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...
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...