This article is about the divisions of the Torah into weekly readings. For this week s Torahportion, see Portal Judaism WeeklyTorahportion box Torahportion File YanovTorah.JPG thumb right A Torah scroll and silver pointer yad used in reading. The weeklyTorahportion lang he Parashat ... of the Torah Hebrew Bible read in Jewish services . In Judaism , the Torah is Torah reading read publicly over the course of a year, with one major portion read each week in the Shabbat morning service, except when a holiday coincides with Shabbat. Each weeklyTorahportion adopts its name from one ... public basic Google Calendar of weeklyTorah portions for Israel http www.patheos.com Resources Additional Resources Topic Page Jewish WeeklyTorah Portion.html Patheos WeeklyTorahportion summaries with cartoons from G dcast.com http eteacherbiblical.com bible study torahportionWeeklyTorahportion videos http www.akhlah.com parsha parisha.php Torahportion for kids http www.jewishnews2day.com jnt cont.asp?code 10489&cat uplinks The Weekly Parshah WeeklyTorah Portions Shabbat Torah reading DEFAULTSORT WeeklyTorahPortion Category WeeklyTorah readings Category Jewish services cs ... of weekly readings In the table, a portion that may be combined with the following portion, to compensate ... Lectionary Manzil Sefer Torah Tanakh Tikkun book Torah reading Weekly Maqam Portal Judaism References Reflist External links http www.myjewishportal.com torah 10 line TorahPortion Summary http www.hebcal.com sedrot Links to the Hebrew text for weeklyTorah portions http www.google.com calendar feeds olv18cdaciiflov66ah3qlkntk group.calendar.google.com public basic Google Calendar of weeklyTorah ... 6th century BCE , Citation needed date March 2008 public Torah reading mostly followed an annual cycle beginning and ending on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah , with the Torah divided into 54 weekly portions to correspond to the lunisolar calendar lunisolar Hebrew calendar , which contains ... more details
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, a section of the Pentateuch is read from a Torah scroll. On Shabbat Saturday mornings, a weekly ... Torah Resources weekly parsha pages, learning resources by topic http sites.google.com site interlinearpentateuch ... Cite NIE year 1905 Pentateuch author Morris Jastrow Jews and Judaism Ancient Near East WeeklyTorah ...pp move indef small yes File K ln Tora und Innenansicht Synagoge Glockengasse 040.JPG thumb Sefer Torah at old Glockengasse Synagogue reconstruction , Cologne The Torah IPA en t r lang he n ... and Devarim Words, Deuteronomy . In rabbinic literature the word Torah denotes both these five books, Torah Shebichtav , Torah that is written , and an Oral Torah , Torah Shebe al Peh , Torah that is spoken . The Oral Torah consists of the traditional interpretations and amplifications ... According to Jewish tradition, all of the laws found in the Torah, both written and oral, were given ..., and all the teachings were later compiled and written down by Moses, which resulted in the Torah we have today. According to medieval Jewish mysticism the Torah was created prior to the creation of the world ... and names File ReadingOfTheTorah.jpg thumb Reading of the Torah The word Torah in Biblical Hebrew Hebrew ..., Warren. Torah. Encyclopaedia Judaica . Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. Vol. 20. 2nd ed ... . ref p.2767, Alcalay ref The Hebrew word for law is din . The term Torah is therefore also used in the general sense to include both Judaism s written law and Oral Torah oral law , serving to encompass ... the Mishnah , the Talmud, the Midrash and more, and the inaccurate rendering of Torah as Law ref ... up in the term talmud torah , study of Torah . ref name Jewish Concepts 1964, page 630 In the Hebrew Bible, blockquote The earliest name for the first part of the Bible seems to have been The Torah of Moses. This title, however, is found neither in the Torah itself, nor in the works of the Babylonian ... of the Torah Neh. 8 3 which seems to be a contraction of a fuller name, The Book of the Torah ... more details
