I. The Jewish Calendar- General Observations A. Solar Vs. Lunar Both the solar and the lunar cycles figure prominently in the Jewish calendar. As Rambam stipulates (Kiddush haHodesh 1:1): חדשי השנה הם חדשי הלבנה שנאמר עולת חדש בחדשו ונאמר החדש הזה לכם ראש חדשים. כך...
EMET LE'YA'AKOV By: Eitan Mayer If we have national heroes, they are the Avot. Traditional Jewish interpretation of the Torah has poured great energy into magnifying their spiritual power and moral virtues and minimizing their mistakes (or, more in the spirit of...
Commitment vs. "Connection" By Rabbi Yehuda Amital zt"l One of the cornerstones of Judaism is commitment. However, the very concept of commitment today faces a severe crisis among some of the religious-Zionist youth, in high schools and pre-military academies...
Prepared by: Rabbi Jay Goldmintz Edited by: Dr. Moshe Sokolow Sources דברים לא:ט-יג משנה סוטה ז:ה בבלי סוטה לב ע"ב ספרי דברים יז:יח ספר החינוך מצוה תרי"ב רמב"ם, משנה תורה, הלכות חגיגה פרק ג' רמב"ם, ספר המצוות, מצות עשה טז אנציקלופדיה תלמודית כרך י' עמ' תמג-תנב הרב ש"י...
This is an ambitious Simchat Torah educational experience which we started in 5760 in Havurat Tel Aviv. We unroll the entire Sefer Torah and send the children of the congregation from station to station from Bereshit to vZot haBracha, reading selected passages and...
Aharon Frazer is a programmer at WebYeshiva.com, a new online Torah learning environment, and a website builder for sites dealing with Jewish education. He is studying at Yeshivat Har Etzion, where he also teaches. Project Description This project outlines...
The following is an outline of the Beth Tfiloh (Baltimore, Maryland) Senior Class D'var Torah Project, 1998-1999. Each student in the senior class is required to present a D'var Torah to the high school during the course of the year. If the student does not present,...
Introduction Background Literature Lesson 1 Worksheet 1 Lesson 2 Worksheet 2 Lesson 3 Worksheet 3 Lesson 4 Worksheet 4 Lesson 5 General Bibliography INTRODUCTION The Grade 12 Rabbinics curriculum at the Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto deals with a number of...
From Religious Education 92:1 (1997), pp. 61-76. Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Study of Manuscripts, Printings and Commentaries Tannaitic Sources Amoraic Literature Amoraic and Post-Amoraic Material Glossary References Abstract The teaching of Talmud,...
1. “Live Broadcast”: Have a (live) phone conversation between someone who lives in Yesha (Judea and Samaria/Yehuda V’shomron) and a group of students. This could be a class or a small group, which wants to find out what is happening in Yesha, or a gathering as large...