Staff

 

Rav Boaz Mori

Rosh HaYeshiva


Rav Boaz Mori received his Semicha from Yeshiva University. Before founding Yeshivat Lev HaTorah, he taught at BMT, Har Etzion, Shaarei Mevasseret Zion & Machon Gold and served as Head Counselor of Camp Simcha, Rosh Chinuch at Camp Moshava and Camp Rabbi at IBA. Countless numbers of students have been inspired by his personal warmth, keen insights, and selfless devotion.

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Rav Binyamin Kwalwasser

Mashgiach Ruchani


Rav Kwalwasser has completed an MS in Education and received his Semicha from Yeshiva University. He has been inspiring scores of students at numerous post-high school yeshivot for the past decade. Outside yeshiva, he is a drummer in a band, and the founder of the Beis Tefilah community in Ramat Beit Shemesh. He particularly enjoys teaching students skills that enable them to learn on their own.

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Rav Michael Cytrin

Menahel / Educational Director


Rav Cytrin received Semicha from the Meretz Kollel and has a Masters in Education from Teachers College of Columbia University. He has taught at Shaarei Mevasseret and was Principal of Judaic Studies at the Yavneh Academy of Dallas. Through his deep and clear understanding Rav Cytrin has the ability to translate and relate the most sophisticated sugyot of the Gemara and of life to his talmidim.

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Rav Natanel Lebowitz

Morning Shiur Rebbe / Poland Coordinator


Rav Natanel received Semicha from Yeshiva University. He was the Assistant Mashgiach Ruchani at Yeshivat Shaalvim and has taught at Midreshet Moriah & BMT. During the summers he serves as the Program Director for the NCSY Kollel. Rav Natanel has a unique ability to connect and form personal relationships with his students.

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Rav Jake Vidomlanski

Shana Bet Rebbe


Rav Jake served as a Shoel U'Meishiv at Yeshivat Shaalvim and has taught at Reishit Yerushalayim. He has been the Rosh Mosh and Rosh Kollel at Camp Stone and the Sgan Rosh Moshava at Camp Moshava IO. Rav Jake, known for his boundless commitment to his students, excels at helping them realize their undiscovered strengths.

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Rav Asher Friedman

Morning Rebbe


Rav Asher received Semicha from Yeshiva University. He has taught at BMT and at various summer learning programs and has been a mentor to a decade of NCSY campers in outdoors and outreach programming. A master pedagogue and teacher, Rav Asher encourages his students to grow as independent thinkers and serious Ovdei Hashem.

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Rav Mordechai Kaplan

Program Director


Rav Mordechai received Semicha from Yeshiva University. A passionate and inspirational educator, Rav Mordechai held positions of Head Counselor andCCamp Rabbi atIIBA and most recently joined the administrative staff at NCSY's summer Kollel in Israel coordinating Tiyulim and Special Programming. Talmidim are attracted to Rav Mordechai's sincerity, ruchnius & warmth.

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Rav Daniel Hartstein

Director of Institutional Advancement/
Halacha Rebbe

Rav Daniel Hartstein received Semicha from Rav Aharon Soloveitchik, ztz"l. He also has a BS in Marketing from Yeshiva University and a Masters in Management Engineering from the University of Bridgeport. Rav Hartstein worked in the business field for over 15 years before joining Lev HaTorah full time. Rav Hartstein hosts many guys in his home and always provides and exciting informative shiur in halacha or machshava. His shiurim have been featured on www.yutorah.org.
Rav Michael Siev

Morning & Night Rebbe


Rav Siev earned his B.A. in history from Yeshiva University. He received Semicha from RIETS and a Masters degree in Jewish education from the Azrieli Graduate School. He has studied and taught at Yeshivat Har Etzion.


