Assaf Bednarsh: Difference between revisions

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'''Assaf Bednarsh''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: אסף בדנרש; born December 29, [[1971]]) is an American-IsraeliAmerican–Israeli [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox]] [[rabbi]] and [[Rosh yeshiva|Rosh Yeshiva]] of the [[Yeshiva University]] affiliated [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Faculty {{!}} Yeshiva University|url=https://www.yu.edu/riets/faculty#roshei|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.yu.edu}}</ref> He is [[Kollel|Sgan Rosh Kollel]] for the Gruss Kollel in [[Jerusalem]], a title previously held by [[Aharon Lichtenstein]], and he is the first Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair in [[Talmud]] and [[Jewish law|Jewish Law]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite webnews|last=yunews|date=2007-04-24|title=Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh Invested as the Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Professor of Talmud and Jewish Law|url=https://blogs.yu.edu/news/rabbi-assaf-bednarsh-invested-as-the-ruth-buchbinder-mitzner-professor-of-talmud-and-jewish-law/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Yeshiva University News|language=en-US}}</ref> He also teaches at [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]] in [[Alon Shvut|Alon Shevut]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh|url=https://www.ou.org/sinai/speakers/rabbi-assaf-bednarsh/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Chag at Home|language=en}}</ref>

Bednarsh was born in the [[UnitedKfar StatesEtzion]], 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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Bettencourt|first=Michael|date=2017-07-05|title=YU in Israel: A Whirlwind of Action|url=https://blogs.yu.edu/news/yu-in-israel-a-whirlwind-of-action/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Yeshiva University News|language=en-US}}</ref> He went on to learn at [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]], then headed by [[Aharon Lichtenstein]] and [[Yehuda Amital]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rav Assaf Bednarsh {{!}} Yeshivat Har Etzion|url=https://www.etzion.org.il/en/authors/rav-assaf-bednarsh|access-date=2022-01-21|website=www.etzion.org.il}}</ref> He holds a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[Princeton University]], from which he graduated in 1992, and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in [[Jewish history|Jewish History]] from [[Yeshiva University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Princeton community stands with Israel|url=https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2021/05/princeton-israel-hamas-rockets-antisemitism|access-date=2022-01-21|website=The Princetonian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh|url=https://mizrachi.org/speaker/rabbi-assaf-bednarsh/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=World Mizrachi|language=en-US}}</ref> Bednarsh received his [[Semikhah|Semichah]] from the [[Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary]] in 1997.<ref name=":3"/>

Bednarsh served as a [[Maggid Shiur]] and assistant director of [[Yeshiva University]]’s's Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies, and as a Rebbe at [[Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy|TMSTA]] – Yeshiva University High School.<ref name=":2"/>

In 2004, Bednarsh moved to [[Israel]] with his family on [[Aliyah]] from [[New York City|New York]], leaving his positions at [[Yeshiva University]] to take on new positions in [[Israel]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Rabbi Assaf and Mrs. Leora Bednarsh|url=https://mizrachi.org/speaker/rabbi-assaf-and-mrs-leora-bednarsh/|access-date=2022-01-21|website=World Mizrachi|language=en-US}}</ref>

On April 14, 2007 he was invested as the first Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair of [[Talmud]] and [[Halakha|Jewish Law]] of the [http://www.yu.edu/riets/kollellim/gruss/ Gruss Kollel] in [[Jerusalem]].<ref name=":1"/> Rav Bednarsh also serves aas [[Rosh yeshiva|Rosh Yeshiva]] for [[Yeshiva University|YU]] and worksteaches at [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]].<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":2"/>

Bednarsh is married to Leora Bednarsh, a graduate of [[Drisha Institute|Drisha]]’s Scholars’ Circle, [[Yoetzet Halacha]] and fellow [[Princeton University|Princeton]] alumni.<ref name=":4"/>

The Bednarsh family resides in [[Alon Shvut|Alon Shevut]], where [[Yeshivat Har Etzion]] is located, having made [[Aliyah]] in 2004.<ref name=":0"/> They have seven children.<ref name=":4"/>

[[Category:Yeshivat21st-century HarIsraeli Etzionrabbis]]

[[Category:21st-century American rabbis]]