Long Lasting Effects In this week’s Torah portion, Vayechi, Yaakov tells Yosef that your sons that were born before I came down to Egypt, Ephraim and Menashe, are mine. Rashi understands the statement to mean that Yaakov has a greater connection with the sons born before he came down to Egypt than to Yosef’s future
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December 28, 2020
Sight vs. Visual Processing – Knowing the Difference
Presented by Dr. Neil W. Margolis, O.D., F.C.O.V.DPresented in collaboration with Walder Education of Torah Umesorah ATT in collaboration with Walder Education offered a very informative and most useful professional development session on Visual Processing, presented by Dr. Neil W. Margolis, O.D., F.C.O.V.D., a board-certified developmental optometrist. Dr. Margolis defined and described the different visual processing
December 24, 2020
How to increase student participation with Zoom
After 10 months in a global pandemic, keeping classes Zoom engaging remains challenging. Though it’s impossible to simulate the energy from a classroom experience, there are tools and techniques to make learning virtually more optimal and enjoyable. ATT’s Chani Friedman shared essential aspects of the remote environment from a physical and an emotional perspective with
December 23, 2020
A Taste of Torah – Parshas VaYigash
Written by: Avrohom S. Moller VaYigash is the third parsha which discusses the dramatic events which took place around Yosef and his brothers. This week begins with a very intense exchange between Yehudah and Yosef climaxing with Yosef’s revelation of his true identity and his brothers’ stunned reaction. Instead of pressing his advantage and telling
December 18, 2020
A Taste of Torah – Parshas Miketz
Written by: Rabbi Mordechai Raizman As we come to the end of Chanukah, I would like to share a message to take us through the winter. There is a famous question from Rabbi Yosef Cairo, the author of the Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law), that is asked. If there was enough oil to last