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Wikify date April 2010 Orphan date September 2008 The term dominant portion is used in measurement of spaces for valuation or appraisal purposes. Dominant Portion is defined as The largest solid or glass area making up the inside finished surface, along a single plane, of the total permanent outer building wall. ref http www.tbs sct.gc.ca rpm gbi lexicon lexique term terme.asp?Language EN&id 763 Dominant Portion Bot generated title ref That portion of the inside finished surface of the permanent outer building wall which is 50 or more of the vertical floor to ceiling dimension measured at the dominant portions. If there is no dominant portion, or if the dominant portion is not vertical, the measurement for area shall be to the inside finished surface of the permanent outer building wall where it intersects the finished floor. ref http www.bethesda office space.com bethesdaofficespace3.html bethesda office space measurement rules Bot generated title ref The second definition particularly applies to measurement of office spaces based on the Building Owners and Managers Association measurement. References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Dominant Portion Category Real estate Measurement stub ... more details
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the primary ways of studying Torah include study of The weeklyTorahportion with its Rabbinic literature ... to the WeeklyTorahportionportion for that week the relevant passages are often printed in book ..., in which each weeklyTorahportion is studied together with sections from Neviim and Ketuvim and the Mishnah ... to a section parashah of the Torah typically the weeklyTorahportion . In respect to its place in synagogue ... and modes of Torah study. They study the weeklyTorahportion Parsha , the Talmud, ethical works ... programs. See also Judaism Kollel Mechina Midrasha Yeshiva TorahTorah reading WeeklyTorahportion ... of everyone to read the entire weeklyportion twice the law of shnayim mikra ve echad targum , Tractate ... TorahPortion Recommended Reading http www.torahandisrael.com recommended reading.html Recommended ... English Hebrew text with English translation . Jewish life Orthodox Judaism WeeklyTorah Portions ...refimprove date June 2009 Torah study is the study by Jewish people of the Torah , Tanakh Hebrew Bible ... texts. Ideally within Judaism it is done for the purpose of the mitzvah commandment of Torah study itself ... importance among traditional Jews. Torah study has evolved over the generations, as lifestyles changed and also as new texts were written. Traditional view of Torah study In rabbinic literature, the highest ideal of all Jewish men is Torah study, women being exempt from Torah study. This literature ... to the entire Oral Torah . According to many historians, this carried over into the general ... of traditional teachings The study of Torah is considered to outweigh a number of mitzvot, such as visiting ... was incorporated in the daily prayer service. A number of Talmudic rabbis consider Torah ... by someone else. Citation needed date October 2008 According to R. Meir, when one studies Torah for its own sake Torah Lishma the the creation of entire world is worthwhile for him alone ... 6 1 . As the child must satisfy its hunger day by day, so must the grown man busy himself with the Torah ... more details
, a section of the Pentateuch is read from a Torah scroll. On Shabbat Saturday mornings, a weekly section known as a Sedra or WeeklyTorahportion parashah is read, selected so that the entire Pentateuch is read consecutively each year. ref The division of parashot found in the modern day Torah ... of seven of each weeklyWeeklyTorahportion parashah from the Torah is read during the morning Jewish ... over the course of a year. Weeklyportion See also WeeklyTorahportion On Shabbat mornings, the weeklyTorahportion parashah is read. It is divided into seven aliyot see above for more on aliyot ... Aliyah Synagogue Aliyah Aron kodesh WeeklyTorahportion Cantillation Haftarah Jewish services Torah ... the Torah s Hebrew text for all to see. ref Citation url http www.torah.org advanced weekly ... a section of the day s Torahportion. There are always at least three olim people called to read ... Torah Hebrew Name 1 Joyous celebration of the Torah nobold , the order of weekly readings ... 1&portion 1 Summary of Reading by Weekly Parasha http www.akhlah.com parsha parisha.php ...Distinguish Torah study haftarah Jews and Judaism sidebar Torah reading Hebrew Name 1 K riat HaTorah Reading of the Torah is a Judaism Jewish religion religious ritual that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Sefer TorahTorah scroll . The term often refers to the entire ceremony of removing the Torah scroll or scrolls from the ark synagogue ark , chanting the appropriate ... of the Torah was introduced by Ezra the Scribe after the return of the Jewish people from the Babylonian ... era, adherents of Orthodox Judaism practice Torah reading according to a set procedure they believe ... adaptations to the practice of Torah reading, but the basic pattern of Torah reading has usually remained ... list provided by Maimonides in Mishneh Torah , Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah Scrolls , chapter 8. Maimonides based his division of the parashot for the Torah on the Aleppo Codex . Though initially ... more details
