Rabbi Aaron is the founder and CEO of Hashgacha Pratit and, until recently, served as the rabbi of Congregation V’ani Tefila in Nachlaot. He is married to Miriam and the father of five. He formerly served as the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Sulam Yaakov and as a member of the Jerusalem City Council. Rabbi Aaron studied at Yeshivat HaKibbutz HaDati and at Beit Morasha, and was ordained a rabbi in 1996 by Rabbi Riskin and Rabbi Brovender. Rabbi Aaron entered the world of religion and state after he joined the “Tent Protests” in the summer of 2011, providing spiritual guidance to the Jerusalem protest movement.

Rabbi Chuck is an expert in the field of conversion and in recent years he has stood out as a key officiant for Chuppot, providing a solution for couples that the Chief Rabbinate unjustifiably refuses to marry. R’ Chuck grew up in Washington, DC, and was ordained as a rabbi in the United States. He immigrated to Israel in 1991 and currently lives in Bet Shemesh. Rabbi Chuck is one of the initiators of “Giur K’halacha” and one of the founders of “Ahavat Hagar” headed by Rabbi Chaim Amsalem. He is married to Shira and is the father of six and grandfather of five (for now)!

Rav Elazar is the Community Coordinator at Hadar Institute and among the leaders of the “Shteigen – Secular Jews learning Talmud” initiative. Elazar received semicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and completed a bachelor’s in philosophy. He studied and then taught Gemara and Jewish philosophy at Otniel Yeshiva and various other institutions. He later served as the Jewish Chaplain at the University of Cambridge, UK. He now lives in Jerusalem, is married to Alissa and is the father of one.

R’ Avital is a Ramit at Midreshet Ein Hanatziv. She studied in the Halacha program of Midreshet Lindenbaum and was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi by the Maharat Yeshiva of New York. She holds a bachelor’s degree in theater and a master’s degree in Talmud. R’ Avital facilitates groups and teaches Gemara and Halacha in various settings. She deals extensively with the concept of truth and the development of Halacha through Chazal.

Rabbi Avraham holds a doctorate in Talmud from Hebrew University and is a lecturer at institutes of higher education. He studied at a hesder yeshiva, served as a combat soldier in the IDF, and was ordained as a rabbi in 1988. Rabbi Avraham believes in equality, freedom of opinion and expression without limitations, and opposes all forms of coercion. He is a cantor and a lover of Mizrahi-Sephardi-Jerusalem poetry and piyyut.

Born in Britain, Rabbi Adam served as a rabbi in synagogues and schools in London. After immigrating to Israel, he began working for the Yehuda Hatzair youth movement, and currently serves as the movement’s spiritual supervisor in Israel. He teaches classes on Judaism and spirituality and will do everything in his power to enrich the couples’ experience on their wedding day.

Rabbi Yehuda is a rabbi and educator who began his work in Jewish communities and educational institutions in the United States until he immigrated to Israel. He is a wedding veteran and experienced Chuppot officiant who likes to involve the couples’ family and friends in the wedding ceremony.

Rabbi Avi holds a doctorate in Jewish Thought from the University of Haifa and is currently a lecturer at Oranim College, as well as in other frameworks of Jewish studies for adults. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yeshiva University in the United States, where he also studied for rabbinical ordination. Rabbi Avi taught for nine years in the “Nativ” course in the IDF Education Corps. He is a lover of science fiction literature and a partner in building the free Hebrew library on the Wikitext website.

As an educator, Rabbi Simha headed the Bnei Akiva yeshiva in Sde Yaakov. He is a graduate of the Israeli Rabbinate semicha program. He is married to Nili and is the father of six children and grandfather of 14.

R’ Lea is an Israeli-born Religious-Zionist. She is a mother, grandmother, educator, and social activist in the fields of social justice, human and civil rights, peace, and feminism. She is a popular lecturer in pre-military programs and academic institutions and was ordained by Rabbi Daniel Sperber and Rabbi Herzl Hefter of Beit Midrash Harel in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Daniel is a biology professor, researcher, and lecturer in the fields of cell biology and neurodegeneration. He is a graduate of Harvard and holds a PhD from Stanford University. He immigrated to Israel from the United States in 2008 and currently lives with his family north of Modi’in. He received rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Chaim Brovender and Rabbi David Fink. Rabbi Daniel speaks Hebrew, English, and Russian fluently, and is particularly interested in Torah, Halacha, Jewish thought, and wine.

