The Rabbi

Rabbi Moshe Kletenik

The Rabbi of BCMH since 1994 is Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, a highly respected scholar and authority on Jewish law.   Rabbi Kletenik received semicha from Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik and Yeshivas Brisk in Chicago, and is a frequent lecturer on a wide variety of Jewish topics including Halacha and contemporary society with a specialty in Jewish Medical Ethics.

He is currently President of the Rabbinical Council of America, Chair of its Semicha Standards Committee, and serves as Rosh Beis Din and Menahel of the Pacific Northwest Regional Beis Din of the RCA/Beis Din of America.

Rabbi Kletenik also serves on the Faith Advisory Board to Governor Christine Gregoire of the State of Washington, and is an integral member of the Vaad HaRabanim of Seattle.

He is married to Rivy Poupko Kletenik and is the proud father of four children, Pesha, Shya, and twins Gilah and Eliezer.

To email the Rabbi: rabbimyk@bcmhseattle.org