Mazal Tov to Adina Eizikovitz (SFW ‘10, '11)!

Mazal Tov to Adina Eizikovitz (SFW ‘10, '11) on her engagement to Dani Rubin!

שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל

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Alumni Melave Malka!

Join Rabbi Goldsmith and Rabbi Felberman and your fellow SFW alumni for divrei Torah, pizza, and catching up at a great melava malka - geared for Alumni from SFW '11 and earlier!

The melave malka will take place be"H on November 17th at the home of Atara (Staiman) Bienenfeld (SFW '10) at 8:00 PM!

Their address is 490 West 187th Street, Apt 6C

Please RSVP to Atara @ 201 214 7071 or email Atarabien@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you there!!!

Scenes from SFW

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Rav Aryeh Leibowitz at SFW

On Thursday nights, we are privileged to host Sha'alvim's Rosh Yeshiva or another member of the greater Sha'alvim faculty for a weekly "Sichat Ram'im." This week we were privileged to welcome Rav Aryeh Leibowitz. Rav Leibowitz discussed the practical and spiritual ramifications of preparing for Shabbat.


We are grateful to Rav Leibowitz for giving of his time to share words of Torah and inspiration.

Rav Leibowitz is the S'gan Menahel of the Moty Hornstein Overseas Program at Yeshivat Sha'alvim. He has written numerous Torah articles and is the author of the book 'Hasgacha Pratis: An Exploration of Divine Providence and Free Will' 

Shiur on Parshat Lech Lecha

Please click here to listen to a shiur (in Hebrew) on the parsha by the S’gan Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Aryeh Hendler, shlit”a

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Save the Date: Alumni Shiur in Stern

Save the Date.......

Rav Yamin Goldsmith, Menahel of SFW, will be giving a shiur at Stern College for Women iy"H on Tuesday evening, November 13, at 8:00 PM.

We hope to see you there!

Rabbi Moshe Benovitz at SFW

We were privileged to welcome Rav Moshe Benovitz on Tuesday to deliver a guest shiur. Rav Benovitz discussed the seemingly contradictory aspects of Avraham Avinu's eternal contributions to Klal Yisrael. On the one hand, Avraham is the consummate theologian who discovered and developed the monumental notion of monotheism. On the other hand, Avraham was the ultimate "people-person" who embodied and perfected the art of Chessed. Through careful analysis and clear arguments, Rav Benovitz discussed how those two seemingly disparate ideas are really one and the same.

We are grateful to Rav Benovitz for giving of his time to share words of Torah and inspiration.

Rav Benovitz is a Rebbe and Director of Admissions at Yeshivat Reishit Yerushalayim in Beit Shemesh.

SFW Faculty Highlight: Rav Eliezer Schenkolewsky

At Sha’alvim for Women, we are very proud of our incredible faculty. From time to time on this blog, we highlight some of these SFW tremendous mechanchim and mechanchot.

Rabbi Eliezer Schenkolewsky studied at Yeshivat Shaalvim's Hesder and Keter Yehoshua Kollel programs before receiving ordination from Israel's Chief Rabbinate. Rabbi Schenkolewsky serves on several rabbinical courts and has published numerous articles. A highly versatile educator who has taught the full range of Jewish subjects, Rabbi Schenkolewsky is best known as one of Israel's leading Tanach scholars. He also serves as the Assistant Principal of Shaalvim's David and Golda Lander College of Education and holds the rank of captain (res.) in the Israel Defense Forces. Rabbi Schenkolewsky is currently the Rabbi of Nofei Aviv - a community in Beit Shemesh.

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Mazal tov to Rav Ezra Shapiro!

Mazal tov to Rav Ezra Shapiro and his wife and family on the birth of a baby girl!

שיזכו לגדלה לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

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Scenes from SFW

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Shiur on Parshat Noach

Please click here to listen to a shiur (in Hebrew) on the parsha by the S’gan Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Aryeh Hendler, shlit”a

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Rav Yammer at SFW

This past Tuesday, we had the zechut to welcome Rav Yammer back to Sha'alvim for Women. Rav Yammer is no stranger to SFW: he was instrumental in founding our school in 2004 and has been a teacher here since then. He is taking this semester off from teaching at SFW. Nonetheless he is more than involved with our students: for example, he hosts our Shana Bet students in his home every week in a unique and unforgettable "Bayit Cham."

On Tuesday, Rav Yammer delivered the Guest Speaker Shiur to our entire student body and he addressed the issue of Simcha, as expressed in Sukkot (z'man simchateinu) and our obligation to bring that simcha in Cheshvan.

We look forward to seeing Rav Yammer a lot this semester and to welcoming him back to our faculty in the spring, iy"H

Scenes from SFW: Sukkot

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