Rav Yosef Ote, a student of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l, studied at the Har Etzion Yeshiva for ten years, received ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, and currently serves as community rabbi of Kehillat Maalot, Ohel Nechama in Jerusalem. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Humanities and Judaic studies, a master’s degree in Science, Halacha, and Education, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Medicine and Halacha. He lectures at various educational institutions, teaches Torah to youth and adults throughout the country, and is a member of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization. Together with his wife, Atira, he founded Emet V’Yatziv, a non-profit organization to promote more Torah and chesed in the Jerusalem community. In the past, among other positions, Rav Ote served as Rav of Noam Banot school in Pisgat Zeev, head of the Young Judaea batei midrash, and a senior Rav in the Sulamot organization. Rav Ote’s book of halachic questions for children called “Pashut La’inyan” is popular among families in Israel and abroad, and his three volume halachic work, “Halacha BaDaka,” based on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch is due to be out on the shelves soon bezra”H. Rav Ote has a passion for music, and in his few spare moments he can be found on the piano composing. He and his wife Atira have five children, B”H.