The first in a series of articles exploring the structural elements of the developmental lesson. This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at 1:11 1987 pp.4 . Reprinted here with permission. Rabbi David Eliach is the principal of the Yeshiva of Flatbush High...
The sixth in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides sources for and an explanation of the last brachot of the Shemona Esrei. To read the lesson, click here.
The fifth in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides sources for and an explanation of the middle brachot of the Shemona Esrei. To read the lesson, click here.
This article explores ways in which to motivate students to involve themselves in communal Jewish prayer in a regular way, presently, as well as later in their life. To read the article, click here.
The fourth in a series of six lessons, Abe Katz provides sources for and an explanation of Shemona Esrei and its first three brachot. To read the lesson, click here.
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, Heshvan 5751, pp. 15-16. Appears here with premission. One of the important subjects for study in the history of the Jews in the Middle Ages is the Karaites. The Karaite challenge to Rabbinic authority preoccupied the...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 1989, pp. 27-28. Appears here with premission. Dear Rabbi, Mrs. and Ms., We are very concerned by what appears to us as an excessive amount of homework assigned to our second grader. It has taken her an...
This article originally appeared in Ten Da'at, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 1989, pp. 29-30. Appears here with permission. "Abba, you must help me with my homework tonight!" No words fill me with greater terror than those seemingly innocent ones spoken by my thirteen year old at...
First Thoughts - The Illusion Neal Gabler (2002), the social critic, notes that for decades observers have been saying that Americans live in the world of their own illusions, “built to their specifications and designs to replace the disorder and discomfort of the...
Prologue: In every large group or organization, the individuals involved never quite actualize the professed ideals. Visitors to an urban courtroom, for example, are shocked to discover that often neither judges, attorneys, nor even the police seem to have an...