Rabbi Anthony Manning gained his master’s degree in jurisprudence from Oxford University and worked as a corporate lawyer in London for ten years. He learned at Yeshivat Etz Chaim in London, Yeshivat Hamivtar in Efrat, Ateres Yisrael in Bayit Vegan, and at the Jerusalem Kollel of Rav Yitzchak Berkovits. He has semichah, Yoreh Yoreh, from Rav Berkovits, semichot from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg, and is a member of the Rabbinical Council of America.
Rabbi Manning and his family moved to Israel from England in 2002, giving up a successful career as a partner at a London law firm to become a rabbi and teacher. He has taught at many seminaries, including Michlalah, Shearim, and MMY, before becoming Co- Director of Midreshet Tehillah in 2017. He is also a senior lecturer at Shapell’s/Midreshet Rachel, and gives a weekly shiur at the OU Israel Center in Jerusalem. He lectures widely in Israel, England, and the US.
He and his wife, Sarah, live in Alon Shevut and have two married children. Rabbi Manning’s audio shiurim, with detailed source sheets, can be downloaded at www.rabbimanning.com.