intern, Congregation Ahavath Torah, Englewood, NJ; Medical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Rabbi Robert Charnoff;ubray icutr inke vnka crv

New York, NYJLIC Rabbi and Educator, Queens College Hillel, Queens NY

Rabbi Noah Chesesxxm ktuna jb crv

Newton, MAJLIC Rabbi and Educator Yale University, New Haven, CT

Rabbi Dr. Eytan Michael Cowenivf ktfhn i,ht crv

Brooklyn, NY Rabbi, Congregation Tiferet Israel, Toronto, Canada; Medical Director, Integrated Health Group, Toronto, Canada

Rabbi Aryeh Czarkaver'm cs vhrt crv

Springfield, NJ Program Coordinator, Center for the Jewish Futures Speakers Bureau New York, NY

Rabbi Gavriel Shlomo Danieli crvToronto, CanadaInstructor, IBC Program, YUJudaic Studies Faculty, M.T.A.Assistant Rabbi, The Carlebach Shul

Rabbi Ariel Diamondsbunhhs vsuvh kthrt crv

Montreal, Canada Law Student, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY

Rabbi Barry Dolingerrdbhkus khrgc ohhj crv

North Bellmore, NYRabbi, Congregation Beth Sholom, Providence, RIAttorney, Law Office of Barry Dolinger

Rabbi Jeremy Donathybus i,ht crv

Minneapolis, MNRabbi, Congregation Darchei Noam, Fair Lawn NJ; North Jersey Community Coordinator, OHEL; Judaic Studies Faculty, Torah Academy of Bergen Country.

Rabbi Adam Pesach Dubinihcus jxp ost crv

Charlotte, North CarolinaEducator/Development Associate, Manhattan Jewish Experience, New York, NY

Rabbi Nathan M. Dwecklhuus i,b crv

Brooklyn, NY | Assistant Rabbi, Sephardic Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY; Torah Studies Teacher, Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary School, NYExecutive Director, Tebah Educational Services.

Rabbi David Eckstein crvWest Hempstead, NY Director, Birthright Initiatives and Community Outreach, Manhattan Jewish Experience.

Rabbi Dovid Einhorn Woodmere, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, SAR High School, Riverdale, NY

Rabbi Yitzchak Ehrenberg crvTeaneck NJPost-Doctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA

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Rabbi Etan Ehrenfeld crvTeaneck, NJJudaic Studies Faculty, Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Chicago. Assistant Rabbi, Kehilat Chovevei Tzion, Skokie

Rabbi Binyamin Ehrenkranz crvMemphis, TNStudent, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Yaakov Ehrenkranz crvMemphis, TNKollel Fellow, Fair Lawn Beis Medrash Program, Fair Lawn NJ

Rabbi Zev Eleff crvSilver Spring, MDDoctoral Candidate, Brandeis University; Judaic Studies Faculty, The Maimonides School, Brookline, MA

Rabbi Mickey Ellman crvAtlanta, GARam and Av Bayit, Yeshivat Yishrei Lev, Telz-Stone, Israel

Rabbi Michael Emerson crvMemphis, TNJudaic Studies Faculty, SAR High School.Riverdale, NY; Doctoral Candidate, NYU-Steinhardt Education and Jewish Studies,

Rabbi Avraham Engelson crvSpringfield, MAAccountant at Eshel & Partners, New York, NY

Rabbi Mattan Erder crvAgoura Hills, CALaw Student, Columbia Law School, New York, NY

Rabbi Moshe Farkas crvMontreal, Canada | Judaic Studies Faculty, Yeshiva Central Queens. Youth Director and Rabbinic Intern, Congregation Ohr Torah, West Orange, New Jersey

Rabbi Nathan Fein crvAmbler, PAJudaic Studies Faculty, Fuchs Mizrachi School, Beachwood, OH

Rabbi Zeev Felsen Highland Park, NJChaplain, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

Rabbi Jason Finkelstein crvWest Orange, NJFellow, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Michael Finkelstein crvWoodmere, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys, Woodmere, NY

