Rosh Hashanah Insights - Batya Cohen
Through the looking glass: “I’m a critic, a pessimist, and optimism does not fit in with my vocabulary.” - your negative nature How many...
Through the looking glass: “I’m a critic, a pessimist, and optimism does not fit in with my vocabulary.” - your negative nature How many...
Today, Friday the 28th day of Iyar, כ”ח אייר, we celebrate the miraculous reunification of Jerusalem which took place during the Six Day...
During this past week at Sha’arei Bina the students celebrated Lag Ba’omer with a two day Color War. I really never liked the concept of...
In Legal Concepts, we have been studying the mitzvah of Sefirat Haomer, which occurs in this week’s parsha, Emor, Perek 23. The Ramban...
Today, Friday May 8th, is the 14th of Iyar. Very rarely in life do you get a chance to do a do-over. Pesach Sheni sets a wonderful...
This week we read two parshiot, Acharai Mot and Kedoshim. Parshat Kedoshim begins with the words: קדושים תהיו כי קדוש אני ה' אלקיכם You...
When we were younger there was a game we played called mad-libs. You filled in the blank in sentences that then when strung together...
This week we read Parshat Zachor - All men and women are commanded to remember what Amalek perpetrated against the Jewish nation while...
This week’s parsha, Mishpatim, contains many of the social laws that perhaps we would follow whether we were Jewish or not. It is basic...
The story of Yitro follows on the heels of the battle against Amalek in last week’s parsha, B’Shalach. Then the Torah tells us: א...
Love is in the air! You cannot help but notice all the hearts, roses and advertisements for jewelry and perfume! But just as my mother...
I walked a visitor through our school this week. The walls and doorways were adorned with the greens of trees and the bright hues of...