Rabbi Amihai Zippor received his semicha from Yeshivat Hamivtar and Rabbi Nechemia Goldberg z"l. Before making Aliyah in 2005 he acted for many years as the spiritual leader and Ba'al Tefilah of Congregation Tifereth Abraham, Winthrop MA. Amihai plays guitar for his band, The Bar Papas, and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children.