Rabbi Doniel Lander is the chancellor of Touro University and the

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of Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim, Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun in Queens, NY and Mesivta Yesodei Hatorah in Naugatuck, CT. Rabbi Lander's primary role in Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim consists of giving lectures on a wide range of subjects. The Yeshiva follows the typical Lithuanian Yeshiva schedule of devoting each academic year to a specific

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tractate. Rabbi Lander offers a high-level lecture to older students in the morning, afternoon lectures to the entire student body, Aggada-style ''drashos'' on shabbos, as well as a variety of other lectures to a range of audiences. His lectures are noted for their depth, clarity, and hallmark brilliance, echoing the style of his great teacher, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He was previously also Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Yesodei Yisroel in Elkins Park, PA until it closed in June 2023. He holds a BA from

Touro College Touro University is a private Jewish university system headquartered in New York City, with branches throughout the United States as well as one each in Germany, Israel and Russia. It was founded by Bernard Lander in 1971 and named for Isaac a ...

an MBA from

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, the latter of which was obtained exclusively during summer semesters, as he was a full-time student of the late Rabbi

Joseph B. Soloveitchik Joseph Ber Soloveitchik ( ''Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik''; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher. He was a scion of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic ...

, from whom he has private ordination. He is the son of the late Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander.

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