Rabbi David Stav is Chief Rabbi of the City of Shoham & Chairman of the TZOHAR organization. Rav Stav is a graduate of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav and has qualification for Dayanut (Rabbinical Judge) from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Rav Stav lectures in the women's Judaic program at Bar Ilan University, authors a weekly column in the Israel Hayom newspaper and recently published several books on Halacha and the Bible.