Dvar Torah by Lani Margolias - Educator Parshat Vayeshev Studies show that over 70% of teens are not happy with the way they look, and that percentage increases as they get older, especially with women. When did looks and the emphasis on appearances become a focus in our...
Dvar Torah by Rav Yehoshua Felberg - Educator Parshat Vayetzei Where is the proof in the Torah that Ya’akov Avinu wore a hat? Parshat vaytzei begins with the words “vayetzei ya’akov”. Are you telling me that Ya’akov went out without a hat on?I was once a member of...
Dvar Torah by Esther Farkovits - Educator Parshat Toldot ויאמר ה׳ לה שני גוים בבטנך ושני לאומים ממעיך (בראשית כה;כג)HaShem told Rivka, “two nations are in your womb two powers will diverge within you." We know that Yaakov and Eisav, twin babies, were completely different even in utero. In...
Dvar Torah by Rabbi Boruch Boudilovsky - Educator Parshat Chayei Sarah Last week communities around the country celebrated Shabbat Olamit under the international Shabbos project. The success of the international project exhibits the value and beauty of Shabbat even [and perhaps especially] in our modern world. In...
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...
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,...
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 Shemini In this week’s Parsha, BeHa’alotecha, HaShem commands Aharon to tend to the menorah. Immediately afterwards, the Torah tells us “And Aharon did so.” Why does HaShem feel the need to tell us that “Aharon did so”? Would we have...