THIS PAST SHABBAT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT!

The Annual Yeshivat Har Etzion Alumni Shabbaton with
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein,
Eli Weber and Rabbi Danny Rhein

November 18-19 Parashat Vayera @ 
Congregation Rinat Yisrael
389 W Englewood Avenue, Teaneck, NJ

The program included shiurim, sichot, tisch, meals
and much more. 

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Current Gush Parents!
We hope you attended our meeting at the home of
Bruchie and Moshe Goldstein of Teaneck, NJ.

Motzaei Shabbat Nov 19th @8pm

It was a wonderful opportunity to meet the staff and connect with fellow parents, as well as get an update on your sons in Yeshiva. 

SHAVUOT WITH HAR ETZION!
 

Hope you didn't miss these wonderful opportunities!

Rabbi Moshe Taragin
in Johannesburg

Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb
in North Woodmere, NY
and at the YI of Lawrence-Cedarhurt

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
in Teaneck and Englewood

May we have many more learning opportunities to share!

HAR ETZION IN THE USA

4 Opportunities To Reconnect!!
Starting Shabbat Parshat Bechukotai

 

Rav Amnon Bazak was the scholar-in-residence 
at Etz Chaim of Kew Garden Hills,
and is speaking in Brooklyn on Sunday
in honor of Yom Yerushalayim.

Rav Shlomo Brin was the scholar-in-residence
at Rinat Yisrael and Beth Abraham in New Jersey.

Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein was the scholar-in-residence
at Or Torah in Skokie.

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In addition, Tuesday, June 7, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:00PM

There will be a Lunch-n-Learn in Manhattan with Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein and Rav Shlomo Brin on: "Can We Learn to Love Learning Torah That Was Given in Fear?"

at the office of Harry (Hillel) Silvera, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor, New York City. Registration is required.

Honoring Our Olim - Yom Yerushalayim 2016

We were proud to honor 18 of our olim at the
Yom Yerushalayim Mesiba in the Yeshiva!

And in honor of Yom Yerushalayim and our talmidim
who serve in Tzahal!

We would particularly like to mention our three "Lone Soldiers"
who swore their allegiance this past week
at the Paratroopers Ceremony held at the Kotel.
Wishing Seth, Sam and Yishai - Chazak VeEmatz!!

First Yahrzeit for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l

Main event speakers included Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein, Rav Chaim Sabato, Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein and Rav Oded Mittelman. 
Complete program details...  Pictures

Click here to see videos of the shiurim that preceded the main event.

CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEOS OF THIS EVENT

   

Main event speakers included Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein, Rav Chaim Sabato, Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein and Rav Oded Mittelman. Complete program details...  Pictures

   

Click for more information.

     

The Legacy of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
An evening in memory with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Rav Ezra Bick, Rav Chaim Kanterovitz, Rav Daniel Roselaar and Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon
Audio file available here

     

For a list of shiurim given in the
New York / New Jersey area le-iluy nishmato, click here.
Rabbi Michael Taubes: Shiur in memory - audio file
Rabbi Nati Helfgot: Shiur in memory - audio file

On Wednesday, April 13 2016, over 400 alumni, parents and supporters celebrated and attended the Etzion Foundation Annual Dinner at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in NYC.  The evening began with a special Tribute in memory of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l followed by the dinner with videos of and award presentations to this year's Guests of Honor:

Gary and Hildee Weiss, Parents of the Year Award

Hillel '91 and Saritte Silvera, Alumnus of the Year Award

Rabbi Gidon Rothstein '82 and Elizabeth Holland, Dor L'Dor Award

Click here to view
the tribute video for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l 
and the honoree video presentations.

See also the addresses delivered at the Tribute to Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l by Terry Novetsky '80 and by Rabbanit Tonny Mittelman.

If you haven't contributed yet to the Annual Dinner campaign or wish to increase your support, donations can be made by clicking here.

On behalf of the Yeshivat Har Etzion and Migdal Oz family
we want to thank you for your support.  

 

Thank you for honoring Chairman of the Board Mr. Moshe Moshkovitz
while supporting the continued educational endeavors of the yeshiva!
Yeshivat Har Etzion Dinner
Monday November 23rd 2015 11 Kislev 5776
at the Kedma Hall, Neve Ilan

About the Roshei Yeshiva zt"l

About Moshko - Moshe Moshkovitz

Pictures of the event

A summary of the evening (8:54)       The main event (1:23:12)

Panel discussion with Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein

Panel discussion with Harav Baruch Gigi

Panel discussion with Harav Yaakov Medan

  

CHAG KASHER VE-SAMEACH!!

MiSheNichnas Adar Marbim BeSimcha!!

Rav Menachem Leibtag coming to the USA

April 7th - April 16th

Click here to see his itinerary!

With stops stretching
from New York to Seattle,

you have numerous opportunities
to hear a shiur. Don't miss out!!

   

May HaKadosh Barukh Hu have mercy
upon His people and upon His land.

 

   

Shavua Tov from Gush Shana Bet! 
from the home of Rav Dovid Gottlieb, Beit Shemesh!

   

MTA 2016 WELCOME TO YESHIVA!

Gush Talmidim came streaming out of the Beit Midrash to welcome
The New MTA Talmidim besever panim yafot! There was even dancing"VeShavu Banim" in the yeshiva parking lot!
May you have a wonderful year!!