Rabbi Nadav is the Rosh Beit Midrash (Dean) of the Hadar Institute in Israel, and in addition, he teaches Talmud and Halacha at Beit Midrash Harel. His MA is in Talmud and Halacha from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and he is especially interested in the diversity of Halacha and in ways to honestly apply it in the modern world. He is a graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Yeshivat Hakibutz Hadati in Maaleh Gilboa, and Yeshivat Hadar in NY. He was ordained by Rabbi Daniel Sperber and Rabbi Herzl Hefter of Beit Midrash Harel in Jerusalem. Nadav is married to Alex and is the father of two. He enjoys good coffee and likes to bake in his free time.

Rabbi Bitya grew up in France. She is a tour guide with a master’s degree in history. She studied at the Lindenbaum seminary, Beit Morasha, and the Pardes Institute, where she was ordained by Rabbi Daniel Landes. Rabbi Bitya is the founder and the head of the pluralistic beit midrash Ta Shma for French speakers, where she also teaches Talmud. She believes that Halacha is committed to the people and to the world, and is able to hold differences, diversity and multidimensionality.

Rabbi David Azulai has extensive experience in officiating wedding ceremonies, personalized for each couple to help them realize their dreams on one of the most important days of their lives, in a pleasant, joyous, and welcoming atmosphere.

Rabbi Elhanan Miller is a teacher of Judaic Studies at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem and the founder of the “People of the Book” project for teaching Judaism to an Arab and Muslim audience. He is a graduate of the Harel Beit Midrash and of Yeshivat ‘Hakibbutz Hadati’ in Ein Tzurim. Elhanan also serves as a journalist and commentator on Israeli and Middle Eastern politics in the Arab and international media.

Rabbi Ben studied at a variety of yeshivas and kollels and was ordained as a rabbi by Rabbi Daniel Landes. In addition to weddings, he is involved in conversion, chazanut, and the teaching of Torah, and he has served as a rabbi in diverse communities in the United States, Europe, and Israel. Rabbi Ben leads wedding ceremonies in either the Sephardi or Ashkenazi tradition, depending on the couple’s preference. In addition, Ben serves as a clinical psychologist at Hadassah Hospital.

Rav Shmuel started his learning at Har Etzion Hesder Yeshiva and then continued to Beit Morasha in Jerusalem. After receiving his master’s degree, Rav Shmuel went on to teach and lead in different educational institutions. Today, he heads a beit midrash for both religious and secular students in Natur, in the Golan Heights.

R’ Avital is president of the Hadar Institute in Israel. She grew up in Jerusalem and is a teacher and researcher. She recently completed her PhD in Talmud and Gender at Bar-Ilan University. She is the co-author (together with the late Prof. Hanna Safrai) of the book “Women Outside, Women Inside – The Place of Women in the Midrash.” R’ Avital was ordained after studies and exams by Rabbi Daniel Landes, and is a graduate of the Israeli Rabbinate Program of the Shalom Hartman Institute and the Midrasha in Oranim.

Rabbi Morey Schwartz has many years of experience in officiating weddings as a congregational rabbi in the United States as well as in Israel over the last two decades. He is the director of an international project at Hebrew University dedicated to Jewish education in the Diaspora. Among other things, Rabbi Schwartz is also a certified mohel with many years of experience.

Rabbi Noam Pratzer was born and raised in Canada. He was ordained by Rabbi Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, as well as in the egalitarian Beit Midrash of Harel by Rabbi Daniel Sperber and Rabbi Herzl Hefter. Rabbi Pratzer works as an attorney in the field of hi-tech. In his spare time, he likes reading, studying, traveling, climbing and trekking. He is married to Yael and they have a son named Ziv.

If you know of any rabbis or rabbaniot who do not appear here but who identify with the goals of Chuppot and would like to become partners in our activities, we would love to hear about them!