Rabbi Nesanel Fishman crvRiverdale, NY

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Rabbi Akiva Fleischmann Teaneck, NJJudaic Studies Faculty,Fuchs Mizrachi SchoolBeachwood, OH

Rabbi Yair Frankel crvQueens, NYLaw Student, Harvard Law School, Boston, MA

Rabbi Yonatan Frankel crvQueens, NYFounder, CloudTalk, Philadelphia PA; Attorney, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Rabbi Daniel Fridman crvTeaneck, NJResident Scholar, The Jewish Center, New York, NY

Rabbi Adam Frieberg crvToronto, CanadaKollel Fellow, Yeshiva University Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov of TorontoRabbinic Assistant, Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, Toronto, Canada

Rabbi Elie Friedman crvTeaneck, NJLaw Student, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT

Rabbi Elisha Friedman crvPassaic, NJ Rabbinic Intern, Congregation Adereth El, Manhattan, NY; PhD Candidate, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Yeshiva University

Rabbi Noah Gardenswartz crvTeaneck, NJFellow, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Reuven Garrettyrtd jxp icutr crv

Pittsburgh, PAAttorney, New York, NY

Rabbi Tzvi Geffner crvStaten Island, NYJudaic Studies Teacher, SAR Academy, Bronx NY

Rabbi Steven Genachowski crvWoodmere, NYRabbinic Intern, DRS Yeshiva High School, Woodmere, NY

Rabbi Yitzi Genack crvEnglewood, NJAssistant Rabbi, Riverdale Jewish Center, Riverdale, NY; Fellow, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Mordechai Gershon crvEnglewood, NJ Assistant Rabbi, Congregation Ahavath Torah Judaic Studies Faculty, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, Englewood, NJ

Rabbi Yaakov Gershon crvWest Hempstead, NYSocial Worker and Vocational Coach Yachad/National Jewish Council for Disabilities, Teaneck, New Jersey

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Rabbi Chesky Gewirtz crvMonsey, NYRabbi, Congregation Beis Tefillah of North Woodmere, PsyD Student, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology

Rabbi Yonaton Gold crvMiami Beach, FL | Judaic Studies Faculty and Student Activities Coordinator, Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School, Skokie, IL

Rabbi Noah Goldberg crvTeaneck, NJAssociate, PricewaterhouseCoopersNew York, NY

Rabbi Zev Goldberg crvTeaneck, NJAssistant Rabbi, Young Israel of Century City, Los Angeles

Rabbi Dr. Moshe Goldfederrgspskud lurc iurvt van crv

Atlanta, GASenior Lecturer, Emory School of Law, Spruill Family Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Atlanta, GA

Rabbi Binyamin Goldmaninskud vhksd ihnhbc crv

Chicago, ILFinancial Analyst, Genesis Capital AdvisorsChicago, IL

Rabbi Ezra Goldschmiedt crvNew York, NYRabbi, Congregation Shaarei Torah, Cincinnati, OH; Faculty Cincinnati Hebrew Day School, Cincinnati, OH

Rabbi Maury Goldsmith crvWoodmere, NYAssociate, Grant Thornton LLP, New York, NY

Rabbi Alec Goldstein crvNew York, NYPublisher, Kodesh Press, New York, NY

Rabbi Avraham Goldstein crvHaifa, IsraelAssistant Professor of Mathematics, City University of New York

Rabbi Elyada Goldwicht crvNew York CityRabbinic Intern, Emek Learning Center (ELC), Jerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Michael Goon crvScarsdale, NYLaw Student, New York University School of LawAssociate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Rabbi Jonathan Gordon crvMontreal, CanadaJudaic Studies Faculty, Kohelet Yeshiva High School, Merion Station, PA

Rabbi Josh Grajower crvRiverdale, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, Boca Raton, FL

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Rabbi Noah Greenfield crvLos Angeles, CAPhD Candidate in Jewish Studies, University of California, Berkeley, JD Candidate, Yale Law School

Rabbi Seth Grossman crvWoodmere, NYManager, Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Brokerage Firm, Israel

Rabbi Yakov Grun crvNew York, NYFellow, Israel Henry Beren Institute for Higher Talmudic Studies; RIETS. Judaic Studies Faculty, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County

Rabbi Daniel Gutenberg crvToronto, CanadaIndustrial Engineer, Israel

Rabbi Josh Gutenberg, Toronto, CanadaYU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash, Toronto, Ontario; Rabbinic Assistant, BAYT, Toronto, Ontario

Rabbi Saul Haimoff crvLawrence, NYDoctoral Student in Clinical Psychology,Long Island University, CW Post, Brookville, NY;.

