Shiur on Parshat Emor

Please click here to listen to a shiur (in Hebrew) on Parshat Emor from the Sgan Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Michael Yammer, shlit”a.

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Hesped (in Hebrew) for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l from the Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Yechezkel Yaakovson, shlit”a

Please click here to listen to divrei Hesped (in Hebrew) for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l from the Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Yechezkel Yaakovson, shlit”a.

For other shiurim at Sha’alvim, please click here.

Sicha of HaRav Yechezkel Yaakovson on Yom Haatzmaut

Please click here to listen to a Sicha (in Hebrew) on Yom Haatzmaut from the Rosh HaYeshiva, HaRav Yechezkel Yaakovson, shlit”a.

For other shiurim at Sha’alvim, please click here.

S.E.M. Torah for Parshat Kedoshim

Please click here to listen to S.E.M. Torah for this week.

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S.E.M. Torah is a series of brief divrei Torah delivered by various members of the faculty of Sha’alvim for Women.

S.E.M. stands (good-humoredly) for "Squeezing Every Minute" and represents an important philosophy at SFW: every minute counts and every minute can be used productively. Torah must be learned deeply and profoundly on the highest levels possible. However, even when you find that you have only a few moments, we believe that opportunities -like listening to this S.E.M. Torah - are always available…. if you know where to look!

S.E.M. Torah for Parshat Acharei Mot

Please click here to listen to S.E.M. Torah for this week by Rav Yamin Goldsmith.

For more S.E.M. Torah, please click here.

S.E.M. Torah is a series of brief divrei Torah delivered by various members of the faculty of Sha’alvim for Women.

S.E.M. stands (good-humoredly) for "Squeezing Every Minute" and represents an important philosophy at SFW: every minute counts and every minute can be used productively. Torah must be learned deeply and profoundly on the highest levels possible. However, even when you find that you have only a few moments, we believe that opportunities -like listening to this S.E.M. Torah - are always available…. if you know where to look!

Yom Haatzmaut @ SFW!

This past week SFW experienced - together with all of Klal Yisrael - the zeniths and the nadirs of Jewish history, the agony and the celebration of our people. We mourned with Klal Yisrael as we participated in Yom Hazikaron ceremonies commemorating the dedication and sacrifice of the thousands fallen soldiers of the I.D.F. who died al Kiddush Hashem defending our Homeland. And we celebrated - together with all of with Klal Yisrael - the miracles and opportunities afforded our generation in Eretz Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael!

Please click here to see pictures of Yom Haatzmaut.

Mazal tov to former SFW Madricha Ariel (Mischel) Ginsburg

Mazal tov to former SFW Madricha Ariel (Mischel) Ginsburg and her husband and family on the birth of a baby girl!

שיזכו לגדלה לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

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Siyur to Har Herzl

This week, we took a siyur of Har Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery, with SFW’s Rabbi Jason Knapel. This week it was much, much quieter than it will be next week on Yom Hazikaron when we return iy"H with tens of thousands of other people commemorating the lives and the contributions of the soldiers who fell defending the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

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S.E.M. Torah - Tazria-Metzora 5775

Please click here to listen to S.E.M. Torah for this week by Mrs. Nili Turetsky

For more S.E.M. Torah, please click here. 

S.E.M. Torah is a series of brief divrei Torah delivered by various members of the faculty of Sha’alvim for Women. 

S.E.M. stands (good-humoredly) for "Squeezing Every Minute" and represents an important philosophy at SFW: every minute counts and every minute can be used productively. Torah must be learned deeply and profoundly on the highest levels possible. However, even when you find that you have only a few moments, we believe that opportunities - like listening to this S.E.M. Torah - are always available…. if you know where to look!

Mazal Tov to Carly Mayer (SFW ‘12)

Mazal Tov to Carly Mayer (SFW ‘12) on her engagement to Mordy Fried!

שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל

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S.E.M. Torah for Parshat Shmini

Please click here to listen to S.E.M. Torah for this week by SFW's Menahel, Rav Yamin Goldsmith.

