Yitzchak Blau

Yitzchak Blau is an American–Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Orayta in Jerusalem. He is a contributor to and associate editor of Tradition, an Orthodox Jewish peer-reviewed academic journal. He also teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum in Jerusalem. Blau is the son of Rabbi Yosef Blau, senior mashgiach ruchani at Yeshiva University, and grandson of Rabbi Pinchas Mordechai Teitz.

Biography Blau, born in 1968 to Yosef and Rivkah Blau, is a descendant of Mordecai Yoffe, known as the Levush .

After high school, Blau studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut under Aharon Lichtenstein and Yehuda Amital. He then attended Yeshiva University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature.

Blau taught at the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School for four years prior to making Aliyah.

Blau serves as rosh yeshiva at Yeshivat Orayta, which was established in 2008. He also teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum. The book focuses on aggadic portions of the Talmud, attempting to present a perspective integrating the halakhic and aggadic portions of the text to arrive at novel insights.

Blau has published over thirty articles in various areas of Jewish studies. Blau is associate editor for Tradition,

Personal Blau is married to Noa Jeselsohn. The Blaus reside in Alon Shevut and have four children.