Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld
Rosh Kollel of Kollel Iyun Hadaf;
Director of the Dafyomi Advancement Forum
Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld, founder and Rosh Kollel of Kollel Iyun Hadaf, has been teaching Torah in Israel for over ten years. A close disciple of Hagaon Rav Yisroel Zev Gustman, zt'l, Rabbi Kornfeld works tirelessly on behalf of Torah dissemination. He was one of the first Rabbis to use the Internet to teach Torah, as his innovative insights in the "Weekly Parasha-Page" has been e-mailed to thousands of readers across the globe since 1993 (a collection of these essays have been published in Torah from the Internet, 1998, Judaica Press, purchase information available online.
RABBINICAL TRAINING:
Mesivta of Long Beach, Long Beach, New York (1979-1980)
Tushia Rabbinical Academy, Moshav Tifrach, Israel (1980)
Hebron Yeshiva, Givat Mordecai, Jerusalem (1981)
Netzach Israel Rabbinical Seminary, Jerusalem (1982-1988)
(under the tutelage of HaRav Yisrael Zev Gustman, Vilna-New York-Jerusalem)
PAST POSITIONS:
Rosh Kollel, Ohalei Yitzchak, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem (1989-1990)
Teacher and Advanced Studies Lecturer, Yeshivat Ohr Yerushalayim, Beit Meir, Israel (1990-1996)
Yeshivat Ner Yaakov (1996-1997)
Founder and Rosh Kollel, Kollel Iyun Hadaf (1997-present)
PUBLICATIONS:
The Weekly Internet Parasha-Page (Internet publication, some archives available here) (1994-1998)
Torah from the Internet, Judaica Press (1997) - available for purchase here
Articles and essays in various scholarly journals (Jewish Thought, Am Ha'Torah, Ameilah Shel Torah, Netzach Israel Journal, and others)