Rabbi Dovid Halpernihrpkhhv i,buh sus crv

Bala Cynwyd, PAMedical Student, Thomas Jefferson University Medical College

Rabbi Avi Harari crvBrooklyn, NYJudaic Studies Faculty,Yeshivah of Flatbush HS

Rabbi Mordechai Harrisxhrrv vhnjb hfsrn crv

West Hempstead, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Uniondale, NY; Assistant Youth Director, Young Israel of West Hempstead, West Hempstead, NY

Rabbi Herschel Hartz.rv ouka ohhj crv

Rockville, MarylandExecutive Director and Founder of Inwood Jews, Manhattan

Rabbi Jonathan Hefter crvBrookline, MASocial Work Intern, Bronx, NY

Rabbi Jeremy Hellman crvSt. Louis, MOFaculty, Yeshivat Noam, Paramus, NJ

Rabbi Zachary Hepner crvLos Angeles, CAMohelNew York, NY

Rabbi Adam Hertzberg crvHolliswood, NYJudaic Studies Teacher, Ramaz Middle School, New York, NY

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Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman crvBethesda, MDAssistant Rabbi, Washington Heights Congregation, New York, NYSofer STaM

Rabbi Aaron Horn crvTwin Rivers, NJJudaic Studies Faculty, Director of Student Activities and Israel Guidance Counselor, Kohelet High School, Lower Merion, PA

Rabbi Ephraim Ilyaguev crvMoscowAccountant, New York, NY

Rabbi Daniel Jerome )( crvWest Hempstead, NYShoel UMeishiv, Stone Beis Medrash Program, Yeshiva University

Rabbi Shmuel Kagan crvJerusalem, IsraelRav, Mizrachi Organisation of South Africa

Rabbi Peter Kahn crvRiverdale, NYFellow, Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm Kollel lHoraahMedical Student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Rabbi Yitzie Klapperrpke van ejmh crv

Hillcrest,NYJudaic Studies Faculty and Director of Student Activities, HAFTR Middle School,Lawrence, NY

Rabbi Jonathan Klatt ytke ihnhbc crv

New York, NYJudaic Studies Teacher, Abraham Joshua Heschel High SchoolNew York, NY

Rabbi Motti Klein crvLos Angeles, CADoctoral Student in Clinical Psychology, Azusa Pacific University.Adjunct member of LINK Kollel,

Rabbi Yitzy Klein crvBrooklyn, NYKatz Kollel Fellow, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Ephraim Kleinbergdrcbhhke ohrpt crv

Thornhill, CanadaJudaic Studies Faculty, Ramaz Upper School, New York, NY

Rabbi Benyamin Kohanimohbvf ihnhbc crv

New York, N YStudent, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Josh Koperwas crvThornhill, CanadaJudaic Studies Teacher, Yeshivat Or Chaim, Toronto; Educator, BAYT, Toronto.

Rabbi Daniel Kordatsre ohhj ihnhbc kthbs crv

Los Angeles, CALaw Student, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA

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Rabbi Mayer Kovacs crvBaltimore, MDAttorney, Sirody & Associates, Baltimore, MD

Rabbi Ben Krinsky crvTeaneck, NJJudaic Studies Faculty, Yavneh Academy, Paramus, NJ

Rabbi Binyamin Krohn crvNewton, MAAssistant Rabbi, Congregation Rinat YisraelJudaic Studies Faculty, Torah Academy of Bergen County Teaneck, NJ

Rabbi Michael Kurin crvToronto, CanadaStudent, Albert Einstein School of MedicineBronx, NY

