RIETS Israel Kollel Celebrating 50 Years: Part 1 – Rav Dovid Miller

Rabbi Dovid Miller, Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel, RIETS Israel Kollel and the Benjamin and Charlotte Gottesfeld Chair in TalmudContact: [email protected]:In this first episode of our three-part series celebrating 50 years of the RIETS Israel Kollel on the Gruss Campus, we hear from Rav Dovid Miller, who has served as Rosh Kollel for all fifty years. How did the Kollel begin, and how did it grow over time? Who were some of the teachers and Rabbeim when the Kollel first started? How did living and learning in Eretz Yisrael shape the Kollel and the families who built their lives there? Rav Miller also reflects on his own Torah journey, the rebbeim who influenced him, and what it was like to learn together with his Rebbe, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, for so many years in the Kollel.Guest Host: R’ Aryeh LebowitzRav Miller and the alumni of the RIETS Israel Kollel will be honored at the upcoming RIETS Dinner on Monday, March 16, 2026 (27th of Adar) in celebrating 50 years of Harbatzas Torah in Israel. For more information about the dinner and scroll of honor, visit https://www.yu.edu/yeshivadinner