Rabbonim and Masmichim
Rabbi Dovid Lau
Chief Rabbi of Israel
Rabbi Chaim Finkelstein
Rosh Yeshiva Le’Rabbonus Pretoria
Rabbi Yehoram Ulman
Av Beis Din and Rov, Sydney Australia
Rabbi Mordechai Farkash
Chaver Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch, Rov in Bellevue, Washington
Rabbi Sholom Ber Shuchat
Dayan Beis Din Agudas Harabonim Rosh Kolel Lehora’ah Ma’asis Brooklyn, NY
Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin
Rov and Dayan – London, England
Rabbi Chaim Rapoport
Dayan and Rov London, England
Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman
Executive Director, Machon Smicha
Rabbi Mendel Prescott
Rosh Yeshiva, Machon Smicha
Our Faculty
Rabbi Mendel Prescott
Rosh Yeshivah
Rabbi Mendel Prescott is the Rosh Yeshiva of Machon Smicha. He is the Rav and Posek of the Colony Shul, has authored multiple Seforim, and is a masterful teacher. He is a graduate of Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon, as well as the Kollel of New Haven, CT.
Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman
Executive Director
Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Kesselman is a gifted teacher of halachah, and is known for his clarity and clear delivery. Rabbi Kesselman has taught and guided hundreds of students on their journey to receiving smicha. Rabbi Kessleman is a Rosh Yeshiva in Achei Tmimim Yeshiva (Brooklyn NY.)
Rabbi Chaim Finkelstein
Rabbinic Advisory
Rabbi Chaim Finkelstein is the Rosh Yeshiva L’Rabbonus in South Africa, and is also the founder and director of Machon Lecheker U’Pituach Halachah, a kollel and halachic think tank. During his lifetime, Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg would co-sign certificates of smicha together with Rabbi Chaim Finkelstein.
Rabbi Elisha Pearl
Rabbinic Advisory
Rabbi Elisha Pearl, a musmach of Harav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, and Yeshiva University, has studied and taught halachah at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Yeshiva University, and Kolel Menachem. He has taught Torah from the Himalayas to the Alps, and from the Judean Hills to the Texan Plains.
Rabbi Yitzchak Sultan
Curriculum Developer
Rabbi Yitzchak Sultan is the editor of Halachipedia.com, a member of the Kollel in Yeshiva University, and coordinator of night seder at the Young Israel of Riverdale. Rabbi Sultan has previously served as editor for Beis Yitzchak, Kol Tzvi, and Batei Yosef, publications of Yeshiva University.
Rabbi Daniel Rosenfeld
Curriculum Developer
Rabbi Daniel Rosenfeld received smicha from Yeshiva University and Yadin Yadin smicha from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. He teaches in Yeshivat Shaalvim and serves as a dayan for the beis din of Kollel Eretz Hemdah.
Rabbi Moshe Boruch Lichtensztajn
Curriculum Developer
Rabbi Matisyahu Wolf
Editor
Rabbi Wolf is a meticulous scholar and researcher, with a passion for editing and translating. He has worked on projects from across the entire gamut of Torah scholarship, including Gemara, Halachah, Chassidus, Kabbalah, Mussar, and Hashkafah.