Rabbi Elie Kurtz crvHighland Park, NJJudaic Studies Faculty, Yeshivat Noam, Paramus, NJ

Rabbi Meyer Laniado crvOakhurst NJRabbinic Intern, Congregation Magen David of West Deal, Ocean NJ; Director of Marketing and Advertising, Window Treats Inc, Red Bank, NJ

Rabbi Moshe Lasterryxk iugna van crv

Forest Hills, NYAssistant Teacher, Yeshiva Beis Hillel, Passaic, NJ; Rabbinic Intern, Congregation Beth David, West Hartford, CT

Rabbi Daniel Lauchheimerrnhhvetk kthbs crv

New York, NYFinancial AnalystNew York, NY

Rabbi Reuven Lebovitz crvWoodmere, NYFellow, Yeshiva University Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov, Toronto

Rabbi Binyamin Lehrfield crvSkokie, ILRabbi, Congregation Beth Abraham-JacobAlbany, NY

Rabbi Benjamin Leibowitz crvTeaneck, NJNational and Summer Program Coordinator, Yachad, New York, NY

Rabbi Jesse Lempel crvWoodmere, NYJudaic Studies Teacher, Collge Lyce Alliance, Nice, France

Rabbi Dov Lerner crvLondon, UKGraduate Student, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, IL; Orthodox Student Advisor, Hillel at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Rabbi Ariel Levihuk kthrt crv

North Miami Beach, FLChaplain, Fort Tryon Rehabilitation Center, New York, NY. Faculty, Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

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Rabbi Darren Levin crvNorth Woodmere, NYJLIC Torah Educator, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD

Rabbi Yitzchok Libermaninrck lurc ejmh crv

Chicago, ILInstructor of Judaic Studies, James Striar School, Yeshiva University

Rabbi Marc Liebman crvWest Hempstead, NYActuary, ISO, Jersey City, NJ

Rabbi Eitan Lipstein crvWoodmere, NYJudaic Studies Teacher, The Moriah School, Englewood NJ; Doctoral Candidate, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, New York, NY

Rabbi Chaim Litzenblatt crvFort Lauderdale, FLSales Specialist, NPS, Clifton, NJ

Rabbi Eytan London crvScarsdale, NYJudaic Studes Faculty and Athletic Director, Westchester Hebrew High School, Mamaroneck, NY

Rabbi Daniel Lowensteinihhyxbtuk ktpr kthbs crv

Lawrence, NYMedical Student, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Rabbi Yair Manas crvTeaneck, NJKollel Fellow, Yeshiva University Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov in Toronto, Owner, Manas Tablecloths

Rabbi Raphi Mandelstam crvQueens, NYJudaic Studies Faculty and Director of Student Activities, Torah Academy of Bergen County, Teaneck, NJ

Rabbi Joel Markin crv Toronto, CanadaRIETS Student, Actuarial Science Student, New York, NY

Rabbi Menashe Mazureketruzn van crv

Yonkers. NYBella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Steven Mermelstein crvGreat Neck, NYLaw Student, Harvard Law School, Boston, MA

Rabbi Ephraim Meth crvKew Gardens Hills, NYFellow, Kollel Elyon, RIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Avi Miller crvWoodmere, NYAssistant Rabbi, Congregation Beth Sholom Lawrence, NY; Judaic Studies Faculty at HAFTR High School

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Rabbi Binyamin Miller crvJerusalem, IsraelAdministrator and Instructor for an Online College

Rabbi David Mosterrgyxtn ctz sus crv

Lower Merion, PAPhD Student in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, New York University, New York, NY

Rabbi Avi Narrow-Tilonsky crvCherry Hill NJProgram Director, Kohelet Fellowships Program-Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future, New York, NY

Rabbi Motti Neuburger crvBergenfield, NJFellow, Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS Rabbi, Beis Medrash Zichron Shalom Kew Gardens Hills, NY

Rabbi Ami Neumaninhub inkz vnka rhnt crv

West Hempstead, NYAssistant Principal, Rabbi Teitz Mesivta Academy, Elizabeth, NJ

