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Rabbi Dovid Bendory
Rabbi Dovid Bendory, a software engineer at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, has been teaching courses of Jewish interest since the early 1990s. He currently teaches The Kosher Kitchen and Hilchos Pesach for the Shema Yisrael Torah Network, a weekly class in Hilchos Shabbos at his shul, an on-line class on "Speaking to G-d in His Language", and a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in downtown Manhattan. Rav Dovid belongs to Congregation Etz Chaim of Livingston, where he currently serves as Education Chair; He has semicha from HaRav Daniel Channen, shlita; HaRav Zalman Nechimia Goldberg, shlita, Av Beis Din Yerushalayim; and HaRav Gedalia Dov Schwartz, shlita, Av Beis Din D'America and Av Beis Din of the Chicago Rabbinical Council. To learn more, visit him at www.rabbi.bendory.com |
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Kavanah During the Avot
The first bracha in the amidah has a stronger requirement for kavanah than the rest of the amidah, so much so that some say that you should go back and repeat the amidah if you didn't have kavanah during this bracha. Though in our time, we aren't even up to that. Part of Rav Dovid's lectures series on Kavanah and the Amidah. Click here for additional lectures. |
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Conversion to Judaism
What does it mean to convert to Judaism? How long does it take? What are the different paths of conversion available and how do I choose? Does it matter if I convert Orthodox or some other way? Recorded February 16, 2006. |
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Jews, Non-Jews, and B’nai Noach
What do Jews think of non-Jews? What is the spiritual path of a non-Jew? Do non-Jews go to heaven? There are more than a few surprises in Rav Dovid's brief introduction to the spiritual differences between Jews and non-Jews. Recorded February 16, 2006. |
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Angels and Angeology
Do Jews believe in angels? What are angels? Why don't we talk about them regularly? Recorded February 9, 2006. |
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Spirituality and Mysticism
What does it mean to seek "spirituality" in our lives? What does religion have to do with spirituality? What role does ritual play? In this lecture Rav Dovid explores the Torah's path for spiritual growth and mystical understanding. Recorded September 14, 2005. |
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Ma’aseh b’Emunah: What’s in a name?
Did you ever wonder why your parents picked your name? Rav Dovid tells how his name was chosen for him... for reasons his parents didn't even know... Recorded January 14, 2006. |
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Ma’aseh b’Emunah
By way of a true story from his own experience, Rav Dovid explains the basics of emunah and bitachon. If we pay attention in our daily lives, we will see Hashem's hand in His personal supervision of our lives. Coincidence? There is no such thing for a Torah Jew. Recorded November 28, 2005. |
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