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Two holidays. celebrated by two religions. Hanukkah, according to the Talmud, celebrates the restoration of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, where a day’s worth of oil burned for eight. Christmas, according to the Bible . . . more

12/14/23

Appreciating and taking stock of our lives during the High Holidays

In the Talmud, Masechet Berachot, Rabbi Levi presents to us this problem: It reads in Psalm 24, “The earth and its fullness belong to the Lord,” but it also reads in Psalm 115, … more

By Rabbi Steven Graber | 9/20/20

HAFTR Highlights student columnist Amanda Schorr.

Learning cyberbullying tools; using the Torah to gain perspective on decision-making

These past few weeks here at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) have been some of the busiest yet. more

By Amanda Schorr | 1/25/17

Rabbi Shay Schachter, director of Adult Education at Young Israel of Woodmere, at one the synagogue’s Beis Medrash lectures.

Promoting Torah in the community

Supplementing already existing Torah study is one of the goals of the Young Israel of Woodmere’s new Beis Medrash program, as the synagogue’s Summer Learning Experience (SLE) is considered a tremendous success, attracting community members of all ages to learn together. more

By Yitzchak Carroll | 8/12/15

Tisha B'Av, which begins this weekend, is a mourning period that commemorates sad events throughout Jewish history.

Remembering past calamities on Tisha B’Av

Jewish people across the globe will change from dress shoes to non-leather footwear and move from chairs to the floor to hear the recitation of Megillat Eicha (Lamentations) as the holiday of Tisha B’Av begins at sundown on the second to last day of a three-week mourning period, and will be commemorated this year from the eve of July 25 through nightfall on July 26. more

By Yitzchak Carroll | 7/22/15

Hanukkah drives away the darkness

We learn in the Talmud that when the Maccabees recaptured the holy Temple in Jerusalem from the Greek Syrians in 165 B.C.E. they immediately set out to purify it from the three years of defilement and pollution. This included relighting the lamp (menorah) with oil dedicated for that purpose by the priests (kohanim) who served in the Temple. more

By Rabbi Matt Futterman | 12/12/14

Two groups of men use their time commuting on the LIRR’s Far Rockaway line to study the Talmud. Monday marked the third time they completed reading the bible. On the left reading is Chaim Resiss. On the right is lecturer Sholom Fried, Eliezer Cohen, center, and Elliot Krischer.

All aboard for bible study

A nearly 23-year-old Talmud study group that commutes to Manhattan on the Far Rockaway Long Island Rail Road line marked a milestone on Monday as the men read the final page of the Jewish bible for the third time in the informal class’s existence. more

By Jeff Bessen | 3/26/14

Rosh Hashanah: Asking more of ourselves

The Talmud in its attempt to describe a genuinely religious person records: “Who is a pious person; he who is tough on himself and lenient on others.” It’s usually the other way around. For ourselves we are able to find a million excuses for unacceptable behavior. more

Rabbi Sholom Stern, Temple Beth El | 9/4/13

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