Rabbi Mark Smilowitz was ordained at Yeshiva University and earned his doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his thesis about the relationship between Halakhah and philosophy in the thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He has taught Judaic studies in schools and seminaries for over twenty years in Teaneck, Seattle, Beit Shemesh, and Jerusalem. Rabbi Smilowitz lives in Beit Shemesh with his wife Michelle and their family.