Rabbi Yakov Tavin

Background Research & Preparation;
Editorial Board of the Dafyomi Advancement Forum

Rabbi Yakov Tavin has been a senior member of Kollel Iyun Hadaf's editorial board, and has been preparing the Background to the Daf study material, since 1997.

Rabbi Tavin studied at Yeshivat HaKotel, and he spent eleven years under the tutelage of HaRav Zvi Kushelevsky at Yeshiva Heichal ha'Torah in Jerusalem. Before joining D.A.F., he studied at Kollel Ohr Yosef of HaRav Zvi Weber. He holds a B.A. from Princeton University. Rabbi Tavin, his wife and family have lived in Israel since 1986.