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David Leybel

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David Leybel
Personal
Born1954
Strasbourg, France
ReligionJudaism
ParentsMoshe Joel Leybel
Alma materGateshead Yeshiva, Ponevezh Yeshiva
SemichaElazar Shach

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Dovid Leybel (Hebrew: ื“ื•ื“ ืœื™ื™ื‘ืœ‎; born 1954) is a scholar, public leader in Israel, head of a Kollel (Center for Talmudic study, for married men), Rosh Yeshiva and the founder of the Achvat Torah and Avratech networks.

Personal life[edit]

Leybel was born in 1954 in Strasbourg, France, to Rabbi Moshe Joel, Rosh Yeshivah of "Chachmei Tzarfat" in Aix-Les-Bains, and head of the community in Strasbourg.

He attended Gateshead Yeshiva in England. At a young age, he immigrated to Israel, studied at the Ponevezh Yeshiva and became a student of Rabbi Elazar Shach[1] and studied with him as chavruta (study partner) every day.[2] He also heard shiurim (lectures) from Rabbi Gedaliah Nadel and is considered one of his successors. From 1977 until today, he has headed Kollels and Yeshivas, served as a community Rabbi, as a thinker and as a leader and a guide to many. In 1994, he founded the company Leybel-Elieli Diamond Ltd for diamond trading on the Ramat Gan Diamond Exchange.[3] He is married to Juel and has seven children.

Torah roles[edit]

In 1977, he was appointed as Maggid Shiur (lecturer) at Yeshivat "Torah Ve'Shalom" in Bnei Brak. After about three years, he moved on to become Rosh Kollel of the "Ohel Moshe" institutions in Bnei Brak and over the years, he was appointed to head the institutions. In 1987 he was appointed Rosh Kollel in the Karlin Hassidus.

The network of Kollels "Rabbi Akiva Eiger โ€“ Drosh Ve'Chiddush"[edit]

In 1995, Leybel established a framework of additional Kollels, named after Rabbi Akiva Eiger. The avreichim (Torah scholars) there study Gemara in his unique way of learning (see Lekman). Leybel stands at the helm of the Kollel and delivers shiurim there. He also established frameworks of additional Kollels and appointed his top students to head them. He takes care of financing them and paying the stipends. Hundreds of avreichim study in the network of Kollels "Rabbi Akiva Eiger", and there are branches in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Elad, Hadera and Modiin Illit, as well as in Strasbourg, France. He delivers shiurim there from time to time.

Yeshivat Rabbeinu Chaim Halevy[edit]

In 2008, Leybel established "Yeshivat Rabbeinu Chaim Halevy", where mostly older boys and Yeshiva students from abroad, mainly from France, study. The Yeshiva emphasizes acquiring the correct way of studying the Talmud and Mikrah (Bible) and in building the students' character.

Lectures[edit]

Leybel gives weekly classes at the central Bet Midrash (Learning Center) in Bnei Brak, in other Batei Midrash in Israel, as well as online. His lessons deal with the Mikrah (Bible), Navi (Prophets), faith, Jewish festivals and Talmudic issues. His lectures and writings are uploaded to the "Shiurei HaRav" website, the "Kol HaLashon" website, and to the YouTube channel "Rabbi Leybel's Lectures".

Community activism[edit]

Achvat Torah network[edit]

In 2011, after consulting with Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman,[2] Rabbi Leybel established evening study frameworks for working Haredim in which Gemara is studied in depth. (The project was initially called The Kollel Network of "Rabbi Shlomo Eiger", named after Rabbi Shlomo Eiger, son of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, who studied Torah and dealt in commerce).

The network has about 90 branches in Israel, with about 3,200 people studying every day. They do not receive a stipend.[4] The organization organizes social events for the network's students and initiates gatherings for participants and their wives.[5] In the 2018 Achvat Torah conference in Binyanei HaUma in Jerusalem, Rabbi Shalom Cohen, the President of the Council of Torah Scholars, Rishon LeZion (Chief Rabbi) Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Rabbi Yitzchok Ezrachi, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Schlesinger and dozens of other community Rabbis, heads of Yeshivas and Rebbes, attended.[6][7] The leader of the Haredi community, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, sent a congratulatory letter to the conference's participants.[8][9] Rabbi Leybel's speech at the conference made waves in the Haredi community, and provoked much discussion. The speech was hailed in the Haredi online media as the "Speech of the Haredi Tribes".[6]

JBH College[edit]

