Staff

Rav Shaul Feldman
Founder, TVA; Executive Director of 
Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada
Rav Shaul Feldman is the Executive Director of Bnei Akiva of the US and Canada and just recently served as the campaign manager for the Religious Zion...
Rabbi Yehuda Seif
Rosh Yeshiva and 
Executive Director
Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Seif is a scholar and community builder whose dream it has been to open an integrated yeshiva/midrasha program.

He studied at Yeshiv...
Rav Yair Halevi (Eisenstock)
Rosh Yeshiva
Rav Yair HaLevi (Eisenstock) received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinate of Israel and Yeshivat Hamivtar as well as a B.Ed and M.Ed Degree in ...
R’ Hillel Kahn
Director of Hesder Program, Av Bayit
Hillel Kahn, originally from Plainview New York, has been living in Israel for the past 8 years. After Graduating HANC High School, Hillel attended Ye...
Rav Gabi Katz
Assistant Director, Hesder; Shana Bet Coordinator
Gabi Katz was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and grew up in Skokie, Illinois. Gabi currently resides in Jerusalem, where he received his semichah...
Rav Ari Ze’ev Schwartz
Shana Bet Ra"m
Rabbi Ari Ze’ev Schwartz is the author of “The Spiritual Revolution of Rav Kook: Writings of a Jewish Mystic” published in 2018 through Gefen publishi...
Rav Moshe Abrams
Shana Bet Ra"m
Rav Moshe Abrams is a talmid of Kerem B’Yavne (3 years)and Yeshiva University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in music. He received semicha in 201...
Rav Yaakov Faratci LMSW
Rebbe and Therapist
Rabbi Yaakov Faratci grew up in Skokie, Illinois and after going to Yeshivat Orayta for two years, he spent the last few years living in Stamford, Con...
R’ Yehoshua Segal
Director
Yehoshua Segal received his BA in Economics from Yeshiva University and is currently pursuing an MA in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from T...
Rav Eli Weinstein
Ra"m
Eli Weinstein grew up in Teaneck New Jersey and moved to Yerushalayim just three years ago with his wife Arianne (Pinchot) and their three children, M...
Rav Avichai Berkovits
Ra"m
Rav Avichai Berkovits, born and raised in Jerusalem, represents a unique blend of religious scholarship and artistic passion. His educational journey ...
Rav Daniel Thwaites
Ra"m
Rabbi Daniel Thwaites was born and raised in Manchester, UK. After studying at Yeshivat Har Etzion as a Hesder student, he served in the IDF as an inf...
Rav Akiva Weiss
Ra"m
Rav Akiva Weiss hails from Margate City, NJ, where he grew up the son of a prominent Orthodox day-school educator, rabbi, and principal. He learned fo...
Rav Ezra Pachino
Rosh Kollel
Rav Ezra Pachino is the esteemed Rosh Kollel of the Yeshiva, deeply committed to Torah scholarship and community leadership. He is married to Tehila a...
Rav Albert Katz
Kollel
Rav Albert is originally from Houston, Tx. After graduating high school from Robert M. Beren Academy, he learned in Yeshivat Orayta for 2 years. Follo...
Rav Oshi Bloom
Afternoon Rebbe, Guidance
Rav Oshi is originally from New Rochelle, NY. After graduating from SAR High School, he spent 2 years learning in Yeshivat Hakotel. After Yeshivat Hak...
Lytal Lerer
Office Administrator
Lytal Lerer, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, studied at Midreshet HaRova for two years before making Aliyah. She completed her Sherut Leumi as a...