The Season of Our Freedom
We are about to celebrate Pesach, the holiday that Chazal define as Zeman Cheiruteinu—the Season of our Freedom. From even a quick perusal of the
We are about to celebrate Pesach, the holiday that Chazal define as Zeman Cheiruteinu—the Season of our Freedom. From even a quick perusal of the
One of the most exhilarating and joyful experiences for many children in yeshiva elementary school is tefillah — and at the same time, it can
A month ago, we read in the sedra of Re’eh (Devarim 12:3-4), “…and you shall obliterate their [idols’] name from that place [the land of
One of the most significant objectives in Jewish education is the development of Ahavat Hashem in our students. Indeed, this objective is often expressed as
The quintessential model of Jewish education is found in this week’s parsha, Bo, and is played out very dramatically every year at the Pesach Seder.
For thousands of years, educators of children have focused on two important areas: the intellectual development of their charges, and the moral development of their
The raison d’etre of Jewish day schools is to provide a quality education in the areas of Torah and wisdom studies. This, rightfully, generates ambitious
We just emerged from the wonderful experience of the Pesach Seder, one of the paradigms of Jewish education. Perhaps the most striking part of this
There is a well-known halacha that as we mourn on Tisha B’Av we may not learn Torah because the statutes of Hashem bring joy to
The enterprise of education across the country is facing a challenge unlike any other it has faced before. The world is changing at such a