Rabbi Yaakov Bender

Yaakov Bender[1][2] (born 1950) is an American Orthodox rabbi. He is the rosh hayeshiva (dean) of Yeshiva Darchei Torah (Far Rockaway).[3] He was appointed[4] first as a seventh-grade rebbi (Hebrew teacher) in 1978 and less than a year later as principal. The school's enrollment has grown since then and now exceeds 2,500.[5] Bender is a speaker, writer[6] and adviser on Jewish education.

He is an active member of the Vaad Roshei Yeshiva - the governing rabbinic board - of Torah Umesorah – National Society for Hebrew Day Schools.[7]

His parents, Rabbi Dovid and Basya Bender, were pioneering educators on the American Jewish scene.[8] His paternal grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Bender, traveled in the 1930s within the United States to raise funds for yeshivas in New York and Israel.[9]

In 1997 he was recognized as an outstanding Jewish educator by The Covenant Foundation.[10]

COVID-19 vaccination advocacy

Bender encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying "We haven't lived through enough?"[2][11]

Works

  • Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash[12]
  • Chinuch for Today[13]
  • Chinuch With Heart[14]
  • Chinuch With Chessed[15]
  • The Chinuch Haggadah[16][17]
  • Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash Vol. 2[18]

References

  1. ↑ Sharon Otterman (May 16, 2018). "DeVos Visits New York Schools, but Not Ones Run by the City". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Liam Stack (September 6, 2021). "For a Second Year, Jews Mark the High Holy Days in the Shadow of Covid". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "darchei.org". August 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ "HEARTFELT" (PDF). January 14, 2018.
  5. ↑ Jeffrey Bessen (May 16, 2018). "Showing off Yeshiva Darchei Torah: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visits Far Rockaway school". Long Island Herald.
  6. ↑ "Mishpacha contributors: Rabbi Yaakov Bender".
  7. ↑ "Torah Umesorah Staff".
  8. ↑ Gliksman, Devorah (2009). A Tale of Two Worlds. Artscroll. ISBN 9781422608883.
  9. ↑ Rabbi Eliezer Brand (February 3, 2021). "The Crown Has Fallen". Ami.
  10. ↑ "1997 Covenant Award Recipient".
  11. ↑ "Orthodox Rabbis Encourage the COVID Vaccine Ahead of Rosh Hashanah". The Jewish Exponent. September 3, 2021.
  12. ↑ Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash. Artscroll. January 2021. ISBN 978-1-4226-2777-8.
  13. ↑ "ArtScroll.com - Chinuch for Today - In Stock at ArtScroll!". www.artscroll.com. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  14. ↑ Chinuch With Heart: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2018. ISBN 978-1-4226-1967-4.
  15. ↑ Chinuch With Chessed: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. January 2013. ISBN 978-1-4226-1340-5.
  16. ↑ The Chinuch Haggadah: Rabbi Yaakov Bender. Artscroll. March 2019. ISBN 978-1-4226-2287-2.
  17. ↑ Jay Michaelson (April 5, 2019). "The Best New Haggadot And The Best Of All Time". The Forward.
  18. ↑ Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash Vol. 2.
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