Shmuel "Shmuley" Boteach (????? (?????) ????, SHMOO-lee boh-TAY-?k; born November 19, 1966) is an American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, author, TV host and public speaker.
Boteach is the author of 30 books, including Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, published in 1999, and Kosher Jesus, published in 2012.
His outspokenness has earned him praise and criticism; Newsweek magazine named him one of the 50 most influential rabbis in the United States three years in a row, including sixth in 2010.