Infobox Holiday image Torah and jad.jpg caption Torah scroll holiday name Simchat Torah official name Hebrew language Hebrew nickname Translation Rejoicing with of the Torah observedby Judaism ... of Israel celebrations Dancing in synagogue as all the Torah scrolls are carried around in seven ... is read in synagogue. Everyone called to the Torah reading. Conclusion of the annual Torah reading cycle. Rejoicing with the Torah. relatedto Culmination of Sukkot Tabernacles Simchat Torah or Sim ath Torah also Simkhes Toreh , Hebrew language Hebrew , lit., Rejoicing with of the Torah, is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah reading s, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah is a component of the Bible Biblical Jewish holiday of Shemini ... of Simchat Torah takes place in the synagogue during evening and morning services. In many Orthodox ... on which the Sefer TorahTorah scrolls are taken out of the Ark synagogue ark and read at night. In the morning ... to dance and sing with all the Torah scrolls in a joyous celebration that often lasts for several ... for an Torah reading Aliyot aliyah , as well as a special aliyah for all the children ... Atzeret is a two day holiday and the Simchat Torah festivities are observed on the second day. The first day is referred to as Shemini Atzeret and the second day as Simchat Torah, although both days are officially ... , Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated on the same day. Reform Judaism Reform congregations ... on the evening following the holiday, which is the same day as Simchat Torah evening in the diaspora ... News.aspx 148941 .TsAVSvLNSfA ref Evening festivities The Simchat Torah festivities begin with the evening service. All the synagogue s Torah scrolls are removed from the Ark synagogue ark and are carried ... one circuit around the synagogue, the dancing and singing with the Torah often continues much ... verses and songs about the Torah, the goodness of God, Jewish Messianiasm Messianic yearnings ... more details
usually, a designated reader recites a blessing over the Torah, between each verse. Each reads a section of the day s Torahportion. There are always at least three olim people called to read the Torah ... , Rosh Hashanah , Sukkot , Shemini Atzeret , Simchat Torah align center 6 Yom Kippur morning ... not himself read the Torah aloud. Rather, he stands near it while a practiced expert, called a ba al k ri ah one in charge of reading sometimes ba al ko re , reads the Torah, with cantillation , for the congregation .... In Yemenite Jews Yemenite communities, the oleh reads the portion himself, while another person ... of the Biblical priestly and levitical castes. Each oleh , after being called to the Torah, approaches it, recites a List of Jewish prayers and blessings benediction , a portion is read ... a Hebrew verse upon calling the first person to the Torah. After that, men are called with Ya amod ... the Levite the name of the Aliyah in Hebrew . These aliyot are followed by half kaddish . When the Torah is read in the afternoon, kaddish is not recited at this point, but rather after the Torah has been returned to the Ark. Simchat Torah On Simchat Torah , the tradition is that all members of the congregation ... minor children under Bar and Bat Mitzvah Bar Bat Mitzvah age are called for a joint aliyah. Torah reading Category Torah reading ... more details
Keter Torah also spelled Keser Torah or Kesser Torah lang he , lit., Crown of Torah may refer to Keser Torah Radomsk &ndash a yeshiva network founded by the fourth Radomsker Rebbe Kesser Torah school Kesser Torah &ndash a Jewish day school in Sydney, Australia Keter Torah &ndash a commentary on the Torah by Aaron ben Elijah Keter Torah &ndash a poem by Isaachar B r ben Judah Carmoly disamb ... more details
