Nati Lopukhin - Eim Bayit Yom Kippur is the day we stand before Hashem, not only as individuals but also as a community and a nation. We acknowledge our mistakes and ask for forgiveness. We pray for growth and change. This week, I had the privilege of making...
Rav Michael Sunshine - Rosh Beit Midrash This past year has been that will live on forever in the communal Jewish identity. As we quickly approach the first anniversary of the Simchat Torah attack last year, the memory of the horrors and atrocities of October 7th continue to...
Alexis Levy - Assistant Director It’s a strange feeling to know that this is the final Shabbat of 5784. Next week, we will be ushering in the new year on Rosh Hashana. A new year generally brings a feeling of renewal, of a fresh start, the...
Shira Melamed - Director In this week’s parsha the Torah describes to us what will be when we come to settle the land. The first Mitzvah we are given is a very interesting one.We are told that when we come to Israel, the first thing we...
Alexis Levy - Assistant Director In last week's parsha, parashat Lech Lecha, Avraham is pushed to the forefront of Jewish History. Avraham is told by Hashem to go, not only to leave behind his homeland and family, but to go towards the land which Hashem will...
Rav Boruch Boudilovsky - Educator This past Yom Kippur, before Ne’ilah, I emotionally explained that the poem which we recited earlier during Mussaf, and which graphically remembers the sages of Israel who were martyrs, never really ended. In a way, the poem continues and includes all the...
Ellie Ausubel - Educator WHAT TYPE OF TSADDIK ARE YOU? Our parsha opens with an introduction to Noach and his family and closes with an introduction to Avraham and his family. The Torah gives what appears to be a glowing report of Noach – describing him as...
Shira Melamed This past week has been one of the darkest weeks in Jewish history. We are living through unfathomable times, and I venture to say that they will remain unfathomable forever. All of our students came to Israel to learn, grow and give. Absolutely none of them...
Sophie Felberg - Office Manager Sukkot This Shabbat coincides with the beginning of Sukkot, a special Chag where we leave our house and go outside and sit in a hut, a sukkah. A place we dwell and by doing so, we are fulfilling a mitzvah with our...
Lauren Friedman - Eim Bayit In just 2 days is judgment day. Yom HaKippurim! What an auspicious, serious day this is. We ask Hashem for forgiveness, through doing teshuva and fasting and we most importantly ask to be sealed in the book of life. But what is...