Rav Podlashuk was born in South Africa and made Aliyah in his early twenties. He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion for close to ten years and served in the Golani Infantry Brigade. He received his Smicha from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics and Management from the University of South Africa. Whilst on shlichut in South Africa, Rav Podlashuk founded the Beit Mordechai Campus Kollel. He was a rabbi of the “Mizrachi” community in Johannesburg for over six years. Rav Doron has been a maggid shiur for Daf Yomi for the last 14 years. His wife Keren is a physical therapist. They have 5 children.