Rabbi
Rabbi Daniel Yaakov Glatstein (רב דניאל יעקב גלאטשטיין שליט״א) is an American Orthodox Rov, public speaker, author, prolific researcher, pulpit rabbi and teacher with a global following and one of the most popular English speaking Torah teachers in the contemporary Jewish landscape. The Rov was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and now resides in the Five Towns (Cedarhurst, NY) with his wife, children, and family, where he furthers his research, writing, and teachings to the masses worldwide via the internet, his local community, and Kahal Kadosh.
The Rov’s shiurim are prominently featured on TorahAnytime.com, the OU website (Orthodox Union), Kol B’rama Radio, Shas Illuminated, Hidabroot, Chazaq, BJX (Brooklyn Jewish Experience), Jroot Radio, Torah Downloads, Kol Haloshon, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Podcast format.
The Rav has been invited by Yeshivos, synagogues, shuls, organizations, private homes, and institutions worldwide from Eretz Yisrael, Australia, South Africa, Gibraltar, London, the United Kingdom, and across the United States. He has also led several of the Jewish Heritage tours across the globe, from Italy to Spain, Morocco, Poland, Bratislava, Germany, and Ukraine, imparting the Torah and lessons of Jewish history alongside visiting many of the Kivrei Tzadikim he quotes in his teachings.
Rabbi Glatstein offers a unique combination of Talmudic scholarship garnered from many years of rigorous study at the Rabbinical Seminary of America (Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim of Kew Garden Hills, NY), values of mussar of HaRav Avigdor Miller ZT”L, the Torah majesty of Polish Torah giants as passed down from his Rabbinic ancestry, the grandeur of the mystical aspects of Torah taught by HaRav Noach Isaac Oelbaum and HaRav Pinchas Friedman, and the rich flavor of the Chachmei Sefarad (Sephardic Rabbis of Spanish descent) including the CHIDA (Rav Chaim Yosef David Azulai ZT”L), the Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad) and many more.
Rabbi Glatstein received his semicha and rabbinic ordination from the Rabbinic Seminary of America and HaRav Noach I. Oelbaum. Rabbi Daniel combines passionate and inspirational oratory with in depth Torah knowledge and insights. His shiurim and classes have been received enthusiastically by audiences of all backgrounds and affiliations. The Rav spends countless hours in preparations for his shiurim and research and produces mareh mekomos and source sheets to guide listeners and participants in their learning better.