In 2013, Leybel established JBH College to train Haredi workers in high-tech,[10] where they spend several hours studying Torah.[11][12] At the end of the training period, they are able to work in a company that incorporates Torah study in the framework of the job.[13] The college was founded under the name Avratech and initially encountered mixed reactions from within the Lithuanian Haredi establishment. There were Rabbis who argued that Torah study should not be combined with secular studies and didn't like the name "Avratech" that indicates the combination of "avreich" (Torah scholar) with high-tech.[14] As a result, Leybel separated the Jewish studies and the name of the college was changed to JBH which stands for: Jewish Brain in High Tech. After the changes, Leybel received recognition in the newspaper of the Lithuanian establishment, Yated Ne'eman,[15] and prominent Haredi Rabbis wrote in praise of him.[16]

As a continuation of the studies at JBH College, the software company RavTech was founded in 2014 and the work day includes Torah studies.[17] The software company is engaged in the development of high-level software and smartphone applications.[18] In 2018, the company's revenues were about NIS 8 million, and it raised about $4 million[19]

Rabbi Leybel's Way of studying the Torah[edit]

Leybel has a unique way of learning the Mikrah (Bible) and Talmud Bavli. With regards to the Mikrah (Bible), he emphasizes the importance of learning it also by way of Pshat (simplistic understanding), a way of learning that has been forgotten in recent years. He emphasizes the importance of grammar in every word and letter in the text, and a study of the context of matters and the equivalents in Tanach (Bible), and an understanding of how the Sages learned their words from the Mikrah (Bible).

With regard to the study of the Talmud Bavli, he focuses on two main points:[20] grammar in the text of the Talmud as a tool for understanding the depth of matters, and the need not to focus on the quotes of the Acharonim's words and all the divergence of the issue, but rather emphasis should be placed on the thinking process and one should hone in on the explanations that sit well with, and are logical to, the student. In his opinion, the verse in the Torah that says about the Torah itself, "Because it is your wisdom and understanding in front of the nations" indicates that the wisdom of the Torah is supposed to be understandable and illuminating even for those who are not accustomed to studying the Gemara and therefore the explanations that explain Halachic law and Mitzvos (commandements) of the Torah should be logical to the human mind.[21] In the introduction to his book "Umka DeShmatta ", Leybel lays out his teachings and brings sources and explanations.

Rabbi Leybel's outlook[edit]

Leybel deals extensively in his lessons and articles on the connection required by man to the spiritual and physical and the over-arming purpose of the Torah in their connection and the importance of not creating a religious life that is disconnected from the world of actions. Leybel is considered as having adopted the outlook of the Rambam.

In his speech at the Achvat Torah conference and in his writings, Leybel talks about the unique structure of the Jewish nation that consists of twelve tribes, indicating that there are different forms of work and connection of the people to G-d and to the commandments of the Torah and we must recognize and respect all of them. In the same way, the completion of the Jewish people is created only from an atmosphere of unity that prevails in all groups and in this way, they can become one collective โ€“ the Jewish nation.

Leybel believes that the importance of learning in Kollel should be recognized and financial assistance should be given to those studying in Kollels (something that he himself performs on a very large scale) but at the same time believes that those who are unable to do so because they must provide for their family or for some other reason, should be careful to preserve the standard of Haredi life and to study Torah in-depth. Likewise, Haredi society in Israel should respect the working public (similar to how it is outside of Israel) in order not to push them away from Haredi society.

Leybel expressed his opinion, based on Jewish sources, that a person is obligated to choose the course of his religious life in such a way that he can be happy and fulfilled. A way of life in which the person lives with the feeling that he is sacrificing his life for the cause, does not achieve the required connection of his very being to his religious life and therefore misses the over-all purpose of the Torah. In the first wave of the coronavirus outbreak, there were groups in Haredi society that did not follow the directives of the health authorities, and he publicly expressed his opinion that directives should be obeyed without failure because it is Pikuach Nefesh (life-threatening) and in these cases, Halacha is determined by the opinion of the doctors.

Books and essays[edit]

  • The book Shiurei HaRav, essays in the order of the Parshos HaShavua (Weekly Torah Portions)
  • A weekly pamphlet, Tvunot
  • The book, Umka DeShmatta Kiddushin[22]
  • The book, Umka DeShmatta Ta'Arovot
  • The Essay

References[edit]

