about the kollel
about the kollel
The Ra’anana Community Kollel began as the dream-turned-reality of Rabbi Dovid Horwitz in 1998 when the idea of bringing in young kollel families to build a Torah community was new and quite novel.
The Kollel serves as a hub of Torah, working to uplift the community and bring inspiration and Torah education to men, women, and children of all ages and backgrounds.
We are awed by the snowball effect of the Torah revolution initiated by the Kollel under Rabbi Horwitz’s leadership and devotion. This revolution has led to many more families being attracted to Ra’anana as a makom Torah and inspired other Torah leaders to initiate their own activities in the city. Some of Ra’anana’s current rabbanim began their formative years as Kollel members.
With Hashem’s help, the Kollel’s presence continues to transform Ra’anana into a vibrant center of Torah learning and community life.
Embracing Torah. Enhancing Yahadut. Enriching our community.
Kollel Leadership
Rabbi Dovid Horwitz
Founder and Director
Rabbi Dovid Horwitz, Raanana Community Kollel's founder, is a respected posek and dayan who has been the dynamic force shaping the Kollel and driving its success and impact.
Accepted to top-notch medical schools in America, Rabbi Horwitz deferred going so that he could study at Yeshiva Toras Moshe in Yerushalayim for a year. After that year, he changed his plans, remained at the yeshiva for ten more years and received semicha from the Rabbanut and Rav Zalman Nechemiah Goldberg. In 1998 he and his wife Elana and their children moved to Raanana to fulfill his vision of opening a community kollel in Israel.
Rabbi Horwitz gives shiurim multiple times a week and serves as a leading rabbi for the Anglo community.
Head faculty
Rabbi Tzvi Licht
Rosh Kollel
Rabbi Tzvi Licht has served as our Rosh Kollel and Sho'el U'meishiv since the Kollel's inception.
Rabbi Licht's role in the Kollel involves answering halachic questions, giving shiurim to the avreichim, and more. He also learns with and gives shiurim to community members.
Rabbi Shabtai Yogel
Rosh Beit Hamidrash
Rabbi Shabtai Yogel, dayan and posek, is the instrumental head of Ra'anana Community Kollel's Beit Midrash and the active leading director of the Kollel's many learning programs.
Rav Yogel also serves as the rav of Kehilat Bnei HaYeshivot in Ra'anana and IDF rabbi/ Rav Tzva'ii, skillfully balancing his many responsibilities with his passion for Torah and the community.
R' Binyamin Goldstein
Kollel Manager
Ben Goldstein, the talented manager of the kollel, specializes in management. He holds senior martial arts coaching certifications from the Wingate Institute and served as a Krav Maga officer in an elite unit of the Israel Defense Forces. He has managed martial arts institutes both in Israel and abroad.
He ensures the routine and development of kollel activities, manages employees, executes the annual plan, handles marketing, public relations, and more.
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