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Mosheh Lichtenstein

Mosheh Lichtenstein is an Israeli rabbi who has served as one of the heads of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut since 2008.

born 1961Heading Yeshivat Har EtzionTeaching Talmud and TorahViews on religious Zionism

Born: 7 July 1961
Occupation: rabbi

Mosheh Lichtenstein was born in 1961

Mosheh Lichtenstein was born on July 7, 1961, the eldest son of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Dr. Tovah Soloveitchik. His grandfather was Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. In 1971 the family moved to Israel from New York, when his father was offered the post of head of Yeshivat Har Etzion.

He attended Netiv Meir High School in Jerusalem. From 1979 to 1980 he studied with his grandfather in America. He later received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate and a degree in English literature from the Hebrew University.

From 1980 to 1985 he was in the hesder program at Yeshivat Har Etzion and served in the Armored Corps.

In 1992 he began teaching at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and from 1992 to 1997 he also taught at Bruria in Jerusalem. He headed the Torat Tzion Kollel in Cleveland during a sabbatical. In 2008 he became one of the heads of the yeshiva, alongside his father and Rabbis Yaakov Medan and Baruch Gigi.

He supported the disengagement plan, but in 2013 said he regretted it. In June 2024 he spoke against a political shift in religious Zionism. He is married to Dr. Michal Lichtenstein, and they live in Alon Shvut with their 3 daughters.