But as the Mishnah states: “Do not look at the jug but rather, at
what it contains” (Avos 4:20). One has only to walk the halls of the
Yeshiva — in any division — to see happy
students, children and bachurim who
are growing in their respective studies
and developing into well-rounded, well-
adjusted bnei Torah who will be an asset to
their communities and a pride to the Jewish
people.
And one will notice something else. In a yeshiva
whose student enrollment baruch Hashem
exceeds 2,000, there is a warm, family-type
atmosphere. How can this be? How does this multi-
faceted institution maintain a close-knit feeling?
Anyone associated with Darchei
Torah will tell you: It begins at the
top. Rabbi Yaakov Bender is a
warm, sincere, caring and upbeat
individual who has his finger on
the pulse of every one of the Yeshiva’s
classes.
Rabbi Bender visits the preschool each
week to teach the kindergarten children the aleph-beis while using the
opportunity to impart important lessons about Torah and Middos (ches
stands for chesed, for example). He delivers a monthly shmuess on the
parshah to the elementary grades, and separate weekly shmuessen
Rabbi Yaakov Bender is a warm, sincere, caring
and upbeat individual who has his finger on
the pulse of every one of the Yeshiva’s classes.
January 14, 2018
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