Rabbi Yisroel Taplin is an American

Talmud The Talmud (; ) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (''halakha'') and Jewish theology. Until the advent of Haskalah#Effects, modernity, in nearly all Jewish communities, the Talmud was the cen ...

scholar and author of a work of Jewish Law (

Halacha ''Halakha'' ( ; , ), also transliterated as ''halacha'', ''halakhah'', and ''halocho'' ( ), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. ''Halakha'' is based on biblical commandments ('' mi ...

) concerning the

International Date Line The International Date Line (IDL) is the line extending between the South and North Poles that is the boundary between one calendar day and the next. It passes through the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180.0° line of longitude and de ...

. Taplin studied in

Beth Medrash Govoha Beth Medrash Govoha (, pronounced: ''Beis Medrash Gavo'ha''. lit: "High House of Learning"; also known as Lakewood Yeshiva or BMG) is a Haredi Jewish Litvishe ''yeshiva'' in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. It was founded by Rabbi Aharon Kotle ...

Lakewood Township, New Jersey Lakewood Township is the most populous township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A rapidly growing community, as of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 135,158, its highest decennial count ever and a ...

, where he continues to study and reside. He initially began his studies there under the tutelage of its founder, Rabbi

Aharon Kotler Aharon Kotler (February 2, 1892 – November 29, 1962) was a Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) rabbi and a prominent leader of Orthodox Judaism in Lithuania and in the United States, where he founded Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. ...

. He holds the position of Official Examiner ("bochen") for Beth Medrash Govoha. Taplin's magnum opus was first published in Hebrew under the title ''Taarich Yisroel'' (תאריך ישראל); it was subsequently condensed and adopted into English (''The Date Line in Halacha'') by Zalman Tropper in 1999 and "thoroughly reviewed" by Taplin himself, with another edition being republished through Feldheim Publications in 2003. His work explores the various opinions on the location of the international date line as recognized by Jewish Law and the various outcomes of the differences between the varying opinions spanning many facets of Jewish Law.

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Audio: Rabbi Yisroel Taplin being interviewed about his mentor Rabbi Aharon Kotler
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: Online version of the book (albeit missing Appendix A: Maps . 79–88 in print edition
Yisroel Taplin on Amazon.com
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American Orthodox rabbis Beth Medrash Govoha People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey Talmudists Rabbis from New Jersey 21st-century American rabbis {{US-rabbi-stub