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Monthly Archives: י״ח באייר ה׳תשפ״א (April 30, 2021)

Learning Our Way to Shavuot: Pirkei Avot Chapter 4

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphי״ח באייר ה׳תשפ״א (April 30, 2021)

**May our Torah study serve as a merit for the speedy recovery of those injured last night in Meron and for the souls of those killed. **   There is a widespread custom to study a chapter of Pirkei Avot – a popular and particularly accessible tractate of Mishna – each week between Pesach and…

A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Grammar and Sheep

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphט״ו באייר ה׳תשפ״א (April 27, 2021)

An adult TorahTutors student was interested in building skills to learn biblical commentaries on her own but had very limited Hebrew, so her tutor found ways to incorporate both basic Hebrew language study and an introduction to classical commentaries.   Part of the strategy involved finding examples of each Hebrew lesson in the text of…

Learning Our Way to Shavuot: Pirkei Avot Chapter 3

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphי״א באייר ה׳תשפ״א (April 23, 2021)

There is a widespread custom to study a chapter of Pirkei Avot – a popular and particularly accessible tractate of Mishna – each week between Pesach and Shavuot. Known in English as Ethics of Our Fathers, Pirkei Avot contains many teachings that go beyond the letter of the law, offering guidance on character development that…

A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Connections

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphח׳ באייר ה׳תשפ״א (April 20, 2021)

Whether learning in person or online, it’s important to help students connect to what they learn in a variety of ways. One TorahTutors tutor recently did just that. In the course of learning the story of Chana, including her prayers before and after the birth of Shmuel, the tutor shared a song with Chana’s beautiful…

Learning Our Way to Shavuot: Pirkei Avot Chapter 2

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphד׳ באייר ה׳תשפ״א (April 16, 2021)

There is a widespread custom to study a chapter of Pirkei Avot – a popular and particularly accessible tractate of Mishna – each week between Pesach and Shavuot. Known in English as Ethics of Our Fathers, Pirkei Avot contains many teachings that go beyond the letter of the law, offering guidance on character development that…

A Tuesday Torah Tidbit About Outlandish Cases

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphא׳ באייר ה׳תשפ״א (April 13, 2021)

The Gemara in Nedarim (45a) indicates that one can declare an item “hefker” (ownerless) only if there are three people present. (One to potentially take ownership of the item, and two to witness.) This rule raises questions about an aecdote in Bava Metzia 30b: R’ Yishmael, the son of Rabbi Yosi, encountered a man who…

Learning Our Way to Shavuot: Pirkei Avot Chapter 1

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphכ״ז בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (April 9, 2021)

There is a widespread custom in some communities to study a chapter of Pirkei Avot – a popular and particularly accessible tractate of Mishna – each week between Pesach and Shavuot. Known in English as Ethics of Our Fathers, Pirkei Avot contains many teachings that go beyond the letter of the law, offering guidance on…

A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Keeping Kosher (Why?)

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphכ״ד בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (April 6, 2021)

A young TorahTutors student wanted to understand reasons for keeping kosher, so her tutor read Vayikra chapter 11 with her to look for clues in the Torah’s presentation of the rules for which animals may and may not be eaten. The student noticed several phrases, including “for I am the Lord, your God” (vs. 44),…

Prayer and Redemption, Both National and Personal: A Pesach Dvar Torah

UncategorizedBy amihai zipporכ׳ בניסן ה׳תשפ״א (April 2, 2021)

In a new essay, Sarah Rudolph, Director of TorahTutors, shares the perspectives of four different commentators on whether the Israelites in Egypt prayed for redemption – and why God answered even if they didn’t. This was a people who had been enslaved for centuries, whose collective memory only just barely held on to the knowledge…

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