#yeshiva — Public Fediverse posts

"In its heyday, #BethEl was the spiritual home to as many as 1,800 families. Its spiritual leaders have been distinguished leaders of #Reform #Judaism. They engaged the first ordained woman #cantor, #BarbaraOstfeld, to offer prayers in its magnificent sanctuary, which had been designed by #LouiseNevelson.

But things change. Recently, an #Iranian/#Sephardic #yeshiva purchased Temple Beth-El.

Many of my friends who grew up at Beth-El experience this as a kind of a loss. I see it as a story of #Jewish transformation.

The #Persian/Iranian Jewish community is among the oldest continuous Jewish communities in the world, going back even further than Cyrus the Great. The #Hebrew Bible ends with him inviting the Jews of his realm to return to #Jerusalem, while those who stayed behind in #Persia built a rich culture, literature and traditions.

Then came the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and we are still living with its aftermath."

https://religionnews.com/2026/04/22/an-iranian-yeshiva-bought-a-major-reform-temple-its-exactly-the-jewish-innovation-we-need/

"There is a line in #Spanish-#Jewish #philosopher #HasdaiCrescas’s letter to the #Jews of #Avignon, #France, that stops you cold. He is describing the 1391 massacres in #Spain, community by community, chronicling who died and who converted and who escaped.

Then he [...] writes: “Among the many who sanctified the Name of the Lord was my only son, who was a bridegroom and whom I have offered as a faultless lamb for sacrifice. I submit to God’s justice and take comfort in the thought of his excellent portion and his delightful lot.”

That sentence captures something essential about #Crescas. His son was murdered, his community decimated, the #yeshiva where he studied destroyed, the scholars he knew slaughtered. And through it all, he kept #writing #philosophy.

Hasdai Crescas: #CollectedWritings, #edited by #RoslynWeiss and published by The Library of the Jewish People, an imprint of #KorenPublishers Jerusalem [...], brings together all of Crescas’s surviving #writings."

https://www.jpost.com/history/article-887278#google_vignette

"There is a line in #Spanish-#Jewish #philosopher #HasdaiCrescas’s letter to the #Jews of #Avignon, #France, that stops you cold. He is describing the 1391 massacres in #Spain, community by community, chronicling who died and who converted and who escaped.

Then he [...] writes: “Among the many who sanctified the Name of the Lord was my only son, who was a bridegroom and whom I have offered as a faultless lamb for sacrifice. I submit to God’s justice and take comfort in the thought of his excellent portion and his delightful lot.”

That sentence captures something essential about #Crescas. His son was murdered, his community decimated, the #yeshiva where he studied destroyed, the scholars he knew slaughtered. And through it all, he kept #writing #philosophy.

Hasdai Crescas: #CollectedWritings, #edited by #RoslynWeiss and published by The Library of the Jewish People, an imprint of #KorenPublishers Jerusalem [...], brings together all of Crescas’s surviving #writings."

https://www.jpost.com/history/article-887278#google_vignette

"There is a line in #Spanish-#Jewish #philosopher #HasdaiCrescas’s letter to the #Jews of #Avignon, #France, that stops you cold. He is describing the 1391 massacres in #Spain, community by community, chronicling who died and who converted and who escaped.

Then he [...] writes: “Among the many who sanctified the Name of the Lord was my only son, who was a bridegroom and whom I have offered as a faultless lamb for sacrifice. I submit to God’s justice and take comfort in the thought of his excellent portion and his delightful lot.”

That sentence captures something essential about #Crescas. His son was murdered, his community decimated, the #yeshiva where he studied destroyed, the scholars he knew slaughtered. And through it all, he kept #writing #philosophy.

Hasdai Crescas: #CollectedWritings, #edited by #RoslynWeiss and published by The Library of the Jewish People, an imprint of #KorenPublishers Jerusalem [...], brings together all of Crescas’s surviving #writings."

https://www.jpost.com/history/article-887278#google_vignette

"There is a line in #Spanish-#Jewish #philosopher #HasdaiCrescas’s letter to the #Jews of #Avignon, #France, that stops you cold. He is describing the 1391 massacres in #Spain, community by community, chronicling who died and who converted and who escaped.

Then he [...] writes: “Among the many who sanctified the Name of the Lord was my only son, who was a bridegroom and whom I have offered as a faultless lamb for sacrifice. I submit to God’s justice and take comfort in the thought of his excellent portion and his delightful lot.”

