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Yitzchak Blau ( Hebrew : יצחק בלאו) is an American–Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivat Orayta in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of 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 Mordechai Pinchas Teitz .
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american–israeli modern orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of yeshivat orayta in the jewish quarter of the old cit
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american–israeli modern orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of yeshivat orayta in jerusalem
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