Written by: Rabbi Avrohom S. Moller This week we read the Torah’s main description of the mitzva of Shmita – the sabbatical year. This mitzva obligates us who are fortunate to be in Eretz Yisroel to leave the ground fallow, make the perennial fruits available to all and to treat the fruits with special sacredness.
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May 13, 2022
REACH teachers help community parents with parenting tool for empathy and collaboration
When it comes to parenting, children don’t come with a manual. Most parents learn from experience, copy repeat generational behaviors and seek advice from friends and family. That can be enough, but at times when kids display challenging behaviors, having some advice from experts is helpful. REACH teachers are trained in the Collaborative Problem Solving®
May 13, 2022
A Taste of Torah – Parshas Emor
Written by: Rabbi Mordechai Raizman Easy Does It In this week’s Torah portion Emor, Moshe gives instructions to the Kohanim about their additional responsibilities. In giving the message, G-d tells Moshe “Emor El Hacohanim” (say to the Kohanim). The commentaries wonder why the word emor is used and not the common word used for commandments
May 11, 2022
Israel Scholarships Winners
Noam Braun – ICJA Gabriel Burstyn – ICJA Yonatan Chavel – ICJA Esther DeAngelis – HSBY Rockie Frankenthal – HSBY Malka Friedman – HSBY Sarah Friedman – ICJA David Gaffen – ICJA Tamira Halpert – ICJA Amitai Kakon – ICJA Leora Lakser – ICJA Fraydi Leichtman – BYHS Sarina Liberman – BYHS Chana Lowinger –
May 10, 2022
2022 Awards Presentation and Annual Meeting
The Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago invites the community to its Evening with the Stars. Join the ATT as it presents student awards at its Awards Presentation and Annual Meeting, on Tuesday evening, May 24, 2022, at the Ida Crown Jewish Academy, 8233 Central Park Avenue, Skokie. The program will begin at 7:15 pm. For