Assaf Bednarsh
Personal
Born1971
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican, Israeli
DenominationModern Orthodox
Alma materMarsha Stern Talmudical Academy, Yeshivat Har Etzion, Princeton University, Yeshiva University
PositionRosh Yeshiva;
Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair in Talmud and Jewish Law
YeshivaRabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary
ResidenceAlon Shevut
SemikhahRabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Assaf Bednarsh (Hebrew: אסף בדנרש; born December 29, 1971) is an American–Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi and Rosh yeshiva of the Yeshiva University affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary.[1] He is Sgan Rosh Kollel for the Gruss Kollel in Jerusalem, and he is the first Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair in Talmud and Jewish law.[2] He also teaches at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut.[3]

Biography

Bednarsh was born in Kfar Etzion, Israel in 1971, and moved to the United States with his parents 8 months later. He graduated from the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, the Yeshiva University High School for Boys, in 1989.[4] He went on to learn at Yeshivat Har Etzion, then headed by Aharon Lichtenstein and Yehuda Amital.[5] He holds a B.A. from Princeton University, from which he graduated in 1992, and an M.A. in Jewish history from Yeshiva University.[6][7] Bednarsh received his Semichah from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1997.[4]

Bednarsh served as a Maggid Shiur and assistant director of Yeshiva University's Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, and as a Rebbe at TMSTA – Yeshiva University High School.[3]

In 2004, Bednarsh moved to Israel with his family on Aliyah from New York City, leaving his positions at Yeshiva University to take on new positions in Israel.[8]

On April 14, 2007 he was invested as the first Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair of Talmud and Jewish Law of the Gruss Kollel in Jerusalem.[2] Bednarsh also serves as Rosh yeshiva for YU and teaches at Yeshivat Har Etzion.[1][3]

Personal

Bednarsh is married to Leora Bednarsh, a graduate of Drisha’s Scholars’ Circle, Yoetzet Halacha.[8]

The Bednarsh family resides in Alon Shevut, where Yeshivat Har Etzion is located.[1] They have seven children.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Faculty | Yeshiva University". www.yu.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  2. 1 2 yunews (2007-04-24). "Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh Invested as the Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Professor of Talmud and Jewish Law". Yeshiva University News. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh". Chag at Home. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  4. 1 2 Bettencourt, Michael (2017-07-05). "YU in Israel: A Whirlwind of Action". Yeshiva University News. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Rav Assaf Bednarsh | Yeshivat Har Etzion". www.etzion.org.il. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  6. ↑ "Princeton community stands with Israel". The Princetonian. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  7. ↑ "Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh". World Mizrachi. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
  8. 1 2 3 "Rabbi Assaf and Mrs. Leora Bednarsh". World Mizrachi. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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