Pulpit Pivot ft. Bini Maryles

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I described it over time as almost a little bit of a personal morning period because it had been uh a dream of mine or an idea of mine that that was going to be my career and that it wasn't do you think of that experience as a failure no sh and welcome to Stark tank the podcast about the challenges and opportunities of being a bent Torah in the workforce this week we sit down with Benny mariles Benny started out as a rabbi but after some embarrassing mishaps he realized it some embarrassing mishaps he realized it was time to change course already close to 30 he had to reinvent himself professionally while staying close to his values my name is yakob Wolf and this is star [Music] T Benny mariles welcome to Stark tank thank you so much for joining us today my pleasure thank you for having me I'm glad to be here so you started out your glad to be here so you started out your career originally as a rabbi can you tell us a little bit more about what drove you to that path and what were your early roles in that career yeah well actually started in teaching because before there were jobs available let's say in the rabet there were more jobs available in teaching and so as much as I wanted to go into the rabet I needed to be in a position to interview for those jobs and maybe get those jobs and so I started in teaching judaic studies at my alma where I went to school at Yeshiva flish high school and then as opportunities presented presented themselves either as senior

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