Rabbi Chaim Strauchler grew up in West Orange, NJ. He studied for three years under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt”l, at Yeshivat Har Etzion and received his Bachelors in English Literature from Yeshiva College. Rabbi Strauchler received Semicha from RIETS, where he studied extensively under Rabbi Michael Rosensweig. He earned a Diploma in Theology and a Master’s Degree in Religious Studies from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Before joining Congregation Rinat Yisrael in August 2021, Rabbi Strauchler served as Senior Rabbi at Shaarei Shomayim Congregation in Toronto since 2008. Before that, he served as Rabbi at Beit Chaverim Synagogue in Westport, Connecticut from 2005– 2008. Rabbi Strauchler is an associate editor of Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought and is currently vice-president of the Rabbinical Council of America. Rabbi Strauchler is married to Avital Strauchler and they have five children: Tehilla, Adir, Atara, Zvi, and Freda.