Israel Samet

Head of the Reishit Program and Rav of the Garin Torani Lod 

Lecturer at the Midrasha of Bar-Ilan University since 2000. Head of the “Reshit” program at the Bar-Ilan University Midrasha since the program’s establishment.

A graduate of Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva. Ordained as a rabbi by Rabbi Avraham Shapira Z"L and other leading rabbis.

A graduate of Herzog College.

Lecturer at Orot Israel College during the academic years 1990–1991, 1991–1992, 1994–1995, and 1995–1996.

Rosh Program and senior lecturer at Midreshet Nishmat from 1995 to 1999.

Senior lecturer (Ram) at Yeshivat Or Etzion from 1988 to 2007.

Coordinator and instructor of the “Havruta” program for religious and secular educators, aimed at fostering knowledge of American Jewry and strengthening ties with it, on behalf of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), during 2002–2004.

Rabbi of the Torah nucleus (Garin Torani) in Lod since 2006.

Head of the “אשכולות” Kollel in Lod from 2008 to 2011.