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STUDENT-LED: Boys donned tefillin during Shacharit at a recent Sephardic Minyan.  Along with girls (not shown) on the other side of the mechitzah, they are happy to pray according to their Sephardic customs.

Students praise davening system that gives them four choices

By By Max Helfand, Staff Writer, and Mati Hurwtiz, Torah Editor November 10, 2012

It’s Monday morning after first period and students disperse to four locations. Most head towards the Beit Midrash for the main Ashkenaz Minyan. Some will move underground, to the Sephardic minyan across...

After student requests, Sephardic rabbi joins staff in multifaceted role

After student requests, Sephardic rabbi joins staff in multifaceted role

By Rose Bern, Community Editor October 19, 2012

After several years of not having a Sephardic Rabbi, Shalhevet last week welcomed Rabbi Aharon Assaraf, new leader and go-to guy for the Sephardic minyan and students, who make up about half of the student...

Alumni Dvar Torah: Returning to our Hearts, and to Israel

By Josh Meisel September 15, 2012

BS”D Parshat Nitzavim By Josh Meisel, '12 This week's Parsha contains the concept of teshuva in it. The Rambam actually uses the psukim in the parsha as the source for the mitzvah of Teshuva....

From Mishna to Philosophy, Shalhevet Teachers Also Learn

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor September 9, 2012

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor Reb Tuli Skaist is the only person on the Shalhevet Staff learning Daf Yomi, having made the commitment to join in the new worldwide reading when it began earlier this...

Rare Talmud Siyum Shows Varied Styles of Learning

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor September 9, 2012

Why was only one Shalhevet student -- the author of this article -- at the Daf Yomi Siyum Hashas, held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion downtown Aug. 1? Three thousand other L.A. Orthodox Jews were...

What are students and staff repenting for this year?

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor September 7, 2012

With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur approaching, Shalhevet students and staff have begun repenting more intensely for sins they committed during the year that is ending. Rosh Hashanah is the first day of...

Kings and judges,cellphones and Facebook

By Yosef Nemanpour, BP Web Staff September 7, 2012

Reminding us about temptations that distract us, Parshat Shoftim sets the tone for the season. Should we see judges as being on a higher level than ourselves? What about royalty? Or are we all subject...

Co-designer of Shalhevet’s Judaic Studies curriculum joins the faculty

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor September 7, 2012

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor An Ivy League engineer and co-author of Shalhevet’s new Judaic Studies curriculum, Rabbi David Stein is teaching Talmud and Tanach. “Rabbi David Stein is someone...

Parshat Ki Tetzei: Honoring Your Parents

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor August 31, 2012

In Parshas Ki Teitzei, Deut. 21:18-22, we see the case of a ben sorer umoreh – a son (minor) rebellious toward his parents is stoned. In fact, never in the history of the world has there existed...

Dvar Torah Parshas Re’eh: The power of temptation — and of resisting it

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor August 16, 2012

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor Parshas Re’eh opens up with Hashem giving the Jewish people a blessing and a curse. This blessing is to listen and observe Hashem’s commandments while the curse is...

Tisha B’av dvar Torah: Not a day to Sit and Remember

By Justin Nemanpour July 27, 2012

After completing the fourth book of the Torah, Sefer Bamidbar, We start the final book of Sefer Devarim, also known as Mishna Torah. Devarim, or Deuteronomy, is a speech given by Moshe Rabeinu, in his...

Dvar Torah Matos-Masei: Getting ready to graduate

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor July 20, 2012

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor In this week’s double parsha, Matos-Masei, Bnei Yisrael is close to settling and entering Eretz Yisrael. The tribes Reuven and Gad request to settle east of the Jordan...

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