By: Naomi Ohana (11th Grade) In this week’s Parsha, Parshat Mishpatim, Bnei Yisrael makes the penultimate statement of their forty-year...

By: Robert Zohar (11th Grade) In this week’s Parsha, Parshat Yitro, Bnei Yisrael received the ten commandments. To me, these commandments...

By: Hadassah Reich (11th Grade) One of the most famous scenes in the Torah occurs in this week’s Parsha. In the third Perek of Shemot,...

By: Hadassah Reich (11th Grade) In this week’s Parsha, Parshat Vayechi, Yaakov wants to give over a prophecy to his children before he...

By: Herschel Karp (11th Grade) In this week’s Parsha, Vagiyash, Yakov and his family prepare to go down to Mitzrayim (Egypt), to finally...

By: Herschel Karp (11th Grade) In last week’s Parsha, we learn that Yosef’s brothers hated him because of Yakov’s affection for Yosef....

By: Sammy Lurie (11th Grade) This week’s Parsha is Parshat Vayishlach. In this portion, Yaakov prepares for a potential war against his...

By: Ariela Jaimovich This week's Parsha is Parshat Toldot. In Toldot our second matriarch, Rivkah, gave birth to Esav and Yakov. The...

By: Herschel Karp (11th Grade) This week’s Parsha, Chayei Sarah, starts off by saying that Sarah lived for 127 years, but it does this in...

By: Sarah Posner (9th Grade) Throughout this week’s Parsha, Parshat Vayeira, we can learn many different lessons from Avraham Avinu. One...

By: Herschel Karp (11th Grade) In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avraham undergoes the first Brit Milah recorded in the Torah. However, as Rambam...

By: Robert Zohar (11th Grade) This week's parsha, Parshat Noach, begins with the words “אֵ֚לֶּה תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת נֹ֔חַ נֹ֗חַ אִ֥ישׁ צַדִּ֛יק...

By: Herschel Karp (11th Grade) This week’s Parsha is Bereishit, which begins by describing the creation of this world.  This is obviously...

By: Alina Sterenfeld (12th Grade) Referenced countless times within the multitude of Jewish texts, Sukkot often acquires the name “Z'man...

By: Daniella Finkleman (11th Grade) This week’s Parsha is Parshat Ha'azinu. Most of this Parsha is written as a song that Moshe sang to...

By: Hadassah Reich (11th Grade) On Rosh Hashanah the Shofar is blown in three different sound variations. The first is one long blast...

By: Alexa Szafranski (12th Grade) In this week's Parsha, something incredible happens: Moshe renews his covenant with Hashem. This turns...

By: Herschel Karp (10th Grade) In this week's Parsha, we learn about the laws of Bikkurim. A question arises when discussing the Mitzvah...

By: Herschel Karp (11th Grade) We have just recently entered the month of Elul.  This is an auspicious time where, as we know, Hamelech...

By: Alexa Szafranski (11th Grade) In this week’s Parsha, Parshat Beha’alotecha, we learn about the Menorah. The phrase "בהעלתך את הנרת"...