Meir Kessler
Meir Kessler is the Chief Rabbi and head of Rabbinical Court of Modi'in Illit.
Biography
He was born in Bnei Brak to Rabbi Simcha and Tova Gitel Kessler. He studied at the Ponevezh yeshiva and afterward at Kol Torah under Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach.In 1981, he married Rachel, the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Kleiner, head of Yeshivat Beit HaKerem. After his marriage, he moved to Jerusalem and continued his studies at the Brisk yeshiva under Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Soloveitchik. He later resided in the city of Hadera.
When his father died in June 1996, he succeeded him as the second rabbi of Modi'in Illit. Rabbi Kessler is also a member and activist in the Rabbinical Committee on Education, affiliated with the Council of Torah Sages, as well as the Rabbinical Committee on Communications.
His wife is an educator and writer. Under the pen name "Rachel Ben Menachem," she has published several books and stories in Zarkor magazine.