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CONTROVERSY: Freshman Zev Kent expresses opinion at Town Hall Oct. 31.

Rabbi Segal to announce decision on girls wearing tefillin tonight

By Noah Rothman, Torah Editor November 14, 2013

Three weeks after his initial email raising the question to the Shalhevet community, Rabbi Segal announced last night that he would not let female students wrap tefillin and wear tallit at Shacharit. “Ultimately,...

EARLY: Its not quite light out as sophomore Joseph Schnitzer leads Shacharit at the Hashkama Minyan, which starts at 7:25 a.m. in the Beit Midrash.

New Hashkama Minyan offers prayers at sunrise — and free time after 1st period

November 2, 2013

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer     It's 7:25 am. The classes are empty and the halls are quiet. But the Beit Midrash is filled with people and prayer as a result of the recently established "Hashkama"...

New Judaic Studies teacher brings Hassidic views

New Judaic Studies teacher brings Hassidic views

October 14, 2013

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah EditorWith enthusiasm and a love of music and Torah, new Judaic Studies teacher Reb Derek Gormin wears many hats -- even a shtreimel. In his first-ever classroom teaching position,...

SCHOLAR: Mrs. Segal began studying Gemara after high school and first taught the subject in Houston.

With the year’s new class assignments, Mrs. Atara Segal becomes the first woman to teach Gemara in an Orthodox high school in LA

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor October 8, 2013

Breaking barriers at least in Los Angeles, Judaic Studies teacher Mrs. Atara Segal became the first woman teaching Gemara in an LA Orthodox high school this fall when she added a 10th-grade Talmud track...

BEAUTY: Senior Yosef Nemanpour spent Wednesday putting the finishing touches on his familys sukkah, above.

SUKKOT: Why be happy?

September 17, 2013

By Yosef Nemanpour 12th grade We have all learned that Sukkot is less commonly referred to as z'man simchateinu, or time of our happiness. We know that it is a mitzvah to build a sukkah; we know that...

TEKIAH: Students said they feel awe and amazement along with gratefulness, reflection and repentance when they hear the shofar.

BP POLL: What do you think about when you hear the shofar?

September 10, 2013

A shofar is a ram’s horn that has a lot of history, dating back even to the time of Abraham. It can symbolize the cries of pain of the Jewish nation, the hope for the coming of the Messiah, or even...

BP POLL: What do you think about when you hear the blasts of the shofar?

BP POLL: What do you think about when you hear the blasts of the shofar?

September 9, 2013

By Max Helfand, Staff Writer; Laly Chriki, 10th grade; and Alec Fields, 9th grade   Freshmen   Nicole Miles: “That everybody’s sicknesses will be healed.”   Miriam Arnan:...

Summer: A time for mitzvot your own way

June 21, 2013

By Yosef Nemanpour, 11th Grade There’s a story from the Ponevezher rav, who was a giant in the field of collecting money for charity. He would singlehandedly raise money for multiple charities,...

Dress code skirt crackdown was about covering the shok -- but what is a shok?

Dress code skirt crackdown was about covering the ‘shok’ — but what is a ‘shok’?

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor June 21, 2013

For the last three weeks of school, female students were getting skirted in the morning, and not necessarily for halachic reasons. In the past, the excuse for skirting – that is, for being sent...

FOCUS: During Shacharit earlier this month, freshman Eric Bazak read the prayer for the sick as Reb Tuli Skaist looked on.  It was added earlier this year after parents of several students were diagnosed with serious illness.

Does prayer work? Yes – and maybe

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor May 14, 2013

In the opening weeks of school last fall, at least five students learned that a parent was suffering from some form of cancer. Since enrollment at Shalhevet hovers around 160 students, everyone knew someone...

The Omer: Spiritual preparing for Matan Torah

May 12, 2013

By Yosef Nemanpour, 11th Grade After centuries of persecution in Mitzrayim, followed by a Las Vegas-style show of plagues, the Jews finally hit the climax of their journey, the receiving of the Torah....

Girls are leading Morning Blessings in the Main Minyan

February 2, 2013

By Rose Bern, Community Editor For the past year, girls have been leading the Birkot Hashachar, or Morning Blessings, in the main minyan in the Beit Midrash. Former Judaic Studies principal Rabbi...

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