David Avraham Spektor, also spelled Schpektor (9 Av 5715 – 12 Tishrei 5774) (9 August 1955 – 16 September 2013) was a Dutch–born Israeli rabbi. He was born in
Amsterdam, the
Netherlands and
emigrated to
Israel in 1973, after the
Yom Kippur war. Spektor studied at several
yeshivas for ten years, primarily at Yeshivat
Mercaz HaRav and the Meretz Kollel. He was ordained by the
Chief Rabbinate of Israel as both a neighbourhood rabbi (Rav Shechunah) and city rabbi (Rav Ir).
Career
Spektor positions included being an army chaplain with the rank of lieutenant in artillery, a rabbi at
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
, rabbi of the
Nokdim
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community in
Gush Etzion, and a lecturer in Michlelet Emunah college for women in Jerusalem.
In 1998 Spektor was appointed the
Ashkenazic rabbi of the
Givat Sharett neighborhood of
Beit Shemesh
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History Tel Beit Shemesh
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He was also a local rabbinate in
Beit Shemesh
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Spektor died on 12 Tishrei 5774 (16 September 2013) after having cancer for two years.
Publications
Spektor's books include:
* ''El-David Responsa'' on
Halachic questions
* ''Tahorat Eretz Yisrael'' on ritual purity in halacha and thought
* ''Torat Eretz Yisrael''
on the weekly portion
* ''Sefer HaGabbai''
* Beit Shemesh,
the Biblical town
* ''Herodian Responsa''
* ''Drama, Art and Graphic Design Responsa''
His wife, Rabbanit Chaya Spektor has also published a book:
* ''The Value of Childbirth in Jewish Sources''
References
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1955 births
2013 deaths
Israeli Orthodox rabbis
Mercaz HaRav alumni
Israeli people of Dutch-Jewish descent
Rabbis from Amsterdam
Place of death missing
People from Beit Shemesh