Mazel Tov to Diane Horwitz and family!

Mazal Tov to Diane Horwitz and her husband and family on the marriage of their son Benny to Sharon ben Naim! 

שיזכו לבנות בית נאמן בישראל

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Mazal Tov to Rav Ezra Shapiro and his wife and family!

Mazal Tov to Rav Ezra Shapiro and his wife and family on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Miriam!

סימן טוב ומזל טוב יהא לנו ולכל ישראל! 

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Mazal tov to Mrs. Shanie Warman!

Mazal tov to Mrs. Shanie Warman and her husband and family on the birth of a baby girl, Sheva Rachel!

שיזכו לגדלה לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

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Mazal tov to Michelle Elmaleh!

Mazal tov to Michelle Elmaleh and her husband and family on the birth of a baby girl!

שיזכו לגדלה לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

 

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Mazal tov to Mrs. Mindy Hilewitz!

Mazal tov to SFW teacher, Mrs. Mindy Hilewitz, and her husband and family on the birth of a baby boy!

שיזכו להכניסו בבריתו של אברהם אבינו בזמנו ולגדלו לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

 

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Mazal tov to Tali Ifrah!

Mazal tov to our teacher and Shana Bet Rakezet Tali Ifrah and her family on the birth of a baby boy!

 שיזכו להכניסו בבריתו של אברהם אבינו בזמנו ולגדלו לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

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Mazal tov to SFW Kitchen Assistant, Mr. Guy Sorek!

Mazal tov to SFW Kitchen Assistant, Mr. Guy Sorek and his wife on the birth of a baby girl!

שיזכו לגדלה לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

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Tele-Shiur - This Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Iyar

UPDATED: Source sheet below 

Join us for our latest "Tele-Shiur” for Rosh Chodesh Iyarfor  our alumni around the globe!

Please join Rav Ezra Shapiro this Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Iyar (April 11).

The shiur will take place at..... 

Israel: 12:00 AM

Johannesburg: 11:00 PM
London: 10:00 PM
New York: 5:00 PM
Chicago: 4:00 PM
Los Angeles: 2:00 PM
Melbourne: 7:00 AM

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CALLING IN TO THE CONFERENCE CALL:

To participate in the conference call, please follow these instructions….

Conference Dial-in Number:

From Israel: 076-599-0100

From the USA: 559-546-1301
From Canada: 559-546-1333

From the UK: 784-843-2915 (NOTE: This is a mobile dial-in number. Please check with your phone provider for mobile calling rates.)

From South Africa: 87-825-0140

From Australia: 1-300-781-250

When prompted, for the Access Code, press 966023 followed by the # key.

After that, you’re in!

Please press *6 to mute your line. Press *6 again to un-mute the line.

We’re looking forward to learning with you!

Please click below for the source sheet for tonight's shiur.......

Rav Yakov Haber: Fate and Destiny

This past week, we had the great privilege of hearing a "guest shiur" from no guest at all! Rav Yakov Haber has been a beloved member of the SFW faculty for many years.

This week, Rav Haber delivered a moving and in-depth sicha based upon - and an expansion of - Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik's thoughts on the differences between one's "Fate" and one's "Destiny." In other words, Rav Haber explores in his unique, engaging and thought-provoking manner how one balances between those components of our lives that we were born into, about which we have no control and those things which our in our power to control and improve?

We thank Rav Haber for taking the time to share of his wisdom and inspiration!

To hear the shiur, please click here.

Rabbi Yakov Haber is known for the clarity of presentation and dynamic teaching style that he brings to his in-depth halacha shiurim. An enthusiastic educator, he comes to SFW with a decade of expertise in high-level Torah education at Yeshiva University: as a rebbe in YU´s Stone Beit Midrash Program; as coordinator of the practical halacha learning program at RIETS; and as a teacher of Halacha, Jewish thought, and prayer at Stern College for Women. After learning at Yeshivat Kerem B´Yavneh and pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science, he was a fellow at YU´s prestigious and challenging Gruss Kollel Elyon. Rabbi Haber, his wife and children made aliya in 2007 and live in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

To view other SFW Faculty Highlights, please click here or click on the following links to learn more about SFW's wonderful faculty and administration!

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 Noam Koenigsberg and Family!

Mazal tov to Rav Noam Koenigsberg and his family on the birth of a baby girl!

שיזכו לגדלה לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים

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Drisha Honors Mrs. Leora Bednarsh

We are proud to announce that the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education is honoring SFW Faculty member Mrs. Leora Bednarsh at its 33^rd Anniversary dinner on May 6^th.

At the dinner, she will be giving a shiur and speaking about her learning and teaching experiences today.