Chabad Oholei Torah Tents of Torah is the common name of the Chabad Lubavitch schools Educational Institute Oholei Menachem and Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah . The main branches of the school, and its administrative offices, are located in Brooklyn , New York City . Educational Institute Oholei Torah ... part of the curriculum, Oholei Torah s unique educational standards are among the highest to be found and have led to phenomenal growth. Founded in 1957 with four students, Oholei Torah ... File Oholei Torah.jpg thumb Oholei Torah, 2011 Oholei Torah was founded in early 1957 by Rabbi Michoel ... focusing on Torah study . The school opened in a synagogue in Brownsville, Brooklyn Brownsville .... In 1964, Oholei Torah added a junior high school division. Several years later came the founding of Oholei Torah Mesivta High School. Finally, Beth Midrash Beis HaMedrash , Talmudic Seminary Oholei Torah was founded in 1970, for post high school Talmudic studies. In 1975, the school began renting ..., though the old name persists in general usage. Today Oholei Torah enrolls approximately 1600 students in its various divisions. Divisions Oholei Torah has four main divisions Kindergarten Enrollment Empty section date May 2008 Location Oholei Torah s kindergarten , formally known as Oholei Menachem ... Institute Oholei Menachem Oholei Torah consists of a preschool grade Pre 1A and 8 elementary grades ... Yisroel Friedman Principal academia Menahel , and Mashgiach for Oral Torah Nigleh Rabbi Elchonon ... Sholom Charitonow, Rabbi Shloime Sternberg, Rabbi Fitche Pewsner and Rabbi Levi Matosuf Oral Torah .... 170 students. Location Oholei Torah Mesivta is located at 417 Troy Avenue the Rabbi Jacob J. Reines ... www.dovidshlomo.blogspot.com. Beis Medrash Formally called Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah, and colloquially as Oholei Torah Zal Yiddish zal , study hall , is the largest Lubavitch yeshiva in the United ... Parkway campus. Shlichus Like many Lubavitch yeshivas, Oholei Torah Zal sends graduating students ... more details
Ezras Torah lang he may refer to The Ezras Torah Fund , a Jewish American charitable organization Ezrat Torah , a neighborhood in Jerusalem Ezrat Torah St., the neighborhood s main street disambig ... more details
See United Torah Judaism and Degel HaTorah for the Haredi Judaism Haredi List of political parties in Israel Israeli political parties . unreferenced date November 2007 Torah Judaism is an English language English term used by a number of Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Jewish groups to describe their Judaism as being based on an adherence to the laws of the Torah s mitzvot as expounded in Orthodox Halakha . These laws include both the Biblical and rabbinic mitzvot. Followers of Torah Judaism also follow the Daat Torah , i.e., the guidelines of rabbi s or hakhamim based on the Talmud . In recent time, these hakhamim may include the followers rebbe s Hasidic Judaism Hasidic rabbis , Rosh yeshiva rosh yeshivas deans of yeshiva s Talmud ical schools , or a posek , often identified as an expert in the Shulkhan Arukh , the Code of Jewish Law . This recognition of a posek is often limited to Haredi communities, as opposed to Modern Orthodox Jews, although the latter are also Torah observant. The phrase Torah Judaism implies a belief and practice of Judaism that is based on the inclusion of the entire Torah , Tanakh , Talmud , and all the rabbinic authorities that followed as sources of conducting oneself in life, and on the premise that the Torah emanates directly from God as revealed at Mount Sinai . The concept of a Sinaitic covenant is further expressed through such Hebrew language Hebrew phrases as Torah min ha Shamayim Torah from Heaven sky Torat Hashem Torah of God Torah mi Sinai Torah from Sinai Kedushat HaTorah Holiness of Torah Torat Hashem temimah Torah of God is pure complete Matan Torah giving the Torah Kabbalat HaTorah receiving acceptance of Torah Na aseh ve nishmah we shall do and we shall hear The term Torah Judaism is a reaction to the perceived inappropriateness in the meaning of Orthodox from Greek, correct opinion , as well as a conscious intent to label non Orthodox Jewish movements as being divorced from the Torah. A separate article exists on Relationships ... more details
Talmud Torah schools were created in the Jewish world, both Ashkenazic and Sephardic , as a form of public ... education at a high school level. The Talmud Torah was modelled after the Cheder , a traditional ... Girls were invariably excluded from the Talmud Torah, for whom religious education was not traditionally ... teaches his daughter the Torah is as one who teaches her frivolity So ah 21b . Maimonides , on the other ..., Talmud Torah, i. 13 . In any case, the result was that, traditionally, girls were mostly taught privately, and received a fair education. The teaching in the Talmud Torah consumed the whole day, and in the winter ... s parent or guardian Shul an Aruk, Yoreh De ah, 245 . The Talmud Torah did little for what was then considered ... faith were included. In almost every community an organization called Hevra Talmud Torah was formed ... of the Talmud Torah for the purpose of meeting the annual tax collected by the local governor ... hand, money from the general charity fund was at times employed to support the Talmud Torah, and donations ... Torah organization in Rome included eight societies in 1554, and was reconstituted August 13, 1617 ... Talmud Torah, as in the case of one at Fes, Morocco in 1603 Ankava, Kerem emed, ii. 78, Leghorn ... 