Rabbi Ari Neuman crvHighland Park, NJJLIC Rabbi, University of Maryland, MD

Rabbi David New crvNew Milford, NJAssistant Administrator, Rockville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Rockville Centre, NY

Rabbi Yirmiyah Norman crvBrooklyn NYRebbi, Yeshiva Gedolah Ohr YisroelBrooklyn, NY

Rabbi Yitz Novak crvLos Angeles, CANortheast Synagogue Initiative Director, AIPAC. New York, NY

Rabbi David Pardo crvEncino, CAJLIC Rabbi, Brandeis University, Boston, MA

Rabbi Schemouel Penya crvNew York, NYStudentRIETS, New York, NY

Rabbi Hartley Perlmutter crvToronto, CanadaJudaic Studies Faculty, Bnei Akiva Schools, Toronto, Ontario

Rabbi Brian David Platt crvWoodmere, NYBusiness Analyst, Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel

Rabbi Ari Poliakoff crvBaltimore, MDFellow, Dr. Norman Lamm, Kollel LHoraah, RIETS, Social Worker, Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, New York, NY

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Rabbi Dovid Preil crvBergenfield, NJKollel, FellowJerusalem, Israel

Rabbi Tani Prero crvChicago, ILDirector, Camp Yagilu Wilderness Summer program.Israel

Rabbi Yom Tov Priluck W crvOmaha, NEDoctoral Student

Rabbi Yehoshua Reinitz crvNew York, NYFellow, Israel Henry Beren Institute for Higher Talmudic Studies.New York, NY

Rabbi Isaac Rice crvScarsdale, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County and Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls; Rabbinic Intern, Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ

Rabbi Nosson Rich crvWest Orange, NJJudaic Studies Faculty, TABC, Teaneck, NJ

Rabbi Shlomo Beny Rofehvpr vnka crv

Encino, CACounselor & Faculty, James Striar School of Yeshiva University, Outpatient Substance Abuse Intern, Freedom Institute, New York, NY

Rabbi Yosef Rosen crvWestport, CTAssistant Rabbi, Congregation Ohr Binyamin, Queens, NY; NCSY Director, Westport, CT

Rabbi Josh Rosenfeldskpbzur gauvh crv

Woodmere, NYAssistant Rabbi, Lincoln Square Synagogue, New York, NY; Judaic Studies Faculty, SAR High School, Riverdale, NY

Shimmy Rosenbergdrtcbzur crvSuffern, NYRIETS Student, Consultant for Energy Company

Rabbi Moshe Ariel Rosensweig crvKew Gardens, NYFellow, Israel Henry Beren Institute for Higher Talmudic Studies

Rabbi Benjamin Samuels crvFlushing, NYConsultant, Analysis Group, New York, NY

Rabbi Dovid Schachter crvEdison, NJGraduate Student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY

Rabbi Shay Schachter crvNew York, NYAssistant to the Rabbi, Congregation Knesseth Israel - The White Shul, Far Rockaway, NY; Fellow, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, RIETS, New York, NY

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Rabbi Yakir Schechter crvTeaneck, NJKollel Fellow, Philadelphia Community Kollel, Lower Merion, PA

Rabbi Yonatan Schechter crvTeaneck, NJClinical Social Worker Beit Shemesh, Israel

Rabbi Mordechai Schiffman crvBrooklyn, NYAssistant Rabbi, Kingsway Jewish Center,Brooklyn, NY; Psy.D. Candidate, St. Johns University, Queens, NY

Rabbi David Schlusselberg crvTeaneck, NJFaculty, The Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School Livingston, New Jersey

Rabbi Seth Schmulowitz crvNew York, NYKollel Fellow, Wexner Kollel Elyon; Judaic Studies Faculty, MTA High School, New York NY

Rabbi Dani Schreiber crvBrooklyn, NYAssistant Rabbi at Kehillat Shivtei Yisrael, IsraelApplication Developer, Hewlett Packard, Israel

Rabbi Joshua Schulmaninkua lurc gauvh crv

Teaneck, NJJudaic Studies Faculty & Director of Chessed Programming, The Frisch School, Paramus NJ

