Rav Raz Hartman

Rav Raz Hartman, born to Israeli parents, grew up in Southern California. He was attending U.S.C., majoring in Music Peformance, when he met Rav Natan Greenberg. That meeting eventually result in Raz's coming to the Bat Ayin Yeshiva, where he studied for six years and was given Semichah in 2003. He is married to Leah, and they live, with their three children, in Nachla'ot, Jerusalem, where Raz serves as Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Simchah Shlomo, and founder of the v'Ani Tefillah minyan. He has also produced several albums of Jewish music. Raz has recently returned to Bat Ayin as a teacher, teaching Breslov Chassidut.