Position Senior lecturer Name Dovid Kaplan Began 1987 Role Rabbi | Birth name Dovid Kaplan Residence Jerusalem, Israel Spouse Tammy | |
Books The kiruv files, Impact!, Shabbos Table Impact! | ||
Rabbi dovid kaplan ohr somayach international yom iyuun 2013
Dovid Kaplan is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, kiruv educator, author, and speaker. He is known for his inspirational and humorous storytelling both in his international speaking engagements and in his Impact! series of books.
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- Rabbi dovid kaplan ohr somayach international yom iyuun 2013
- Rabbi dovid kaplan kiruv and chinuch project inspire convention 2017
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal
- References
Rabbi dovid kaplan kiruv and chinuch project inspire convention 2017
Early life and education
Dovid Kaplan was born in Chicago. He is the grandson of Rabbi Hertzl Kaplan and great-nephew of Rabbi Mendel Kaplan, rosh yeshivas at the Hebrew Theological College in Skokie, Illinois. Kaplan graduated from Fasman Yeshiva High School (the Skokie Yeshiva) in 1976 and attended Northeastern Illinois University. He received rabbinical ordination in Israel.
Career
Kaplan initially embarked on a business career as co-owner of a kosher restaurant in the Chicago area. In 1987 he switched tracks and became a teacher of Talmud at Ohr Somayach, Jerusalem, where he currently serves as senior lecturer. He is also a mashgiach ruchani at Yeshivas Bais Yisroel in Neve Yaakov, Jerusalem.
Kaplan launched his writing career with a 64-page "guidebook" for entry-level Talmud students titled The Ohr Somayach Gemara Companion (2000). In 2003 he compiled a humorous collection of short stories from his work with baalei teshuva at Ohr Somayach titled The Kiruv Files. Kaplan saw the book as a tool for baalei teshuva to know "what they should do and, more importantly, what they shouldn't do".
Kaplan began writing a parenting column for Hamodia magazine in the 2000s and collected many of his popular columns into the books Polishing Diamonds: Bringing out the sparkle in our children (2005) and Perfecting Diamonds: Bringing out the sparkle in our children (2008). Since 2006, he has published six titles in the Impact! series of inspirational short stories. He is also active as an international lecturer on Jewish education, parenting, and other subjects.
Personal
Kaplan and his wife, Tammy, and their family reside in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem. He is a Kohen.