Rabbi Ari Schwabcuua hrt crv

Hillcrest, NY

Rabbi Yosef Schwartz.ruua ;xuh crv

Chicago, ILAttorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL

Rabbi Daniel Schwechter crvGreat Neck, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Westchester Day School, Mamaroneck, NY

Rabbi Tsvi Selengut crvTeaneck, NJRabbi, Congregation Ohab Zedek, Belle Harbor, NY; Shoel UMeishiv and Kriah Specialist, DRS High School for Boys, Woodmere, NY

Rabbi Benjamin Seleski crvChicago, ILFinancial Advisor, Merrill LynchStamford, CT

Rabbi Ari Sendic crvQueens, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Fasman Yeshiva High School, Skokie, IL

Rabbi Sion Settoniu,x iuhm crv

Brooklyn, NYRabbi, Congregation Magen David of Manhattan; Teacher & Director of Educational Technology, Barkai YeshivahBrooklyn, NY

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Rabbi Yechiel Shafferrpta cs kthfh crv

Fair Lawn, NJAssociate Director of Institutional Advancement, Yeshiva University Institute for University School Partnership; Creator and Editor, Mytanach.com

Rabbi Yosef Sharbat crvQueens, NY | Sephardic Assistant Rabbi, Congregation Ahavat Achim Bnei Jacob and David, West Orange, NJ ; Judaic Studies Faculty, Yeshivat Noam, Paramus, NJ

Rabbi David Sher crvWest Long Branch, NJJudaic Studies Faculty, The Frisch School, Paramus, NJ; Rabbi, Congregation Brother of Israel, Ocean Ave Minyan, Long Branch, NJ

Rabbi Daniel Sherman crvLower Merion, PARabbinic Intern, West Side Institutional Synagogue, Mahnhattan NY; Director, Torah Letzion

Rabbi Matisyahu Shochet crvNew York, NYFaculty, Margolin Hebrew Academy, Memphis, TN

Rabbi Sandor Philip Shulkes crvHollywood, FLJudaic Studies Faculty, Akiba and Yavneh Academy Dallas, TX

Rabbi Danny Shulmaninka crvTeaneck, NJLaw Student, University of Pennsylvania

Rabbi David Snyder crvEdison NJLaw Student, Columbia Law School, New York, NY

Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Sova crvChicago, ILClinical Psychologist, Chicago Childrens Clinic, Chicago, Illinois

Rabbi J.Z. Spierrhhpx i,buh crv

Monsey, NYDirector of Informal Education and Judaic Studies Faculty, The Frisch School, Paramus NJ

Rabbi Zevi Spitz crv Hillcrest, NYAssociate Rabbi, Young Israel of Holliswood, Holliswood, NY

Rabbi Jeremy Stern crvLos Angeles, CAExecutive Director, Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA), New York, NY

Rabbi Avi Strauss xutrya vsuvh ovrct crv

Bergenfield, NJFellow, New York City Law Department, New York, NY

Rabbi Daniel Tabak crvLos Angeles, CAPhD Candidate, Bernard Revel Graduate School, New York, NY

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Rabbi David Teller crvThornhill, CanadaHead of Judaic Studies, Hamilton Hebrew Academy, Hamilton Ontario.

Rabbi Yaakov Trumppntry hcm cegh crv

Johannesburg, South AfricaAssistant Rabbi, Young Israel Lawrence- Cedarhurst, NY; Student Advisor, Undergraduate Torah Studies, Yeshiva University

Rabbi Danny Turkel crvKew Gardens Hills, NYRabbinic Intern, Bais Medrash Zichron Shalom, Queens NY;Analyst, Stoneview Capital, New York, NY

Rabbi Tzvi Urkowitz crvHouston, TXJudaic Studies Faculty, Fuchs Mizrachi School, Beachwood, OH

Rabbi Shlomo Wadler crvBrooklyn, NYPhD. Student in Theology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Rabbi Yoni Weinberg crvWoodmere, NYAccountant, Rothstein Kass, New York, NY

