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    Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin is President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc. and President Emeritus of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, where he also serves as a professor of Talmud and Jewish Law. For twenty years he served as Chair of the Va’ad Halaakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly which gives halakhic guidance to the Masorti Movement in Israel. He is the founder of the Institute of Applied Halakhah at Schechter and also directs the Center for Women in Jewish Law.   If you would like to read any of his close to 200 Responsa, please visit https://schechter.edu/responsa-by-david-golinkin/ To receive his Responsa six times a year, please send an email to Josh@schechter.ac.il

Rabbi Prof. David Golinkin is President of The Schechter Institutes, Inc. and President Emeritus of the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies, where he also serves as a professor of Talmud and Jewish Law. For twenty years he served as Chair of the Va’ad Halaakhah (Law Committee) of the Rabbinical Assembly which gives halakhic guidance to the Masorti Movement in Israel. He is the founder of the Institute of Applied Halakhah at Schechter and also directs the Center for Women in Jewish Law.   If you would like to read any of his close to 200 Responsa, please visit https://schechter.edu/responsa-by-david-golinkin/ To receive his Responsa six times a year, please send an email to Josh@schechter.ac.il

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