Not in Heaven? Then Where? – A parsha post by TorahTutors.org tutor Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman
https://www.webyeshiva.org/parshat-nitzavim-2022/
A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Rosh Hashana, Sheep, and Counting
Time for a Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit: Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions… getting ready for a real(ly) big day. The biggest of four big days, in a sense. Did you think there was just one Day of Judgment? A TorahTutors student learned that the Mishna in Rosh Hashana (1:2) lists four: On Pesach, judgment is…
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Is Everyone Happy? – A parsha post by TorahTutors.org tutor Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman
https://www.webyeshiva.org/parshat-ki-tavo-2022/
A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Translations and Transcendence
Time for a Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit: real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions… and even, from a real TorahTutors student. A teenage TorahTutors student was exploring the text of Eichah and had a beautiful insight. Towards the end of Eichah Chapter 3, the topic turns to repentance: “Let us search and examine our ways and turn…
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On Human Dignity – A parsha post by TorahTutors.org tutor Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman
https://www.webyeshiva.org/parshat-ki-tetzeh-2022/
A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Sacrificing One Life for Many (and more)
Time for a Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit; real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. A TorahTutors student encountered some overlap between halachic complexity and biblical narrative. II Shmuel Chapter 20 tells of Sheva ben Bichri’s rebellion against King David. When David’s agents caught up with him, they besieged the city he was in and began battering the…
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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Ten Tests of Tradition
As many students are heading back to school, thoughts of testing may be in the air. One TorahTutors student reviewing the stories of Avraham got to discuss a very different kind of test with his tutor. Tradition has it that God tested Avraham 10 times, and he passed all ten. But if God knows everything…
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Do You Believe in Magic? – A parsha post by TorahTutors.org tutor Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman
https://www.webyeshiva.org/parshat-shoftim-2022/
A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About What Not to Do to God
After a brief hiatus last week, we’re back with an ambiguous verse at the beginning of this week’s Torah portion. A TorahTutors student learned that Devarim 12:2-3 states “You shall surely destroy all the places…and break down their altars…” – an apparently straightforward instruction to wipe out idolatry. Of course, even the apparently straightforward must…
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Permission to Eat Meat – a parsha post by TorahTutors.org tutor Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman
https://www.webyeshiva.org/parshat-reeh-2022/