Rabbi David Weiss crvLawrence, NYRabbinic Intern, Mt. Sinai Jewish Center, New York NY; Fellow, Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon, Yeshiva University

Rabbi Zvi Weiss crvStaten Island, NYPsyD Candidate, Long Island University

Rabbi Mordechai Herschel Weissmann crvWhite Plains, NYJudaic Studies Faculty, Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School. Rabbinic Intern, Suburban Orthodox Congregation Toras ChaimBaltimore, MD

Rabbi Zev Wiener crvLos Angeles, CA Resident Physician in Psychiatry, UCLA Neuropsy-chiatric Institute, Los Angeles CA

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Yehudah Wilburrgckhuu vsuvh hcm crv

Woodmere, NYPediatric Attending, Quality Health Center, Brooklyn, NY

Rabbi Moshe Winogradstrdbhuu van crv

Brooklyn, NYDirector of Volunteer Department, Aish NY; Counseling Psychology Doctoral Student, Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ

Rabbi Eliyahu Yehudah Wittenberg crvWest Hartford, CTFellow, Gruss Kollel, RIETSJerusalem

Rabbi Danny Wolfe crvDenver COCampus Rabbi, Aish New York, Albany NY

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Rabbi Ari Yabloketkchh vhrt ovrct crv

Teaneck, NJCampus Director, The Israel Experience at Bar Ilan University. Rabbinic Leader of Anglo Student Body,Bar Ilan University

Rabbi Lavi Zaretyrz van thck crv

Chicago, ILDental Student, NYU School of DentistryNew York, NY

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring crvStaten Island, NYChaver, Kollel Gavoah, Yeshivat Har Etzion, Alon Shvut, Israel

Rabbi Dovid Zirkind crvBaltimore, MDAssistant Rabbi, The Jewish Center, New York, NY

Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier crvNew York, NYJacob Kupietzky Kodshim Fellow, RIETS PhD Candidate, Yale University

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Yeshivas Rebbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan is indebted to our Vice Chairman

MR. HERB SMILOWITZ ZL

A quiet giant dedicated to his family, Torat Yisrael, Klal Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael.

He taught us all to be Mekadesh the Chol. A true Ben Torah who enriched all of our lives.

RICHARD M. JOELPresident

RABBI NORMAN LAMMRosh Yeshiva Emeritus

RABBI MENACHEM PENNERActing Dean

JOEL SCHREIBERChairman

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Scroll of Honor

In honor of RIETS and its rabbinical faculty, with which we are proud to be associated.

HOWARD AND DEBBIE JONAS

P illar

G uardian BuilderCongratulations and best wishes to the new musmachim.

Mazel tov to

JAY SCHOTTENSTEIN

on receiving the Eitz Chaim Award

and

RABBI GEDALIA DOV SCHWARTZ

on receiving the

Harav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik Aluf Torah Award.

RABBI HYMAN AND ANN ARBESFELD

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G uardian Builder

Congratulations to all

the new rabbis and honorees.

THE SMILOWITZ FAMILY

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Master Builder

Congratulations to Jay Schottenstein

on the

Eitz ChaimTree of Life Award.

We salute and love Jay, Jeanie, and

the entire Schottenstein family.

THE BOOK FAMILY

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P latinum BuilderMazel Tov

Rabbi Joshua Berman on your receiving Semikha.

While we are very proud of all your accomplishment, we are most proud of you.

Your hard work on behalf of, and dedication to, your family and the Jewish community

inspires us all.

LANI AND KOVI

Bubby and Grandpa DOROTHY AND JULIUS BERMAN

Mom and Dad JUDY AND ZEV BERMAN

DANIEL AND ELIANA, RACHAELI AND TUVI, TAMI

MYRA AND SIMCHA AMINSKY AND FAMILY

ELIE AND MIRIAM BERMAN AND FAMILY

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G old Builder

Mazel tov to the honorees and musmakhim.

Compliments of

LOTTE AND LUDWIG BRAVMANN

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G old Builder

In tribute to

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz,

Jay Schottenstein

and all the musmakhim.

