Did you know TorahTutors.org works with schools, too? Far from being in competition with traditional day schools, we are here to step in and supplement whenever a student isn’t getting what they need from other sources of Jewish learning. Even for students in full-day Jewish schools, there can be significant gaps; for instance, when a…
Any biblical passage has multiple layers of meaning – or meanings – to uncover. A teenage TorahTutors student saw one example in the middle of Eicha, which will be read on Tisha B’Av tomorrow night. Chapter 3 verses 37-38 contain the following words – presented without punctuation: Who this said and it was God didn’t…
Every day – or rather, on the days when I let my kids have some time to play computer games or watch videos online (not quite every day) – they start their computer time by checking what “Day” it is. I’m not sure how it happened that so many days are Days – National Day…
True, we’ve got a testimonials page. But as we’ve been ramping up our social media presence in the past few years, we’ve had some new ways of sharing them – like Facebook here and Instagram here. Or you can check this one out right here. With the end of the academic year in the northern…
A special Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit in honor of July 4th – Independence Day in the United States, where many of our students and tutors live or have lived. Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. A number of TorahTutors students have spent time with us learning the book of Shoftim (Judges), whose themes include the need…