  1. โ†‘ ื”ืจื‘ ื“ื•ื“ ืœื™ื‘ืœ, AvraTech โ€“ Wise Tech Academy
  2. โ†‘ 2.0 2.1 Always connected, Mishpacha, 15 August 2018
  3. โ†‘ Leybel Elieli Diamond Ltd, gemgeneve.com
  4. โ†‘ ืกื™ื›ื•ื ื–ืžืŸ ื—ื•ืจืฃ: 3,200 ืœื•ืžื“ื™ื ื‘-90 ื›ื•ืœืœื™ื | ืื—ื•ื•ืช ืชื•ืจื”
  5. โ†‘ events | ืื—ื•ื•ืช ืชื•ืจื”
  6. โ†‘ 6.0 6.1 โ€ื”ืขื•ื‘ื“ ืฆืจื™ืš ืืช ื”ืื‘ืจืš ื•ื”ืื‘ืจืš ืฆืจื™ืš ืืช ื”ืขื•ื‘ื“ โ€ข ื ืื•ื ื”ืฉื‘ื˜ื™ื ื”ื—ืจื“ื™, Kikar HaShabbat, 2 June 2018
  7. โ†‘ ืขื‘ื•ื“ืชื ืื•ืžื ื•ืชื โ€“ ื‘ื‘ื•ืงืจ ื™ื•ืฆืื™ื ืœืžืฉืจื“, ื‘ืขืจื‘ ืœื•ืžื“ื™ื: ืขื‘ื•ื“ืช ื”ื—ืจื“ื™ื ื–ื•ื›ื” ืœื”ื›ืจื” ืžืœืžืขืœื”, Haaretz, 18 June 2018
  8. โ†‘ ืฆืคื•: ื”ืžื”ืคื›ื” ื”ืจื•ื—ื ื™ืช ืฉืœ "ืื—ื•ื•ืช ืชื•ืจื”", Kikar HaShabbat, 4 June 2018
  9. โ†‘ ื—ื–ื•ืŸ ื•ื™ืขื“ื™ื, AvraTech โ€“ Wise Tech Academy
  10. โ†‘ Haredi hi-tech opens branch in Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post, 8 November 2016
  11. โ†‘ "ื’ืžืจื ื‘ื‘ื•ืงืจ, ืชื•ื›ื ื” ื‘ืขืจื‘: ื›ืš ื ืจืื” ื›ืจื˜ื™ืก ื”ื›ื ื™ืกื” ืฉืœ ื”ื—ืจื“ื™ื ืœืขืฉื™ืจื•ื ื™ื ื”ื’ื‘ื•ื”ื™ื". TheMarker, 17 December 2013
  12. โ†‘ ืชื ื• ืœื ื• ืœืขื‘ื•ื“ ื‘ื“ืจืš ืฉืœื ื• โ€“ ื—ื“ืฉื•ืช 2, AvraTech โ€“ Wise Tech Academy
  13. โ†‘ ravtech educational model engages haredim in workforce after studies, JNS, 19 March 2020
  14. โ†‘ ื˜ื•ื‘" ื”ืชื ื•ืขื” ื”ื—ืจื“ื™ืช ื—ื‘ืจืชื™ืช"
  15. โ†‘ ื“ื‘ืจื™ ื”ืจ' ืฉืจื’ื ืฉื˜ื™ื™ื ืžืŸ, Yated Ne'eman, 2 December 2013
  16. โ†‘ Letter from the rabbis
  17. โ†‘ "ืจื‘ื™ ืขืงื™ื‘ื ืคื™ื ืช ืจื•ื˜ืฉื™ืœื“: ื›ืš ืžืฆื˜ืจืคื™ื ื”ื—ืจื“ื™ื ืœืื—ื“ ื”ืžืงืฆื•ืขื•ืช ื”ื ื—ืฉืงื™ื ื‘ืžืฉืง". TheMarker, 2 October 2016
  18. โ†‘ ืจื‘ื˜ืง, Home
  19. โ†‘ ื’ื™ื•ืก ืจืืฉื•ืŸ ืœื—ื‘ืจืช ื”ื”ื™ื™ื˜ืง ื”ื—ืจื“ื™ืช ืจื‘ื˜ืง ืžื‘ื›ื™ืจื™ ื”ืชืขืฉื™ื™ื”, Calcalist, 17 July 2019
  20. โ†‘ ืกืคืจ ืขื•ืžืงื ื“ืฉืžืขืชืชื, ื”ืงื“ืžื”, ื“ืจืš ื”ืœื™ืžื•ื“, Umka DeShmatta Institute
  21. โ†‘ ื”ืจื‘ ื“ื•ื“ ืœื™ื™ื‘ืœ โ€“ ื›ื ืก ืคืชื™ื—ืช ื”ื–ืžืŸ ื‘ืจืฉืช ื”ื›ื•ืœืœื™ื 'ืจื‘ื™ ืขืงื™ื‘ื ืื™ื™ื’ืจ ื“ืจื•ืฉ ื•ื—ื™ื“ื•ืฉ' ืืœื•ืœ ืชืฉืข"ื–, YouTube
  22. โ†‘ ืขื•ืžืงื ื“ืฉืžืขืชืชื, ื”ืจื‘ ื“ื•ื“ ืœื™ื™ื‘ืœ, ืชืขืจื•ื‘ื•ืช, ืฉื›ื ื™ื, ืคืจืง ื—ื–ืงืช ื”ื‘ืชื™ื, ืจื™ื‘ื™ืช, Umka DeShmatta Institute

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