Eighteen years on, he may be the busiest, happiest, most contented rav in Los Angeles.

Eighteen years on, he may be the busiest, happiest, most contented rav in Los Angeles.

Second of two parts

First of two parts

What sets Rabbi Elchanan Shoff apart from his colleagues and predecessors is his unquenchable desire to find out everything about everything.

On his YouTube show, the 32-year-old San Diego native and professor at UC Irvine practices what he preaches.

For decades, his life has been focused on doing good and influencing others.

“It’s an extension of finding a place to eventually articulate my meta-mission of being a guide for people on their Jewish journeys.”

In this complicated moment with Israel, he tries not to be divisive from the bimah. “There is a famous saying about rabbis – afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. I really have tried not to afflict.”