A TorahTutors student recently completed Pirkei Avot just in time for her bat mitzvah, after studying it with her online tutor for a year and a half. The beautiful dvar Torah she shared for the occasion, sent in as a #TuesdayTorahTutorsTidbit by her beloved tutor, discussed how meaningful and relevant the teachings of Pirkei Avot…
Time for another #TuesdayTorahTutorsTidbit!Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. As Father’s Day was just a couple of days ago in the US, we’re thinking about some of the fathers our students have learned about. One of those is Manoach, the father of Shimshon. There are, of course, many different ways to understand the navi’s portrayal…
A TorahTutors student studying the weekly Torah portions learned a beautiful idea last week from Parshat Naso. Every Nasi (head of tribe) was told to bring a korban and gifts on behalf of his tribe. The Torah lists each Nasi and what he brought – but their gifts were identical. Why couldn’t the Torah have…
With summer approaching (at least, in the northern hemisphere, where most of our students and tutors are located), we’re thinking about Rambam’s advice as to how one might achieve fulfillment of the mitzvah to love God: by contemplating “His commandments and sayings and actions, until we comprehend and take full pleasure in comprehending…” (Sefer Hamitzvot,…