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 Avital Hirschhorn - Mechanechet Parshat Ha’azinu This week’s Parsha, Parshat Ha’azinu, is a beautiful song told by Moshe to the Jewish People on the last day of his life. This song is a testament to the eternal bond between Hashem and the Jewish People,...
Dvar Torah by Alexis Levy - Assistant Director Parshat Shemini BH, the students of MTC 5782 have been in Israel for nearly two weeks and we are looking forward to celebrating Rosh Hashana together next week. I realised how the timing is perfect; that we welcomed...
Shira Melamed - Director Parshat Korach We here at MTC are still trying to get used to a quiet that we are not familiar with. For the past 10.5 months our incredible students have filled the rooms, hallways, dorms and lives of everyone at MTC and Bet...
Alexis Levy - Assistant Director Parshat Shelach This Parsha sees one of the biggest tragedies of Bnei Yisrael’s sojourn in the desert. The people are on the cusp of realising their dream of entering the land of Israel and the fulfilment of the Exodus. Twelve spies enter...
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...