Min haMuvhar

Beginning Monday, February 17, Rabbi Hayyim Angel will teach an eight-part series on the interface between traditional and academic methods of Tanakh study. Topics covered include authorship of the Torah, archaeology, contradictions and redundancies in the Torah, literary methods in the study of Tanakh, and traditional commentary in an age of Humanism.

The series is hosted by the Beit Midrash of Teaneck.

Each of us can be a philanthropist on our own financial level if we give what we can without even being asked. Or if we are asked, we can respond early and enthusiastically. Together we can build a better, stronger community.

 Holiness is linked to the way we live our daily lives; it isn’t an ethereal concept restricted to prayer, meditation and study. "Kiddush Hashem" is a daily responsibility and privilege.

Good-hearted, thoughtful and generous people are the ones who sanctify life. They do not eat “the bread of shame.”

The Torah’s teachings on Shabbat are particular to Israel and universal to humanity. Our ideal Shabbat incorporates both components—covenantal observances and grand religious vision.

Stephen Neuwirth passed away in January 2023 and we remember him with great affection and respect. He was a board member and major supporter of our Institute since its inception in 2007. He was a well-respected attorney, a community leader, philanthropist…a really fine human being. His wife Nataly and their four sons were the center of Steve’s life and were the sources of his greatest happiness and fulfillment.