The dinner will take place on May 6 beginning at 5:00 PM at the Ramaz Upper School, 60 E. 78th St. in New York City.  For further details visit www.drisha.org.

SFW Faculty Highlight: Mrs. Nili Turetsky

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

Nili Turetsky attended Michlalah Jerusalem College for Women following high school.  Nili is a graduate of Stern College for Women where she received her BA in Judaic studies and English Literature and her Masters in Modern Jewish History at Bernard Revel Graduate School. Most of her summers have been spent in Camp Morasha where she was a member of the counseling staff, education staff and headed the Machon CIT program. Before coming to Israel, she taught in the S.A.R. School in Riverdale, NY.

To view other SFW Faculty Highlights, please click here or click on the following links to learn more about SFW's wonderful faculty and administration!

SFW Faculty Highlight: Rabbi Jason Knapel

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

Rabbi Jason Knapel has been on the SFW faculty since our first year in 2004. He received s'micha at RIETS and also received his BA from Yeshiva College and an MS from the Bernard Revel Graduate School. He worked in Hillel Yeshiva High School in Deal, New Jersey for many years as a teacher, Director of Informal Education, Director of Judaic  Studies and as Assistant Principal. He also served as the founding Mashgiach Ruchani of Yeshivat Shvilei HaTorah.

To view other SFW Faculty Highlights, please click here or click on the following links to learn more about SFW's wonderful faculty and administration!

SFW Faculty Highlight: Rabbi Yakov Haber

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

Rabbi Yakov Haber is known for the clarity of presentation and dynamic teaching style that he brings to his in-depth halacha shiurim. An enthusiastic educator, he comes to SFW with a decade of expertise in high-level Torah education at Yeshiva University: as a rebbe in YU´s Stone Beit Midrash Program; as coordinator of the practical halacha learning program at RIETS; and as a teacher of Halacha, Jewish thought, and prayer at Stern College for Women. After learning at Israel´s Yeshivat Kerem B´Yavneh and pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science, he was a fellow at YU´s prestigious and challenging Gruss Kollel Elyon. Rabbi Haber, his wife and children made aliya in 2007 and live in Ramat Beit Shemesh.

To view other SFW Faculty Highlights, please click here or click on the following links to learn more about SFW's wonderful faculty and administration!

SFW Faculty Highlight: Mrs. Leora Bednarsh

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

Leora Bednarsh holds degrees in Psychology and Linguistics from Princeton University. She has lectured at MaTaN in Talmud, Tanach and Halacha and has served as a scholar-in-residence at numerous locations in the United States. A recipient of awards for Jewish Education and academic achievement, Mrs. Bednarsh completed the Keren Ariel program for Yoatzot Halacha at Nishmat.and has taught Jewish studies at Yeshiva of Flatbush. She also serves on the Nishmat Hotline and teaches a Kallah Teacher Training Course at the Midrashiya at Yeshiva University's Gruss Campus in Israel.

To view other SFW Faculty Highlights, please click here or click on the following links to learn more about SFW's wonderful faculty and administration!

SFW Faculty Highlight: Rav Noam Koenigsberg

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

Rav Noam Koenigsberg studied in at Yeshivat Sha’alvim and went on to receive a BA from Yeshiva University in Jewish Studies and an MA in Jewish Philosophy from the Bernard Revel Graduate School. He then returned to the Sha’alvim Kollel and subsequently served as a Ra"M in Yeshivat Torat Hachaim in Gush Katif and in Gush Katif's Midrasha for women. Later, after first serving as the Av Bayit at Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion, Rav Noam returned to Shaalvim, serving for the past many years as a Ra"m in the Hesder Program.

To view other SFW Faculty Highlights, please click here or click on the following links to learn more about SFW's wonderful faculty and administration!

SFW Faculty Highlight: Mrs. Dina Blank

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

 

Mrs. Dina Blank has been on the SFW faculty since our inception in 2004. She holds a degree in Political Science from Columbia University and a Master's in Jewish History from YU's Bernard Revel Graduate School. Prior to her aliyah Mrs. Blank taught Judaic studies in New York-area schools. Upon moving to Israel, she has been affiliated with a prestigious Jerusalem think tank where she has conducted and coordinated research projects. A graduate of Michlala’s overseas program, Mrs. Blank has received numerous academic awards. 

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Welcome to Our Newest Faculty Member!

We are proud to welcome to the already-outstanding SFW faculty Mrs. Shani Taragin. Shani is a well-known teacher who has taught and learned with many students over more than 15 years in Jewish education. We wish her much hatzlacha as we welcome her to the Sha’alvim for Women family!

To view other SFW Faculty Highlights, please click here or click on the following links to learn more about SFW's wonderful faculty and administration!