Posted on 12/10/20
| News Source: TLS
After an extended search by the kehilla for someone to fill the spot of Harav Shlomo Gissinger zt”l, K’hal Zichron Yaakov has chosen Harav Dovid Merling, the current rav of Agudas Yisroel of Montreal, to be the new leader of the kehilla.
Rav Dovid learned under Harav Yitzchok Feigelstock in Mesivta of Long Beach, Harav Chaim Shmuelevitz and Harav Nachum Partzovitz in Mir Yerushalayim, followed by Harav Shneur Kotler in BMG, where he received semicha.
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Harav Merling was a founding member of the Montreal Community Kollel Kesser Torah, where he still learns to this day. He has been involved in kiruv for over 30 years, and serves as the Executive Director of the Montreal Jewish Experience, an Olami-affiliated campus outreach program. Read more at TLS