Rabbi Yitzchak Blau is Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Orayta and also teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum. An associate editor of the journal Tradition, he is the author of Fresh Fruit and Vintage Wine: The Ethics and Wisdom of the Aggada. Rabbi Blau has published more than thirty articles in various areas of Jewish studies. He lives in Alon Shevut with his wife and four children.