Rabbi Ephraim Halivni

Ephraim Bezalel Halivni was born in New York in 1959. He has a BA from Columbia, 1981; an MA from the Jewish Theological Seminary, 1982; a Ph.d from Bar-Ilan University, 1992. He studied for a few years at Yeshivat Har Etzion and received rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, 1993. He taught at the Institute for Traditional Judaism, 1994-1996. Since 1996 he has been working at the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Halivni has published the following books:

• בין האיש לאשה - הבחנות בין גברים לנשים בהלכה (Between Man and Woman: Distinctions Between Men and Women in Halakhah), Shai Press, Jerusalem. (For sales in the US, contact Biegeleisen, 718-436-1165)
•  התחינה והקריאה לחי עולמים: עיונים בתפילה ובקריאת התורה (Prayer and Scriptural Reading "For Everlasting Life": Studies on Prayer and Torah Reading)
• כללי פסק ההלכה בתלמוד (Principles of Halakhic Decision Making in the Talmud), 1998 מכון הברמן למחקרי ספרות