That sentence captures something essential about #Crescas. His son was murdered, his community decimated, the #yeshiva where he studied destroyed, the scholars he knew slaughtered. And through it all, he kept #writing #philosophy.

Hasdai Crescas: #CollectedWritings, #edited by #RoslynWeiss and published by The Library of the Jewish People, an imprint of #KorenPublishers Jerusalem [...], brings together all of Crescas’s surviving #writings."

https://www.jpost.com/history/article-887278#google_vignette

"There is a line in #Spanish-#Jewish #philosopher #HasdaiCrescas’s letter to the #Jews of #Avignon, #France, that stops you cold. He is describing the 1391 massacres in #Spain, community by community, chronicling who died and who converted and who escaped.

Then he [...] writes: “Among the many who sanctified the Name of the Lord was my only son, who was a bridegroom and whom I have offered as a faultless lamb for sacrifice. I submit to God’s justice and take comfort in the thought of his excellent portion and his delightful lot.”

That sentence captures something essential about #Crescas. His son was murdered, his community decimated, the #yeshiva where he studied destroyed, the scholars he knew slaughtered. And through it all, he kept #writing #philosophy.

Hasdai Crescas: #CollectedWritings, #edited by #RoslynWeiss and published by The Library of the Jewish People, an imprint of #KorenPublishers Jerusalem [...], brings together all of Crescas’s surviving #writings."

https://www.jpost.com/history/article-887278#google_vignette

I attended Chabad #dayschool as a child. I have my issues with them, for sure, but one of them is not the quality of my secular #education. When I moved to public school in 10th grade I was well-prepared, and I went on to attend the college of my choice.

These NY #yeshivot, however, are a different story. They're attempting to create here what they've successfully created in #Israel: an entire generation of adults unable to make any contribution to society whatsoever; unable to make a living anywhere outside the #haredi community; unable to speak the language of their country; unable to act as informed citizens of a #democracy; and ultimately, unable to raise children of their own who are not similarly handicapped.

Torah-observant #Jews needn't be so isolated from the greater community.

Good for #NewYork for insisting that NY children be given the opportunity to become educated, fully-participating members of society.

#JTA #yeshiva #Jewish #education

https://www.jta.org/2025/03/20/united-states/three-more-new-york-city-yeshivas-lose-status-and-funding-over-secular-education-standards

Hadar’s #Rabbinic #Yeshiva Intensive (RYI) aims to refill the spiritual and intellectual wells of #rabbis from across the denominational and geographical spectrum through text study and meaningful conversation.
It offers a remarkable space for rabbis of all backgrounds to come together to learn resonant and relevant Torah in Hadar’s beit midrash.

@mazeldon
#Hadar #Torah #Judaism

HOW TO ARGUE JEWISHLY

Analytical criticism – argumentation – is an essential part of #Judaism in the Mishnah and #Talmud. It is part of every #yeshiva and Hebrew school. Note that Jewish arguments are aimed at reasoning and conclusions, but not ad homenim.

“Just as a knife can be sharpened only on the side of another, so a disciple of a sage improves only through his chaver” - #Midrash Genesis Rabbah

We take a closer look here

https://merrimackvalleyhavurah.wordpress.com/2017/06/25/how-to-argue-jewishly/

@mazeldon

This week's #Torah #Kasha #Parsha #LechLecha #Judaism

In #yeshiva, I learned that promises of good or rewards in #Tanakh are guaranteed, but promises of punishments are not neccesary, they 're like warnings. So for example when #Hashem promises success through the #Navi, it's guaranteed, but if He promises #exile, it's possible to avoid it.

If so, then why did so many #Rishonim try to calculate the #400years of slavery? Why didn't they just say "The warning no longer applied after ~200 years"

#introduction:
I live in #israel. Born in the #USA.
I am a former #Yeshiva student.

I work as a #translator of #Jewish #books.

I love #music, especially #Rock, #Pop, #Chassidic & #Classical.
I am a #writer of Poetry, Prose, and Songs, mostly in #Hebrew.
I am an avid #reader, specializing in #Science_fiction and in #Torah study.
I #vote #moderate #left in the Israeli #elections.

I have an account for Hebrew stuff (@[email protected]).