1505 89 ruled that in case of a legacy left by will to a Talmud Torah and guaranteed by the testator ... and Talmud Torah in a certain town, if accompanied by a provision that it may be managed as the son ... Torah s income were in existence in the time of R. Moses Isserles . R. Yoel Sirkis , rabbi ... cent. decided that it requires the unanimous consent of the eight trustees of a Talmud Torah to engage ... record pin es of Cracow in 1551 it appears that the Talmud Torah society controlled ... shall have general supervision over the teachers and shall visit the Talmud Torah every week to see ... of the pupil desires to make a change. 5 The members of the ebra Talmud Torah shall hire a competent ... conducted their Talmud Torah schools more methodically than the Ashkenazim , particularly in Europe ... more details
Orphan date March 2009 File YanovTorah.JPG thumb The Yanov Torah displayed to seminary students at InterSem 2009 in Malibu, California The Yanov Torah is a Sefer Torah , or a specially hand written copy of the Torah or Pentateuch , which is the holiest book within Judaism and venerated by Jews . It was assembled from the collected individual Torah manuscript sheaves which had been smuggled into the Yanov Nazi work camp during World War II. The reassembled Torah was then smuggled out of the then Soviet Union, and brought to Los Angeles. It has been donated to the rabbinical programs at Hebrew Union College, ref http www.ourjerusalem.com history story torah E2 80 99s tale is kept alive.html Torah s tale is kept alive, Duke Helfand, November 20, 2008 accessed on 5 3 2009 ref where it is taken on tour to various synagogues and assemblies, so that the story of its history can be told. History Empty section date July 2010 The Book The published book entitled the Yanov Torah is written by Rabbi Erwin Herman, then director of the Pacific Southwest Council of the UAHC now URJ . Herman describes how the Yanov Torah was brought to him by Dr. Emanuel Orlove a pseudonym , who smuggled the Torah out of the Soviet Union when he emigrated to America in the 1980. Dr. Orlove also tells the history ... back into a whole Torah scroll. See also Sefer Torah References reflist External links http articles.latimes.com 2008 nov 07 local me torah7 Torah s tale is kept alive article from Los Angeles ... sd5 9yanov torah.htm Saga of Yanov Torah recounted at Yom Hashaoh rites San Diego Jewish Press Heritage , May 9, 1997 http www.amazon.com Yanov Torah Erwin Herman dp 0930494458 The Yanov Torah , by Erwin ... faith L.A. Jews Celebrate Yanov Torah s Survival , By Duke Helfand Los Angeles Times, date unknown , accessed 5 3 2009 photo of the Yanov Torah and Agnes Herman, in this story br Jewish life Jews and Judaism ... Category Torah Sefer Torah ... more details
more footnotes date August 2011 For tractate Sefer Torah Minor tractates Image K ln Tora und Innenansicht Synagoge Glockengasse 040.JPG thumb Sefer Torah at old Glockengasse Synagoge, Cologne. A Sefer Torah lang he plural lang he Sifrei Torah Book s of Torah or Torah Scroll parchment scroll s is a handwritten copy of the Torah or Pentateuch, the holiest book within Judaism . It must meet extremely strict standards of production. The Torah scroll is mainly used in the ritual of Torah ... face when Jewish prayer praying . The text of the Torah is also commonly printed and bookbinding ... Torah reading from a sefer Torah is traditionally reserved for Monday and Thursday mornings, as well as for Shabbat and Jewish holiday s. The presence of a minyan is required for the reading of the Torah to be held in public during the course of the worship services. As Cantillation the Torah is sung ... Image SilverTorahCase.jpg thumb right A Sterling Silver Torah Case. In some traditions the Torah is housed in an ornamental wooden case According to Jewish law, a sefer Torah plural Sifrei Torah is a copy ... Torah fulfills one of the 613 mitzvot Judaism s commandments . The k laf parchment on which the Torah .... ref Essential Torah A Complete Guide to the Five Books of Moses by George Robinson. Schocken, 2006 ISBN 0 8052 4186 8. pp.10 11 ref Written entirely in Hebrew language Hebrew , a sefer Torah contains ... may render the sefer Torah pasul invalid . According to the Talmud the oral law of the Jewish ... gevil for the Torah scroll he placed into the Holy Ark. The calfskin or parchment on which the sacred ... or silver. Most modern Sifrei Torah are written with forty two lines of text per column Yemenite .... The fidelity of the Hebrew text of the Tanakh, and the Torah in particular, is considered ... being otherwise destroyed or discarded. The completion of the sefer Torah is a cause for great celebration, and honored guests of the individual who commissioned the Torah are invited to a celebration ... more details