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Rav Mordechai Machlis

Afternoon Seder


Rav Machlis is a well-known and beloved educator. He has been teaching for 25 years. He received his Semicha from Yeshivat Torah v'Daath. His family is famous in Jerusalem for hosting weekly Shabbat meals to over 100 guests. An outstanding role model for our students.
Rav Shamai Warman

Shana Bet Night Seder Rebbe


Rav Shamai received Semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He teaches in Mitzpe Yericho at both the kollel and high school, in addition to teaching for many years in yeshiva programs for Americans. Rav Shamai is famous for making the most difficult sugyot understandable. Rarely found without a sefer in hand, his mastery of Shas and halacha makes him a sought-after resource for the Yeshiva's students.
Rav Uri Etigson

Machshevet Yisrael


Rav Uri received Semicha from Yeshiva University and holds a Masters degree in Jewish Philosophy. He has guided students from BMT, Shaarei Mevasseret Zion and Torat Chaim into the depths of Jewish Thought and Mystical teachings. Rav Uri has also served in Tzahal as a hospital Chaplain. His warm smile, patience and understanding are only part of the reason that many students feel connected to him.

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Rav Yehoshua Fass

Practical Halacha


Rav Fass is the Executive Director of Nefesh B'Nefesh. He received Semicha from Yeshiva University and was the Associate Rabbi of Boca Raton and a member of the Beit Din of South Florida. He hosts the yeshiva at his home for a GFGAC (good food and good AC) shiur every shabbat afternoon and teaches a very popular shiur in Practical Halacha on mishmar night.

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Rav Yehoshua Paltiel

Morning Shiur Rebbe


Rav Paltiel has a B.A. in Jewish History from YU. He served in the IDF armored corps, after which he earned his Semicha from the Meretz Kollel in Mevasseret. He taught at Yeshivat Shaarei Mevasseret and is a certified counselor in Neuro-Linguistic Psychology.

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Dr. David Kallus

Practical Halachah/ Medical Ethics


Dr. Kallus learned at Yeshivat Sha'alvim and Yeshiva University. He is a practicing periodontist and a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. His goal is to inculcate in the talmidim the reality that Torah study and a professional life can work hand in hand.
R' Nachman Rosenberg

Kitvei HaRav Kook


Nachman is a graduate of the Yeshivat Hesder in Ma'aleh Adumim and Kollel Torah MiTzion in Chicago. Nachman has taught at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Machon Gold. His passion lies in the teachings of Rav Kook and nurturing a deep kesher to Eretz Yisrael.

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Rav Menachem Copperman

Night Seder Rebbe


Rav Copperman is a graduate of the Bet El Yeshiva and has received Semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. He has recently completed the prestigious, eight-year Eretz Chemda Dayanut program and was the editor of their Torah publication, "Chemdat Ha'aretz". He currently serves as the Rav of "Kehillat Ahavat Tzion" in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
Rav Natan Slifkin
Rav Natan Slifkin, the world-famous "Zoo Rabbi", is the author of numerous books on the interface between Torah, the animal kingdom, and the natural sciences. His innovative career, described at www.zootorah.com, has been featured in The New York Times and numerous other forums.
Rav Ari Enkin

Night Seder Rebbe


Rav Ari N. Enkin received his semicha from the Yeshiva Gedola of Montreal and from Rav Pinchas Hirshprung, ztz”l. He also receivedYadin-Yadin ordination from a number of prominent dayanim and holds a Master’s Degree in informal adult education. He is the author of the "Dalet Amot of Halacha Series" of Halacha sefarim. Be sure to read Rav Enkin’s popular halacha blogs at: http://torahmusings.com/
Rav Simi Sherman

Night Seder Rebbe


Rabbi Sherman joins our staff this year. He recieved Semicha from Yeshiva University. He also earned a BA in economics and a Masters in Education from Yeshiva University, and an MBA from Lynn University. Rabbi Sherman and family made aliyah from Boca Raton, FL in 2009. As a member of the Boca Raton Community Kollel, Rabbi Sherman taught middle school students at the Hillel Day School of Boca Raton and adult education classes through the Kollel and the Boca Raton Synagogue.