Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman

Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman is an Assistant Professor at Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School, the Director of Leadership Scholars at the Sacks-Herenstein Center, and an instructor at RIETS. He holds a BA in psychology, an MS in Jewish Education, an MA in Jewish Philosophy, Rabbinic Ordination, and a Psy.D. in Psychology.

Rabbi Dr. Schiffman also serves as the associate rabbi at Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn, NY, and practices as a licensed psychologist. He is the author of Psyched for Torah: Cultivating Character and Well-Being Through the Weekly Parsha. In 2025 Rabbi Dr. Schiffman joined the third cohort of Sacks Scholars.

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Website of Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Schiffman: Psyched for Torah

Academia Profile of Mordechia Schiffman

Radical Resilience: Hope, Agency, and Community in the Thought of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Torah of Character: Sacks-Herenstein Book Talk

The Torah of Character: Psychological Growth Through the Weekly Parsha by Mordechai Schiffman

Psyched for Torah by Mordechai Schiffman (Amazon.com)