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.^[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 such as RIETS and Israel.^{[9] [10]}

In 1997 he was recognized as an outstanding Jewish educator by The Covenant Foundation.^[11]

COVID-19 vaccination advocacy

Bender encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying "We haven't lived through enough?"^[2][12]

Works

• Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash^[13]
• Chinuch for Today^[14]
• Chinuch With Heart^[15]
• Chinuch With Chessed^[16]
• The Chinuch Haggadah^[17][18]
• Rav Yaakov Bender on Chumash Vol. 2^[19]
• Chinuch With Simchah^[20]
• A Heart for Another ^[21]