Disambiguation For the Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary School in Dollis Hill, London UK, see Torah Temimah Primary School Refimprove date June 2010 The Torah Temimah is the magnum opus of Rabbi Baruch Epstein . Published in 1902, it is a commentary on the Torah , quoting statements from Chazal Talmud and Medrash , and then offering an original novel explanation on the statement. Feldheim Publishers advertises the book as follows An essential work containing the Five Books of Chumash and the Five Megillos along with commentary and the insights of our Sages. Weaves together related halachos and Aggadah from Talmud Yerushalmi, Sifra, Sifre, Tosefta and Mechilta among others, together with concise explanations of the text. The clear and lucid style of this work makes learning enjoyable and accessible to all. ref name Feldheim Cite web url http www.feldheim.com cgi bin category.cgi?item TTS title Feldheim Publishers Torah Temimah publisher Feldheim Publishers ref References reflist Category Books about Jews and Judaism ... more details
Main Purim Purim Torah is a term used to describe humorous and satire satirical writings customarily read on the Judaism Jewish holiday of Purim . Purim Torah can be simple or elaborate, and require no qualifications to write, other than a good sense of humor. Purim Torah authors, often displaying an amazing grasp of Jewish knowledge, playfully use some of the far fetched methods of Talmudic logic and Biblical exegesis in order to reach absurd conclusions. ref http www.websters online dictionary.org definitions Purim Torah?cx partner pub 0939450753529744 3Av0qd01 tdlq&cof FORID 3A9&ie UTF 8&q Purim Torah&sa Search 922 Websters Online Purim Torah ref Parodies of Jewish life and the world have been found as early as the 12th century. ref name es cite web url http www.ucalgary.ca elsegal Shokel 880219 Purim Parody.html title Purim, Parody, and Pipul accessdate 2009 06 02 last Segal first Eliezer ref Ashkenazi Jews Ashkenazi culture has a variation of the Purim Torah that is acted out, often with elaborate costumes and is referred to as a Purim Shpiel , from the Yiddish language Yiddish for Play theatre play . ref name es Talmudic sources Eliezer Segal points to a passage in the Talmud as the first Purim Torah. In a passage on Hulin 139b, a sage offers up a series of ridiculous puns in order to find allusions to characters from the Purim story in the Torah . ref name es Others such as Israel Davidson claim that while there is humor present in the Talmud, calling any part of it a parody is an overstatement. ref name parody cite book last Davidson first Israel title Parody in Jewish Literature year 1907 location New York url http books.google.com books?id YbnZlHrsA wC ref Example of Purim Torah The Purim Rabbi asks the question Why is it said in the Talmud that the generation of Jews who were with Moses in the desert do not have a share in the world to come ? Because those Jews quarreled with Moses and with God about water , and never asked for a bit of wine . Such bad taste ... more details
Torah Live is a Jewish educational Torah organization founded by Rabbi Dan Roth that combines interactive multimedia presentations with live lecturers to teach Jewish law, philosophy, and ethics. Torah ... in both kiruv and standard Orthodox settings. As of 2011, Torah Live has presented over 150 lectures in 50 cities worldwide including two Torah Umesorah Conventions, the United Synagogue Rabbi Convention ... Magazine, Torah and Technology, Gavriel Horan, 2011 ref Torah Live has rabbinical approbations ... Israel , and Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits . ref www.Torahlive.com ref History Torah Live was founded ... the eternal truths of our Torah into today s language, he said. ref Hamodia Magazine, Torah and Technology .... ref Hamechanech, September 2011 ref Mission Torah Live s mission is to show the relevance of Torah ... . . . ref Jewish Press, Torah Live Bringing Torah into the Twenty First Century, 2010 ref Their mission statement states that while the language in which Torah is