A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About War and Peace

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphט׳ במרחשון ה׳תשפ״ד (October 24, 2023)

One of our tutors shared some poignant and timely real Torah thoughts just after yesterday’s real TorahTutors session: In the book of Yehoshua, the character of Pinchas ben Elazar (known for his violent zealotry in Bamidbar 25) re-emerges onto the scene in the role of a mediator, and successfully averts a civil war amongst different…

A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Hills and Valleys

UncategorizedBy Sarah Rudolphי״ח בתשרי ה׳תשפ״ד (October 3, 2023)

Over the first days of Sukkot, a TorahTutors student read an original poem, in the style of Dr. Seuss, about the rules of Sukkot and the building of a sukkah, which included the following lines: …You can build it in an alley You can build it in a valley (You shouldn’t build it in a…