Rabbi Shai Finkelstein was born in Israel, attended Yeshivat Shaalavim, served in the Artillery unit of the IDF and was ordained by the Cheif Rabbinate of Israel. From 2000-2016 he was the Rosh Kollel of Torah Mitzion and the Senior Rabbi of the Baron Hirsch Synagogue in Memphis TN, U.S.A . Rabbi Finkelstein has B.A in Talmud from Bar Illan University and also earned an MBA from the Fogelman School of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis. He is currently working on his thesis at the Bar Ilan University. While in Memphis, Rabbi Finkelstein lectured at the Bornblum School of Judaic Studies at the University of Memphis and Served as instructor for Florence Melton Adult Mini-School, a project of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Israel.

He is currently the Rav of Kehilat Nitzanim in Baka,Jerusalem and lectures in Pardes, OU Israel center, Bet Avichai, etc’. Rabbi Finkelstein is the Editor in Chief of the Koren Mikraot Hadorot project.