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Daily Torah Study from B'nai David-Judea Congregation by Senior Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky, Assistant Rabbi David Stein, and our talented members and volunteers
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Rabbi Kanefsky looks at the second time Avraham called Sarah his sister, and the moral lesson he derives from that experience.
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Sheldon Kasdan brings the view that Avraham knew his visitors were angels, so he was careful not to point to their main shortcoming...their inability to grow and improve.
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Rabbi Stein looks at the different views on how to proceed during a "heichi kedushah" when the repetition of the Amidah is abridged.
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Rabbi Kanefsky looks at the audacity and the anxiety behind Avraham's debate with G-d over the fate of Sodom.
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Rabbi Kanefsky examines Abraham's and Sarah's laughter when told they would have a child.
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Rabbi Stein brings Rav Soloveitchik and other sources to explain that the repetition of the silent Amidah fulfills several community functions, which is why it endures to this day.
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Rabbi Stein begins to examine why the Amidah, which everyone recites silently, is then repeated in its entirety by the Chazzan.
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Community Scholar Dr. Sheila Keiter begins her series on King Solomon with Part 1: The Rise of Solomon. Source Sheet below:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:ef25188a-57fa-4a3b-a053-4021d011fabe
Our Teachers:
Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
Over the last 25 years, Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky has built B’nai David-Judea into a leading center of Modern Orthodoxy.
Rav Yosef is driven by a firm belief that Jewish tradition can provide a blueprint for modern ethical living for everything from business dealings, to relationships, to communal standards to our interactions as global citizens.
He helped to introduce changes in synagogue ritual and leadership to enhance the role of women, and most recently guided the congregation through hiring its first female clergy member. He has devoted himself to establishing meaningful relationships with Jewish leaders of all denominations, engages in interfaith dialogue, and is respected throughout the broader Los Angeles community. He believes ongoing Jewish education is the foundation to meaningful practice, and he teaches weekly Talmud, Midrash and halacha courses, as well as special courses on a variety of contemporary topics.
Our Teachers:
Rabbi David Stein
Rabbi David Stein is the Judaic Studies Principal at Shalhevet High School, as well as the Co-Founder and Director of LaHaV, a curriculum project that provides content and training to Jewish schools in the US, Israel and Australia. Originally from Chicago, Rabbi Stein studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion ("The Gush") for two years under Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein z"tzl before attending Yeshiva College and RIETS for his undergraduate and semikha studies.
David also received his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University, and after a stint working as an engineer, his passion for Jewish education led him to Los Angeles, where he also completed a Master's degree at American Jewish University’s Graduate Center for Jewish Education. David is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Jewish Education and Leadership from YU’s Azrieli School of Jewish Education and Administration, and was previously a Wexner Graduate Fellow/Davidson Scholar. David served as a member of the Legacy Heritage Instructional Leadership Institute's Writer's Group, where he helped develop the first ever standards and benchmarks for Gemara education, and is currently the Assistant Director of the Rabbi Sacks Legacy Foundation's Torah v'Chochmah project, which provides training for educators from around the country to bring the Torah and values of Rabbi Sacks z"l to life in the classroom.
Our Teachers:
Dr. Sheila Keiter
Sheila Tuller Keiter is BDJ's Community Scholar. Sheila received her B.A. in history from UCLA and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. After practicing appellate law for several years, Sheila returned to UCLA and received her Ph.D. in Jewish Studies. While finishing her doctorate, Sheila taught the upper-division rabbinics course. Sheila’s doctoral dissertation was published by Gorgias Press as Perils of Wisdom: The Scriptural Solomon in Jewish Tradition. She has also published articles in Jewish Bible Quarterly, TheTorah.com, the Jewish Journal, and the Jewish Review of Books. Since 2018, Sheila has been teaching Gemara, Tanakh, and history at Shalhevet High School.