We just learned that tomorrow is International Day of Friendship, and naturally, we immediately thought about how that connects – deeply! – to TorahTutors. In 2011, the UN proclaimed what the Rabbis knew thousands of years ago: the importance of making connections with others. Many commentators on Pirkei Avot (Ethics of Our Fathers) understand the…
Time for another Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit! Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. A TorahTutors student recently received an introduction to Talmudic logic and discourse when studying Tractate Brachot. Mishna 3:3 states: “Women, slaves, and minors are exempt from the recitation of Shema and from tefillin, and are obligated in prayer, mezuzah, and birkat hamazon.” After…
Time for a Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit! Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. This week’s Torah portion includes the story of how two tribes (later joined by half of another tribe) asked to settle on the east side of the Jordan River, where there was good pasture for their abundant flocks, rather than crossing into the…
Time for another Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit! Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. Some TorahTutors students are more focused on Hebrew language, while others study Jewish texts or ideas in whichever language works for them – and some do both. For instance, one student learning about how Hebrew letters are used as numbers didn’t just practice…
Time for another #TuesdayTorahTutorsTidbit! Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. This week’s Torah portion offers a great example of the fact that no one is perfect – as Rambam discusses (and a TT student learned) at length, including analysis of what it is that Moshe does wrong in Parshat Chukat. In the fourth chapter of…