December 24, 2024

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Yair Daar

Yair Daar is the director of Student Life at Bicultural Hebrew Academy High School. He can be reached at [email protected]

Articles by Yair Daar

Accepting Wagons

This week’s story is about a fictional character, but is really about all of us. Viktor Krup was a smart kid and a model student.

What Are You Worth?

Dr. Dov Barvaz was a world-famous paleontologist, business owner and philanthropist. As a paleontologist, he studied fossils to understand humans in the ancient world. This

You Never Know

Brenda was a highly accomplished businesswoman, philanthropist and community activist. She built her bicycle-parts company from scratch, after spending 10 years working for Mike’s Bikes,

Is Every Day Mother’s Day?

Pinchas and Bruchi Erlich were not big fans of Mother’s Day. It’s not that the Erlichs didn’t value their mothers; of course they did! As

The Meaning of Holiness

Parshat Kedoshim begins with the mitzvah to be holy. “Kedoshim Tihiyu.” Many commentators are puzzled by this mitzvah. Why do we need a separate mitzvah

All the Small Things

Ella peeked through the shades and signaled her sister Ahuva to come take a look. “Hey, check out the new neighbors,” she said. “The parents

A Valuable Gift

This week’s parsha, Vayikra, deals with korbanot (sacrifices). Korbanot are gifts to Hashem, either of meat or flour, from the Jewish people, through the kohanim.

Shabbat for One, Shabbat for All

This week’s parsha begins with the commandment to start construction of the Mishkan alongside the commandment not to do melacha on Shabbat. Our Sages tell

Wear It Well

People do weird things sometimes. How we react usually depends on the person. We all have at least one friend who seems to enjoy acting

You Get What You Give

Meet Chaya. Chaya is a regular girl with a regular life. She goes to school and has homework, tests and papers to write. Chaya works

Do You Understand?

Most of Parshat Mishpatim is made up of exactly what the name of parsha indicates: laws. Mitzvot known as “mishpatim” are the type of mitzvot