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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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Nov 25, 2025
Nov 25, 2025
53 min
Sarah Pincus examines Rashi's treatment of the "deal" that Jacob made with G-d after experiencing his dream at Beit El.
Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17dFRb0-IKa2svNgN4t1kE8iUcbsliGdHeEM_N4QmVOE/edit?usp=sharing
Nov 18, 2025
Nov 18, 2025
53 min
Sarah Pincus delves into Rashi's treatment of Esau and the Midrashic sources he utilizes to explain Esau's actions.
Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vZGeJc7U1FXKxKnFe6NZlxWasIob_u8U4lM5gRBj5zw/edit?usp=sharing
Nov 4, 2025
Nov 4, 2025
53 min
Sarah Pincus explores Rashi's treatment of G-d's visit to Abraham, and the three "men" who arrive at his tent.
Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bh0QODUizJ6zxY7RLi4zaM8B8_unrri8SP47xECP5o4/edit?usp=sharing
Oct 28, 2025
Oct 28, 2025
41 min
Clergy Fellow Sarah Pincus examines verses in Lech Lecha and discusses the circumstances under which Rashi chooses a Midrashic explanation.
Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nCeaZ6hAf3RO1_SJP7K5D3cQhHsDQOZuNs9eD7kIVEQ/edit?usp=sharing
Oct 21, 2025
Oct 21, 2025
45 min
Sarah Pincus delves deeper into Rashi's methodology as we examine verses in Bereishit and Noach
Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1htV0LY2vT1V-ghOsh4Y1Gj3aQvvJ4y2InnF7AzRJ0zw/edit?usp=sharing
Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025
52 min
Clergy Fellow Sarah Pincus looks at Rashi's treatment of the passage: "He will bless himself in his heart, saying: ‘I will be safe though I will follow the desire of my heart, so that the watered will be added to the dry.'"
Source Sheet:
Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
46 min
Clergy Fellow Sarah Pincus examines Rashi's treatment of the verse: "But G-d has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day."
Source Sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1itHSePaWizdKc203QUMGKZruIxJEXSVYq6LkgEZCVf4/edit?usp=sharing
Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025
47 min
Clergy Fellow Sarah Pincus begins her weekly Chumash with Rashi class with an introduction to the various ways of understanding Rashi, plus a look at elements of Parshat Ki Teitzei
Source Sheets: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jhmmcL_KID-dw8lFGHzZpVynGlWItccXl09JmbpLkvc/edit?usp=sharing
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.