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Twin Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbits: Pre-Purim Reflections

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:07:15 +0000

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…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About the Ten Commandments… Twice

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:52:00 +0000

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…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Personalized Learning Right There in School

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:09:00 +0000

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…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About What Not to Do to God

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 03:15:00 +0000

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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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit in Which a Bat Mitzvah Considers Complexity

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:46:00 +0000

A TorahTutors student recently completed Pirkei Avot just in time for her bat mitzvah, after studying it with her online tutor for a year and a half. The beautiful dvar Torah she shared for the occasion, sent in as a #TuesdayTorahTutorsTidbit by her beloved tutor, discussed how meaningful and relevant the teachings of Pirkei Avot…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About a Concerned Father

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 02:18:00 +0000

Time for another #TuesdayTorahTutorsTidbit!Real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. As Father’s Day was just a couple of days ago in the US, we’re thinking about some of the fathers our students have learned about. One of those is Manoach, the father of Shimshon. There are, of course, many different ways to understand the navi’s portrayal…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Individuality in Shared Practice

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 02:06:00 +0000

A TorahTutors student studying the weekly Torah portions learned a beautiful idea last week from Parshat Naso. Every Nasi (head of tribe) was told to bring a korban and gifts on behalf of his tribe. The Torah lists each Nasi and what he brought – but their gifts were identical. Why couldn’t the Torah have…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Nature and Torah

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 06:05:00 +0000

With summer approaching (at least, in the northern hemisphere, where most of our students and tutors are located), we’re thinking about Rambam’s advice as to how one might achieve fulfillment of the mitzvah to love God: by contemplating “His commandments and sayings and actions, until we comprehend and take full pleasure in comprehending…” (Sefer Hamitzvot,…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Taking our Torah Study Farther

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 31 May 2022 13:51:58 +0000

In a few short days, we will celebrate the giving of the Torah at Har Sinai – a momentous, defining moment for the Jewish people. As Rambam highlights in the introduction to his commentary on the Mishna, however, that moment was the beginning of a process: “Know that every mitzva God gave to Moshe, our…

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A Tuesday TorahTutors Tidbit About Counting and Praying

Sarah Rudolph — Tue, 17 May 2022 03:52:28 +0000

This week, we bring you a somber – but hopeful – timely Tuesday TorahTutors tidbit; real Torah, from real TorahTutors sessions. A TorahTutors student and tutor discussed some of the traditional practices designed to commemorate or memorialize the Temple. A famous example is the matzah-maror sandwich eaten at the Pesach seder, just like Hillel used…

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