Message from the Rosh HaYeshiva Updates and Torah from Rabbi Dov Linzer

A Thought on Shavuot - The Obligations of Tzedek(an earlier version of this appeared in the 5769 AJWS Chag v'Chesed).The holiday of Shavuot is generally assumed to commemorate the giving of the Torah, which occurred on the sixth of Sivan. In the Torah, however, Shavuot is only described as an agricu

Feel free to download and print this week's Parsha Sheet and share it with your friends and family: Click here:        Parshat BamidbarTo Roam without Ever LeavingThis week, when we move from sefer Vayikra to sefer Bamidbar, we are finally moving away from Har Sinai, where Bnei Yisrael have been for

Students continued their normal learning this week, with years 1 and 2 delving deeper into Baba Kama, and years 3 and 4 beginning to wrap-up hilkhot Aveilut.  In my Modern Orthodoxy class for year 1, we heard two presentations this week, one on the history and impact that YCT has had on the Modern O

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Students continued learning away this week, with years 1 and 2 deep into Baba Kama, perek Merubeh, and with years 3 and 4 continuing their learning of hilkhot Aveilut. In my Modern Orthodoxy class, we began this week hearing student presentations on various topics  in Modern Orthodoxy that particula

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Feel free to download and print this week's Parsha Sheet and share it with your friends and family: Click here: Parshat ShminiWe are now in the middle of the counting of the Omer, a process of seven weeks of seven days, until we finally arrive at Shavuot.  This counting marks the time - in Rabbin