About Chonen Daas

Welcome to Chonen Daas

Yeshivas Chonen Daas brings learning the Shulchan Aruch to a whole new level. The Yeshiva incorporates classical meforshim in a concise and clear manner, with the option to delve further into each halacha, and offers semicha for interested students.

The Yeshiva has many years of successful teaching and learning programs under the auspices of our Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Daniel Channen. Rav Channen created the Issur V'Heter course and developed other courses for students at different levels.

These courses have taught students the basics in Kashrus, Shabbos, business relations, Niddah, and everyday Jewish living. Many students have received semicha and gone on to teach chaburas at other institutions and schools.

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Rosh Yeshiva HaRav Daniel Channen

Issur Ve'Heter Chabura

Rav Don Channen received semicha from leading rabbanim in Israel and has served as a Moreh Horah for kashrut in his communities for more than 30 years. He has taught hundreds of students in Yoreh Deah and built learning chaburas across the United States, England, South Africa, Australia, and Israel.

Rav Channen is the author of several works, including Tallis Ends and Other Tales, Keeping Kosher in the Kitchen, and educational materials used in Yeshivas Chonen Daas programs. His interactive teaching style makes complex halacha accessible to students at many levels.

HaRav Chaim Zev Malinowitz, Morah Do'asra Beis Tefilah in Ramat Beit Shemesh, gives his full haskama to Rav Channen's learning and semicha programs, as well as Yeshivas Chonen Daas. Rav Channen teaches out of Beis Tefila in the mornings and evenings and provides chaburas worldwide.

Our Rabbis

Each chabura is led by a rabbi who teaches it in depth.

Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen

Shabbos Chabura

Rabbi Gefen is a close talmid of Rav Yitzchak Berkovits and a Rosh Chabura in the Jerusalem Kollel. He has taught halacha from Gemara through practical rulings, and writes Torah columns for Aish.com and Torah.org. His books include The Guiding Light, A Light in Time, and Beacons of Light.

Rabbi Dr. Shmuel Katz

Mishna Berura Chabura

Rabbi Dr. Katz studied at Yeshivat Kerem BeYavneh and Yeshiva University, then moved to Israel with his family and dedicated time to learning. He has taught Sha's and Shulchan Aruch and operates dental clinics in Israel.

Rabbi Aharon Shlomo Jacob

Nidda Chabura

Rabbi Jacob received semichas in rabbinate, shechita, mila, and Nidda, including the Israel Rabbinate Nidda Semicha Exam with an excellence score. He lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh with his family.

Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz

Choshen Mishpat Chabura

Rabbi Rabinowitz has taught Torah in three continents, received semicha from the Israel Chief Rabbinate, and taught in Yeshivos Hakotel, Netiv Aryeh, and Aish Hatorah. He lectures regularly in Choshen Mishpat, Medical Halacha, and Ethics.

Rabbi Ephraim Horowitz

Issur Ve'Heter Chabura · Baltimore, Maryland

Rabbi Horowitz joined Rav Channen's Issur V'Heter chabura in 2010, received semicha in 2012, and has led the Baltimore chabura since then. He developed diagrams to help students grasp the course material.

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Yeshivas Chonen Daas offers scholarships for students signed up in the chaburas as part of a Yissachar-Zevulun type of learning. A student can work towards semicha while a learning partner supports the program through a donation.

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