taught, and the challenges to which it is applied, change as the world turns, the core message and relevancy of Torah remain the same. ref www.Torahlive.com ref Presentations Torah Live s presentations combine speakers, 3 D graphics, and videos ... reasons behind the commandment. To date, Torah Live s presentations include the following titles How to Make the Big Bucks Torah Live s very first presentation about the mitzvah of maisser kesafim the Biblical obligation to tithe one s income. ref Jewish Press, Torah Live s Mezuzah Presentation ..., September 2011 ref Organizational Goals Torah Live licenses its materials to schools and kiruv ... themselves for the benefit of their students and communities. Torah Live programs have been purchased ... materials available on DVD for home or group viewing. ref Hamodia Magazine, Torah and Technology, Gavriel Horan, 2011 ref Staff Rabbi Dan Roth Rabbi Roth is the Founder and Developer of Torah Live. Rabbi ... Rabbi Chaim Yitzchak Yudkovski Torah Live s Hebrew representative. ref Hamodia Magazine, Torah and Technology ... more details
Shiur lang he , pronounced shee ur , pl. shiurim , is a lesson on any Torah study Torah topic, such as Gemara , Mishnah , halakha , Tanakh , etc. History The shiur has been a primary method of teaching since Mishna ic times. In a famous Talmud ic passage, Rabbi Judah haNasi averred that he gained his sharp mind from watching Rabbi Meir deliver the shiur. However, since the lecture hall was so crowded, his seat was behind the lectern, so he only saw Rabbi Meir from the back. Had I seen him from the front, how much greater would I have become he declared. ref Eruvin 13b, cited in cite book url http books.google.com books?id MY4xtbRlxWIC&pg PA167&dq eruvin 13b meir rabbeinu hakadosh&hl en&ei PNdbTcf4MoWw8QP3qtSVAg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCwQ6AEwAA v onepage&q eruvin 2013b 20meir 20rabbeinu 20hakadosh&f false title Modesty An adornment for life page 167 last Falk first Rabbi Pesach Eliyahu year 1998 publisher Feldheim Publishers isbn 0 87306 874 2 ref Yeshiva learning Traditionally, a shiur refers to the type of learning that takes place in yeshiva s and kollel im, where students hear an in depth lecture on the sugya Gemara topic the yeshiva is studying at the time. Typically, yeshiva students attend a daily shiur yomi daily lecture given by a maggid shiur literally, sayer of the shiur and a weekly shiur klali comprehensive lecture, which sums up the week s learning given by the rosh yeshiva . ref cite web url http www.haretzion.org prospective students 38 frequently asked questions title Frequently Asked Questions publisher Yeshivat Har Etzion year 2010 accessdate 15 February 2011 ref Before the shiur, a bibliography and a series of textual references are posted so that students may prepare for the lesson in advance. Students typically spend ... been extended to include any kind of Torah lesson &mdash including lectures to children, women, and baalebatim ... life Orthodox Judaism Category Torah Category Orthodox yeshivas Category Hebrew words and phrases de ... more details
See also Rabbinic Judaism Rabbinic literature Judaism The Oral Torah comprises the legal and interpretative ... not written in the Torah . According to Rabbinic Judaism , the oral Torah , oral Law , or oral tradition Hebrew Name 1 Torah she be al peh was given by God orally to Moses in conjunction with the written Torah Hebrew Name 1 Torah she bi khtav nobold , after which it was passed down orally through the ages. ref http www.google.com search?tbm bks&tbo 1&q 22dual torah 22 22Oral Torah 22 22Torah she be al peh 22 22Written Torah 22 22Torah she bikhtav 22 22Torah she be 60al ... University Press, 2004. p lv ref ref The form of Judaism that does not recognize an Oral Torah as authoritative, instead relying on the most natural meaning of the Written Torah to form the basis .... Martin Jaffee, 2007. ref Rabbis of the Talmudic era conceived of the Oral Torah in two distinct ways. First, Rabbinic tradition conceived of the Oral Torah as an unbroken chain of transmission. The distinctive feature of this view was that Oral Torah was conveyed by word of mouth and memorized. ref ... conceived of the Oral Torah as an interpretive tradition, and not merely as memorized traditions. In this view, the written Torah was seen as containing many levels of interpretation. It was left to later ... in the written Torah. The Talmud relays that Moses himself would not understand these interpretations ..., Elizabeth Shanks Alexander, op cit. ref According to many, the oral Torah was ultimately recorded ... and interpretation. See, hermeneutics . The significance of the Oral Torah is that Rabbinic Judaism ... in late antiquity, the Oral Torah is as authoritative or nearly so as the written law itself contrast with Karaism below . Many verses in the Torah require interpretation. Some even presuppose that the reader understands what is being referred to. Many terms used in the Torah are totally undefined ... have commanded you, yet the only earlier commandment given by the Torah is you shall not eat the blood ... more details
