Rabbi Avishai Chaim David (born 1949) is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Torat Shraga (YTS) in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem, Israel, and the founding rabbi of Beit Medrash Torani Leumi (BMTL) in Beit Shemesh. He is currently the Rabbi of Kehillas Beis Tefillah Yonah Avraham in Ramat Beit Shemesh. David studied under Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik for 14 years and received his semicha from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) at Yeshiva University in New York City. He is a student of Rabbi Avigdor Nevenzahl. He authored "Dorosh Darash Yosef" a sefer on the weekly parsha based on the shiurim of Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. David lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh, where he is a community-wide posek and the rabbi of a local synagogue catering to American olim. His brother, Rabbi Aharon David, is one of the most prominent Rabbis at the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. External links Yeshivat Torat Shraga Website Kehillas Beis Tefillah Yonah Avraham website References 1949 births Living people Religious Zionist rosh yeshivas Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary semikhah recipients Beit Shemesh Israeli Orthodox rabbis