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...
Rav Michal Sunshine - Rosh Beit Midrash Of the various ideas of Rosh Hashanah, there is one that consistently and regularly draws me in: Teshuva. Typically, the word Teshuva will be translated as Repentance. Rav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, in a more truthful connection to the Hebrew, understands...
Alexis Levy - Assistant Director What an incredible start to the 11th year of MTC!The students of MTC 5784 have been impressive from the moment they arrived, from their first day, our first Shabbat together, their first classes and meeting their kids. In fact, they...