We’re pleased to share the last in Sarah Rudolph’s series of divrei Torah on the weekly Torah portion, written for our affiliate site www.WebYeshiva.org on the book of Bereishit. Looking forward to seeing and learning from the next writers!
Today, the tenth of Tevet, marks the beginning of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. It just so happens that today’s Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit tells a dramatic story that includes a very different siege – at least, a planned one – much earlier in our history. The book of Shoftim (Judges) tells of a series of…
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What’s this week’s Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit about? We’re glad you asked – because we love questions! And this week, our real Torah, from a real TorahTutors session, is all about the questions. A new TorahTutors student was beginning to study the book of Bamidbar and his tutor challenged him to ask three questions on the…
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Special for Chanukah: a Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit! Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. While oily foods (latkes and donuts) get the most press on Chanukah, Rema (Shulchan Aruch OC 670:2) mentions a custom to eat cheese, in commemoration of a miracle performed through milk in the story of Yehudit – who fed milk to an…
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Time for a Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit: real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. A TorahTutors student learning the beginning of Shemot noticed that the multiple verbs describing how the Israelites increased and spread throughout Egypt convey an impression that they were felt to be intruding – though they had already been settled in the land, welcomed…
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A TorahTutors student learned a Mishna in Pirkei Avot (5:7) with clear relevance to daily communication skills. The Mishna says that a wise person: doesn’t answer on behalf of someone older or wiser doesn’t interrupt when someone else is speaking thinks before they answer asks relevant questions and answers accordingly responds in an orderly manner…
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