LONG READS Issue 924 · August 17, 2022

Keeping a Full Plate  

Rabbi Moshe Elefant juggles a famed daf yomi shiur and job as shul rav while running the OU’s kashrus empire

Keeping a Full Plate  
Photos: Naftoli Goldgrab

They say if you have something you need done, you should ask a busy person to do it.

If that’s true, Rabbi Moshe Elefant must know a lot of people who need things done.

He’s been running the Orthodox Union’s kashrus unit, the world’s largest certification agency, for decades — a job that only keeps him on call when it’s daytime in any of the world’s 24 time zones. He also spends hours each day preparing and delivering a daf yomi shiur for 1,300 listeners.

To top it all off, he recently took on the responsibilities of serving as a shul rav.

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