Brand Yitzhak

My professional education derives from studies in academy and in yeshivot. Between 1980-1989 I learned in yeshivot, first at Yeshivat Merkaz Harav in Jerusalem, and later at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut. During these years, I was ordained for rabbinate by the Chief Rabbis of Israel at the time, Rabbi Avraham Shapira and Rabbi Mordechai Eliahu. In the years that followed, I taught Talmud and Jewish thought at various yeshivot, including Yeshivat Hesder in Yeruham, Yeshivat Siach (Rav Shagar) in Jerusalem and Efrat and Midreshet Lindenbaum in Jerusalem. In addition, I taught at the Herzog College in Alon Shvut for about ten years as part of the Oral Torah and Jewish Thought departments.

In the years 1989-1995, I studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at the Faculty of Law and at the Talmud department. I wrote my master's thesis under the supervision of Prof. Hanina Ben-Menachem ("Davar Sh'elo Ba Laolam" and "Davar Sh'eein Bo Mamash"). During 1998-2002, I wrote my disertation under the supervision of Prof. Brachyahu Lifshitz, on the subject of "Transactions in Incorporeal Estates - Between Tannaim and Amoraim." During my studies towards master's degree and third degree (1993-1998) I taught Jewish Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Tel Aviv University as a practitioner (1993 to 1995) From 2002 to the present, I lecture at Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Law.