Dvar Torah by Rabbi Avi Block - Educator Parshat Vayera The opening scenes of Parashat VaYeira are well known. But a closer look at the sequence of these events presents an interesting question.To begin with a quick summary: Avraham sees three men approaching; he pleads with them...
Dvar Torah by Ellie Ausubel - Educator Parshat Lech Lecha Why Avraham? At the end of parshat Noach we are introduced to a man named Avram, the son of Terach, who along with his family set out on a journey. Our parsha, Lech Lecha, begins with a calling to...
Sophie Felberg - Office Manager Parshat Noach We all know the story of Noah. His generation was a disaster! Idolatry, robbery, and murder. Noah was the only righteous one in his generation. Hashem wanted to wipe out the world. He told Noah to build an ark, and when the...
Lauren Friedman - Eim Bayit Parshat Lauren Friedman - Eim Bayit Parashat Bereshit Parashat Bereshit focuses on creation, and specifically the creation of man. Man is the only creation in the world that has a shirah, as explained in Perek Shira. In order to understand our shirah we must learn our nature. Hashem...
Dvar Torah by Shira Melamed - Director Parshat Ki Tavo We had the incredible privilege of greeting our incoming students at the airport earlier this week. After yet another summer of preparing entry permits, entry forms, PCR tests before and after flights, I couldn't help but notice...
Dvar Torah by Avital Hirschhorn - Mechanechet Parshat Naso This week’s parsha, Parshat Naso, starts off with Hashem asking Moshe to count the tribe of Levi. This counting is a continuation of the counting of all of Bnei Yisrael in last week’s parsha, Parshat Bamidbar. וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה...
Miriam Stolovich - Educator Parshat Acharei-Kedoshim פרשות אחרי מות קדושים- על הצדק ומה שמעבר לו. "לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ עָוֶל בַּמִּשְׁפָּט לֹא תִשָּׂא פְנֵי דָל וְלֹא תֶהְדַּר פְּנֵי גָדוֹל בְּצֶדֶק תִּשְׁפֹּט עֲמִיתֶךָ". לפי פשט הפסוק, חלקו האחרון מקביל לחלק הראשון, לא לעשות עוול, אלא צדק. אולם ייתכן שהשימוש במילה "עמיתך" הניע את...
Dvar Torah by Rav Effie Kleinberg - Educator Parshat Tazria-Metzora I finally cracked the code, or at the very least some of the enigma of life in Israel. A question that has been nagging at me ever since I first visited here was: Why are Israelis in such...
Dvar Torah by Avital Hirschhorn - Mechanechet Parshat Shemini This week’s Parsha, Parshat Shemini, opens up with the inauguration of the Mishkan. This is a monumental day full of unparalleled excitement and emotion for the Jewish People. The Jewish People, following Hashem’s direction, have built a physical...
Alexis Levy - Assistant Director Parshat Va'era One parsha into Sefer Shemot and we are already in the midst of the process of Yetziyat Mitzrayim. Parshat Vaera describes the first seven of the Ten Plagues – the havoc they wreak on the Egyptians and the belief in...