Parashat Yitro

Shabbat Shalom, In this week’s Parashah, Parashat Yitro, we as a people receive our famous Ten Commandments, we set the precedent for our current judging system, and we all...

Parsha Va’eira

In today’s day and age, students go from class to class, day to day, meal to meal, with little or no awareness of god. It’s an obvious fact of...

Vayechi

As we near the end of the first book of the Torah we also near the end of our forefather Yaakov’s life. Yaakov calls to his two most beloved...

Torah High

What is Torah High? Torah High provides meaningful Jewish learning experiences for teens, encourages connection to the Jewish community, fosters identification with Israel, strengthens Jewish identity, and develops Jewish literacy. Course...

Parsha Vayeshev

This week’s Parsha, Vayeshev, is a famous portion of Bereshit. In the Parsha, Yosef is told by his father to go check on his brothers in the field. Yosef’s...

Parshat Vayeitzeh

Shabbat Shalom.  I want to discuss this week the importance of our words and sticking to them. We have all had those times where we have broken our promises, or...

Parshat Toldot

Hashem’s Tests By Jonathan Levine, VP Southland Our rabbis teach us that our three forefathers each represent a positive quality that each Jew should strive for.  Avraham represents kindness,...

Parshat Chayei Sarah

In Pirkei Avot, it says that the world stands on three pillars, Torah, avodah, and chessed. Avraham, being the perfect paradigm for chessed in all of Judaism, in this...