File Ezrath Thora.jpg thumb 250px Satmar Hasidic dynasty Satmar Talmud Torah in Ezrat Torah, Jerusalem. Ezrat Torah lang he , in Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation Ezras Torah is a Hareidi Judaism Haredi neighborhood in northern Jerusalem . It is bordered by Kiryat Sanz, Jerusalem Kiryat Sanz on the west, Golda Meir Blvd. on the north and east, and Tel Arza on the south. History Founded around 1970, ref cite web url http www.eifermanrealty.com ShowNb.aspx?id 25 title Ezrat Torah publisher Eiferman Realty accessdate 27 August 2011 ref Ezrat Torah is named for the Ezras Torah Fund , a Jewish American charitable organization. ref cite web url http www.jerusalem.muni.il jer sys pro rehovot rehovot.asp?STREET KOD 390 title Jerusalem Municipality street name information language Hebrew publisher Jerusalem Municipality ref ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id yqXXD 74yAEC&pg PA104&dq ezras torah jerusalem who what eisenberg&hl en v onepage&q&f false title The streets of Jerusalem who, what, why last Eisenberg first Ronald L. page 104 publisher Devora Publishing year 2006 isbn 1932687548 ref Rabbinic presence Rabbi Yechiel Michel Stern, the author of 84 published Torah works who is considered an expert on the Halakha halakhot of the Four Species , has served as the Rav of Ezrat Torah since the 1970s. ref cite web url http www.haaretz.com print edition news the species master 1.314527 title The Species Master Rabbi Yechiel Stern is considered the supreme authority in his Jerusalem neighborhood and beyond on everything related to the Four Species of Sukkot last Ettinger ...&dq ezras torah jerusalem&hl en v onepage&q ezras 20torah 20jerusalem&f false title Where Heaven ... books?id D1RExQx LcC&pg PA192&dq ezrat torah jerusalem&hl en v onepage&q ezrat 20torah 20jerusalem ... Torah. ref Israguide 2006, p. 194 ref Ezrat Torah is home to beth midrash battei midrash , yeshiva ... reflist Commons category Ezrath Torah Neighborhoods of Jerusalem coord 31 47 50 N 35 12 49 ... more details
Da as Torah or Da at Torah , Da as Toyreh lang he , literally Knowledge of Torah , is a concept ... of Jewish law but on all important life matters, on the grounds that knowledge of the Torah ... Hareidi organization Agudath Israel of America , explains the concept as follows blockquote Da at Torah ... Da at Torah means, simply put, is that those most imbued with Torah knowledge and who have internalized a large degree of the perfection of values and refinement of character that the Torah idealizes ... fallible, to be sure to offer medical advice. ref name Shafran Avi Shafran, What Da at Torah really ... of hours of Torah study and with elderly Talmid Chacham Talmidei Chachamim even hundreds of thousands ... Da as Torah an opinion born out of Torah thought. Their thought process has not been affected by secular ... , or gedolei Torah or gedolei Yisrael not just on matters of Jewish law or matters of religion , but in every ... as Torah than when defining a halachic opinion. While a halachic opinion requires legal justification from recognized sources, simple Da as Torah is regarded as being of a more subtle nature and requires ... are considered to be an expression of Da as Torah . Theories about its background Some observers ... in the Haredi world, intensifying the Da as Torah concept to imply near infallibility for gedolim . Avi Shafran disagrees that the concept is a new one. He writes blockquote The phrase Da at Torah ... invention by unmodern Jews is absurd. Emunat chachamim, or trust in the judgment of the Torah ... be based on authentic Torah values. ref name Shafran R. Nahum Rabinovich , in a recently translated .... http www.hakirah.org Vol 205 20Rabinovitch.pdf ref Political impact The Da as Torah concept is the principle ... together as United Torah Judaism , and the Sephardi Shas party guided mainly by Rabbi Ovadia ..., and the template below. nowiki reflist Feitman, Rabbi Yaakov . Daas Torah Tapping the Source of Eternal Wisdom . In Torah Lives , ed. Nisson Wolpin. Brooklyn, NY Mesorah Publications, 1995. Pg ix ... more details
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