For more S.E.M. Torah, please click here. 

S.E.M. Torah is a series of brief divrei Torah delivered by various members of the faculty of Sha’alvim for Women. 

S.E.M. stands (good-humoredly) for "Squeezing Every Minute" and represents an important philosophy at SFW: every minute counts and every minute can be used productively. Torah must be learned deeply and profoundly on the highest levels possible. However, even when you find that you have only a few moments, we believe that opportunities - like listening to this S.E.M. Torah - are always available…. if you know where to look!

Baruch Dayan Ha'Emmett

We regret to inform you of the untimely passing of Yitzchak Samet, brother of former SFW kitchen employee Avremi Samet. Yitzchak z"l was killed during the funeral of Rav Vosner zt"l.  

Avreimi is sitting shiva, beginning Motzaei Shabbat, in Meah Shearim in the Toldos Aharon neighborhood. 

בלע המות לנצח ומחה ה' אלוקים דמעה מעל כל פנים

Mazal tov to Rav Dovid Abrahamovitz!

Mazal tov to SFW Rebbe, Rav Dovid Abrahamovitz and his wife and family on the birth of a baby girl!

שיזכו לגדלה לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

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S.E.M. Torah for Sefirat HaOmer

Please click here to listen to S.E.M. Torah for Sefirat HaOmer by Rav Yamin Goldsmith.

For more S.E.M. Torah, please click here. 

S.E.M. Torah is a series of brief divrei Torah delivered by various members of the faculty of Sha’alvim for Women. 

S.E.M. stands (good-humoredly) for "Squeezing Every Minute" and represents an important philosophy at SFW: every minute counts and every minute can be used productively. Torah must be learned deeply and profoundly on the highest levels possible. However, even when you find that you have only a few moments, we believe that opportunities - like listening to this S.E.M. Torah - are always available…. if you know where to look!

Rav Gershon Turetsky: Practical Review of Eruv Tavshilin

Please click here to listen to a shiur from SFW's Rosh Beit Midrash, Rav Gershon Turetsky, titled "A Practical Review of Eruv Tavshilin."

This shiur was given as a Pesach Tele-Shiur.

For other shiurim at Sha’alvim, please click here.

Pesach Tele-Shiur!

Chag Kasher v’Sameach!

On behalf of everyone at Shaalvim for Women, we wish you a Chag Kasher v’Sameach!

As we celebrate zman cheiruteinu, may we all be zocheh to freedom from our own Mitzrayim / metzarim, our personal limitations in our avodat Hashem.

And, as we celebrate our national exodus, may Hashem grant personal and national salvation for all of Klal Yisrael - wherever they may be - from all of the dangers and perils in which we find ourselves: המקום ירחם עליהם ויוציאם מצרה לרוחה ומאפלה לאורה ומשעבוד לגאולה השתא בעגלא ובזמן קריב

S.E.M. Torah - Pesach Edition

Please click here to listen to S.E.M. Torah for this week.... a special Pesach edition by Rav Ari Waxman, Yeshivat Sha'alvim's Menahel of the Moty Hornstein Institute of Overseas Students.


For more S.E.M. Torah, please click here. 

S.E.M. Torah is a series of brief divrei Torah delivered by various members of the faculty of Sha’alvim for Women. S.E.M. stands (good-humoredly) for "Squeezing Every Minute" and represents an important philosophy at SFW: every minute counts and every minute can be used productively. Torah must be learned deeply and profoundly on the highest levels possible. However, even when you find that you have only a few moments, we believe that opportunities - like listening to this S.E.M. Torah - are always available…. if you know where to look!

Rav Yamin Goldsmith on the Korban Pesach

Please click here to listen to a shiur on Pesach entitled, "Messages for Today from the Korban Pesach" from SFW's Menahel, Rav Yamin Goldsmith. 

This shiur was delivered as a "Pre-Pesach Tele-Shiur." 

For other shiurim at Sha’alvim, please click here.