At the risk of sharing too much of how the salami is made, as they say, I will confess that it’s not always easy to find material for #TuesdayTorahTutorsTidbits. This is not because there’s no learning to showcase (God forbid!) but because (thank God!) our tutors are busy teaching and don’t always think to share…
With Pesach behind us, some of our students are beginning to look towards Shavuos and the giving of the Torah – including the famous question of how and why the two accounts of this momentous event (in the books of Shemot and Devarim) differ in their lists of the Ten Commandments. How many differences can…
It’s Tuesday and Sukkot is almost here – and we have a very special Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit for you. Here’s what one tutor wrote about the real Torah they learned in real TorahTutors sessions: We spoke about the sukkah and what it represents – Hashem’s protection and love. Not just in the desert thousands of…
A search for images related to Yom Kippur can yield a wide variety of results, including all those in the image that goes with this post. It seems some of us might have different ideas about the observance of Yom Kippur! Test your knowledge with these questions from a recent TorahTutors lesson in this week’s…
Just in time for Rosh Hashana – a special Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit that gets down to basics using engaging tools and keeping the invidivual needs of the learners at the forefront. Because it’s real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. (Except that last slide. That’s just from us, to you.)
It’s Tuesday, and we’re back with a great Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit for you – as always, real Torah from real TorahTutors sessions. When a TorahTutors student asked to talk about reasons for certain mitzvot, the tutor put together some ideas, including about kashrut. First, we might talk about two categories of mitzvot: Ethical/moral commandments (mishpatim)…
Today we have a different type of #TuesdayTorahTutorsTidbit for you. Last summer, we were approached by a school principal who was stuck on a scheduling issue: a group of students who needed extra support in certain classes were going to be missing Jewish studies classes to get that support – so they needed an alternative…
It’s Tisha B’Av and we’re not learning just any Torah today – but we have a special Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit in the spirit of the day. Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. It’s hard to mourn the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash without learning about it. What is it that we’re missing? A TorahTutors student…
Could you guess just from the picture what this week’s Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit is about? (We can’t be certain the donkey pictured here is the same one. But we can’t be certain it’s not, either. It certainly looks like it has something to say!) This week’s Torah portion is Parshat Balak – the one where…
It’s Tuesday, and we’re back with a brand new Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit! Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. A student learning Parshat Lech Lecha studied Ramban’s commentary on the ten tests of Avraham. The student and tutor discussed what some call “spiritual genes” that are transmitted from one generation to the next, and specifically, the…