About Us
Over the last forty years, Yeshivat Har Etzion and Herzog College have revolutionized the study of Tanakh. This pioneering method utilizes critical tools to promote in-depth learning of pshuto shel mikra – the basic meaning of the text, while maintaining devotion to the rich Jewish tradition of rabbinic literature and traditional commentary.
Our challenge was to enable access to our high level content, research, and experience accumulated for over forty years, through groundbreaking technology, for an audience with varying backgrounds and needs.
We are deeply motivated to share our passion for the text, to enable learning, teaching, and engagement with Tanakh. We invite you to experience HaTanakh.com!
Public Advisory Council of Tanakh.com:
Council Members (in alphabetical order):
Yael Alon, Director of Develop for Internet Content, Herzog College
Zvika (Biko) Arran, CEO 929
Rabbi Shlomi Badash, Yeshivat Har Bracha
Shlomo Bakish, Head of the Board of Directors, Lifshitz College
Dr. Yair Barkai, Head of Lifshitz College
Rrabbi Amnon Bazak, Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Lecturer at Herzog College
Itzik Ben Avi, Project Manager, Youth Department Administration
Rabbi Ezra Bick, Director of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion
Rabbi Uzi Bienenfeld, Rosh Midreshet Orot Etzion
Rabbi Dr. Yoel Bin Nun, Founder of the Tanach Educational Center
Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Brandes, Head of Herzog College
Rabbi Shlomo Brin, Yeshivat Har Etzion
Zohar Cohen, Director, Herzog College
Rabbi Prof. Yehuda Eisenberg, Director of “Da’at”
Dr. Brachi Elitzur, Director of Women’s Campus, Herzog College
Prof. Haim Gaziel, Vice President Herzog College and Head of School for Advanced Studies, Herzog College
Yaffa Gisser, Chairwoman Bat Ami
Prof. Avraham Grossman, Israel Prize Laureate, Member of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Yaacov Hecht, Chairman and Founder, Education Cities
Dr. Ezra Kahalani, Rector, Herzog College
Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel, Bnei David Military Yeshiva Academy in Eli
Rabbi Prof. Yitzchak Krauss, Midrasha of Bar Ilan University
Herzl Makov, Head of the Begin Center
Rabbi Yaakov Medan, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivat Har Etzion
Dr. Roni Megidov, Lecturer and Author, Hartman Institute, 929
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivat Har Bracha
Prof. Yossi Ofer, Head of the Department for Bible Studies, Bar Ilan University; Member of the Academy for the Hebrew Language
Neriya Pinchas, Question Writer, National Bible Contest
Rabbi Dr. Shuky Reiss, Deputy Head of Herzog College; Head of the Bible Department at Herzog College
Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, Rosh Beit Midrash, Migdal Oz
Rabbi Chaim Sabato, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva Maaleh Adumim
Miri Schlissel, Director of Tanakh studies at the Education Ministry's Religious Education Department
Dr. Moshe Weinstock, Director, Lev LaDaat
Avi Wortzman, Director, ALEH Negev
Dr. Yael Ziegler, Tanakh Department, Herzog College
HaTanakh.com Staff
Editor in Chief – Rabbi Dr. Shuky Reiss
Director – Yael Alon
Content Manager – Sharon Rimon
English Content Manager and Translation – Atara Snowbell
Timelines, Themes and Topics – Shira Melamed – Cohen
Writers – Rabbi Yosef Marcus, Rabbi Moshe Cohen, Tami Goldman, Elisheva Friedman
Information Specialists – Esthy Klein, Yoni Harband
IT – Esthy Klein, Eitan Moses
Logistics – Elchanan Kalmanzon
Development – Matrix
Strategic Consulting – Rivkah Rosenfeld
Branding and Design – Yiska Openheim and Shimon Schneider
Biblical and Commentary Text Courtesy of Sefaria.org