RABBI HOWARD AND CHAYA BALTER

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G old Builder

Our family is honored

to partner with the RIETS administration

and Roshei Yeshiva.

We take great pride in our newest

class of Musmakhim

and congratulate our distinguished honorees

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz and Mr. Jay Schottenstein.

ELLIOT AND DEBBIE GIBBER

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G old Builder

We are honored to join RIETS in paying tribute to

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz

whose Ahavas Torah and Ahavas Yisrael

have inspired and enriched our lives.

The Chicago community and

the Greater Jewish community

are indebted to you.

GALE AND RICKEY ROTHNER

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G old BuilderWe are grateful to our Roshei Yeshiva and faculty

for their steadfast commitment to sharing their

Torah Knowledge, Ahavas Hashem,

Ahavas Yisrael with our talmidim.

Mazel Tov to our newest musmachim.

As you embark on your journey in Avodas Hakodesh,

may you enjoy much success and satisfaction.

Mazal tov to our distinguished honorees

Rabbi Gedlaia Dov Schwartz and Mr. Jay Schottenstein

for their outstanding contributions

to the greater Jewish community.

May our Yeshiva continue to go Mchayil Lchayil.

JOEL AND JUDY SCHREIBER SIMEON AND ROSE SCHREIBER DAVID AND DASSIE SCHREIBER

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G old Builder

We take great pride in honoring

our newest Musmakhim

who join the RIETS family.

Mazel tov to

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz

on receiving the

Rav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik Aluf Torah award

and Jay Schottenstein

on receiving the

Eitz ChaimTree of Life award.

RUTH AND IRWIN SHAPIRO

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G old Builder

Congratulations to our newest RIETS musmakhim

and distinguished honorees,

Rabbi Gedaliah Dov Schwartz and Jay Schottenstein.

Special mazel tov to

Rabbi Ari Zahtz

on his completion of Yadin Yadin.

Our family and the Teaneck community

benefit from your wisdom and friendship.

ELISA AND CHAIM WIETSCHNER

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G old Builder

To Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein

exemplary role models and leaders in the

Greater Jewish community.

MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL JESSELSON

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G old Builder

Congratulations and best wishes

to our honorees,

Jay Schottenstein,

Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz

and the Musmakhim.

HENRY KRESSEL AND FAMILY

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G old BuilderRabbi Daniel Fridman / Rabbi Ari Lamm

Rabbi Ari Zahtz / Rabbi Dovid Zirkind

You have taught us, inspired us and enabled us to reach higher spiritually.

We look forward to continuing to learn, laugh and be inspired together.

May you take all of the skills and learning that you have attained at YU and take them to the next level.

You have already had an immense impact on our communities and we look forward to your continued

involvement and enabling others to reach their fullest potential in all areas of leading a wonderful Jewish life

full of Torah, chesed and happiness.

With an immense amount of respect and admiration.

LEYLA AND DANIEL POSNER

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G old Builder

We join our yeshiva in

honoring all of our musmakhim.

We are proud to welcome you into the family.

RIVKIE AND LANCE HIRT

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Etz Chaim

Wishing much Brachah and Nachas to our

Rosh Yeshiva Emeritus Rabbi Norman Lamm and Mindy.

ELLIOT AND DEBBIE GIBBER

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Etz ChaimTo attend the

Chag Hasemicha of two grandsons,

Yonatan and Yair Frankel,

on the same day is an exceptional ,ufz.

This is the capstone of our familys life

after the miraculous escape, in 1942,

from the Nazi death camps in France.

Our gratitude expresses itself

in our familys efforts to be

,umnu vru, .hcrn

in every way and place possible.

GUSTAVE JACOBS

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Etz ChaimTo our Dear Rabbi and Friend

Rabbi Ari Zahtz

Mazal Tov upon completing Yadin Yadin Semikah.

Your passion and steadfast commitment to Torah,

sensitivity, sincerity, and Ahavas Yisrael

guides and inspires us and our families.

We are grateful for all that you do for the

Teaneck-Bnai Yeshurun community and Klal Yisrael.

We look forward to many more years

of learning and growing with you.

May you and Michal