Rav Herzl Hefter

Rav Herzl Hefter has been teaching intensive Talmud and Halacha for more than twenty years. Rav Herzl began his yeshiva studies at Yeshivat Har Etzion. Upon his return to the U.S., he continued his studies at Yeshiva University under Rav Yeruham Gorelik, zt"l, and Rav Yosef Soloveitchik, the Rav, zt"l. The following years were devoted to study at Yeshivat Har Etzion under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein. Subsequently, he gave a semicha shiur at the Gruss Kollel of Yeshiva University in Jerusalem for 17 years. Rav Herzl has also taught Talmud at Yeshivat Har Etzion, as well as at Yeshivat Mekor Chaim in Moscow. He has served as Rosh Kollel at the Torat Tzion Kollel in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to teaching at the Bat Ayin Yeshiva, Rav Herzl is also currently Director of the Bruriah Scholars Program for Women at Midreshet Lindenbaum, in Jerusalem. At Bat Ayin, Rav Herzl teaches in-depth Halachah to our rabbinical students, as well as Chassidut. His special interest is the thought of the the Izhbitzer Rav (The Mei Hashiloach). Rav Herzl lives in Efrat with his wife, Batya, and their six children.