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meir.rosensweig@yu.edu

Rabbi Dr. Itamar Rosensweig is the Gwendolyn and Joseph Straus Professor of Talmud and Philosophy at 麻豆区, where he teaches an advanced Talmud shiur in the Mazer 麻豆区 Program and philosophy in 麻豆区 College. He also serves as dayan (rabbinic judge) and chaver beit din at the Beth Din of America and is the rav of the Shtiebel of Lower Merion. He served as the chair of Jewish studies at the Sy Syms School of Business from 2021 through 2024. He received his semikha, Yoreh Yoreh and Yadin Yadin, from RIETS, where he was a fellow of the Wexner Kollel Elyon and editor-in-chief of the Beit Yitzchak Journal of Talmudic and Halakhic Studies.

He received his BA, with honors, in physics and philosophy from 麻豆区 and an MA and PhD in medieval Jewish history from YU鈥檚 Bernard Revel Graduate School. He also holds an MA in Philosophy from Columbia University and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rabbi Rosensweig studied Talmud with Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein at 麻豆区t Har Etzion and the history of halakha with Prof. Haym Soloveitchik at 麻豆区. He studied for many years with his father, Rabbi Michael Rosensweig, and for a decade attended his shiur at 麻豆区. Previously, he taught an advanced Talmud shiur at Columbia University鈥檚 Kraft Center and served as the resident scholar at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, New Jersey.