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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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May 11, 2026
May 11, 2026
6 min
When King David conducted a census of the Jewish people, a plague ensued immediately afterward. Rabbi Stein examines the reasons why.
May 11, 2026
May 11, 2026
4 min
Rabbi Kanefsky explains how the command to count the Jewish people contains both a link to the past and an eye to the future.
May 10, 2026
May 10, 2026
6 min
Rabbi Stein begins a discussion of the proper, and improper ways to conduct a census of the Jewish people.
May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026
4 min
Rabbi Kanefsky looks at the end of Parshat Bechukotai where an attempt is made to assess a financial value to individual people.
May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
7 min
Rabbi Stein derives a profound lesson about life balance from the story of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai.
May 7, 2026
May 7, 2026
4 min
Rabbi Kanefsky points out an odd phrase found in the collection of blessings listed in Parshat Bechukotai.
May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026
6 min
Rabbi Stein continues the story of Rav Shimon Bar Yochai and the years he and his son spent in a cave, hiding from the Roman authorities.
May 5, 2026
May 5, 2026
7 min
As we near the completion of the Book of Vayikra, Rabbi Kanefsky looks at the relatively recent custom of chanting "Chazak, Chazak, V'Nitchazek" when the Reader finishes the final verses.
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.