RAV MORDECHAI FRIEDMAN IN BROOKLINE, MA

Rav Friedman will be giving a shiur at the home of  

Yitzi '01 and Rachel Ehrenberg

50 Winchester Street, #302, Brookline

Monday, January 25th at 8:00 pm

"What printed material requires geniza and why?"

 There will be no solicitation of funds at this program.

 We hope to see you.

RSVP's are appreciated - please click here.

 

A challenge matching grant was generously offered
to match all new and increased donations
through the end of December 
to the Dr. Meyer Brayer z"l Scholarship Fund 

Dr. Brayer would be thrilled to hear
that we have reached our goal!! Thank you everyone.

Click here for more information

Please join us for a Lunch and Learn
with
Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein

"Time and Time Again - The Halakhic Dateline in Theory and Practice"

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 12:30 PM - 2:00PM

at the office of Harry (Hillel) Silvera
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP,  200 Park Avenue,
47th Floor, New York City

Registration is required.

To RSVP please click here.

Rabbi Moshe Taragin in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Shabbat Parshat Vayechi (Dec. 25-26, 2015)

Shiurim throughout Shabbat

"Our Historical National Anthem"
"The Secret Password of Jewish History"
"Reuven: The Disappearing Brother"

Don't miss this wonderful opportunity.
Click here for more details.

Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb in LA and Woodmere

We hope you enjoyed these shiurim.

Friday night 12/18 – Speaking at Young Israel of Century City, Los Angeles 
on Friday night before Maariv

Shabbat morning 12/19 – Speaking at Beth Jacob at their 8:30 minyan

Shabbat morning 12/19 – Also speaking at Young Israel of Century City on Shabbat morning at the 9:30 minyan.

Tuesday 12/22 – Asarah B’Tevet, speaking between Mincha and Maariv
at the Young Israel of Woodmere.

Rabbi Moshe Taragin in West Hempstead, NY

Shabbat Parshat Vayigash (Dec. 18-19, 2015)

Shiurim throughout Shabbat
as well as a Tisch for the community @7:45pm
and another one for High School Boys @9:15pm

Don't miss this wonderful opportunity.
Click here for more details.

May Hakadosh Baruch Hu have mercy

upon His people and upon His land.

  

Revava Study Days - Chanuka 5776
On the Legacy and Torah of Moreinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
Wednesday and Thursday Dec 9-10. For program details...
To listen...

 

Thank you for honoring Chairman of the Board Mr. Moshe Moshkovitz
while supporting the continued educational endeavors of the yeshiva!
Yeshivat Har Etzion Dinner
Monday November 23rd 2015 11 Kislev 5776
at the Kedma Hall, Neve Ilan

Pictures of the event         Videos aired at the event

 
Click here for more information

Lunch and Learn

with Rav Menachem Leibtag

The 'Prophet' who Stole Chanuka

The Biblical Roots of the First Rabbinic Holiday

Thursday, December 3rd @12:45 PM - 2:00PM

at the office of Terry Novetsky, Kaye Scholer,  
250 West 55th Street, New York City.

Baruch Dayan HeEmet

With extreme sorrow we mourn
the tragic loss of our alumnus

Rav Yaakov Don HY"D (machzor 17)

and join the Sharon MA community
in mourning the loss of
18 year old Ezra Schwartz HY"D

murdered by terrorists outside of Alon Shevut.

Our thoughts are with their families.

Rav Don's levaya took place in the Kfar Etzion cemetery
on Friday November 20th at 10:30am.

May Hakadosh Baruch Hu have mercy
upon His people and upon His land.

 

Join us in honoring Chairman of the Board Mr. Moshe Moshkovitz
while supporting the continued educational endeavors of the yeshiva!
Yeshivat Har Etzion Dinner
Monday November 23rd 2015 11 Kislev 5776
at the Kedma Hall, Neve Ilan

For more information... 

 

Tanakh

Arami Oved Avi

by Rav Yair Kahn

In this week’s parasha, Yaakov, the grandson of Avraham, travels to the house of Lavan, the grandson of Nachor. Although Yaakov marries two of Lavan’s daughters and father’s his grandchildren, the relationship between them is strained and complex...

Read More

Machshava

Yaakov's Love for Rachel

by Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein

Why did Yaakov love Rachel? And what were the complex dynamics of the relationship between Rachel and Leah after they married?

Read More

Please join us!
The Annual Yeshivat Har Etzion Alumni Shabbaton
with Harav Baruch Gigi, Eli Weber and Rav Danny Rhein

November 20-21st Parashat Vayetze
at 
Congregation Bnei Yeshurun
641 W Englewood Avenue, Teaneck, NJ

The program included shiurim, sichot, tisch, meals
and more. Harav Gigi will also be giving a shiur (in basic hebrew) on Sunday morning @8:50 at Rinat Yisrael 
יפה תורה עם דרך ארץ
For more information

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 We hope you joined us for a Lunch and Learn

with Harav Baruch Gigi

'כי אב המון גויים נתתיך' - בין ישראל לעמים

A Perspective of the Ideal Relations Between
the Jewish people and the Nations

Thursday, November 19th @12:45 PM - 2:00PM

at the office of Terry Novetsky, Kaye Scholer,  
250 West 55th Street, New York City.

     

 Harav Yair Kahn visiting our talmidim/chayalim - Cheshvan 5776

 

Click here for a Hesped by Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein

 

Join us in honoring Chairman of the Board Mr. Moshe Moshkovitz
while supporting the continued educational endeavors of the yeshiva!
Yeshivat Har Etzion Dinner
Monday November 23rd 2015 11 Kislev 5776
at the Kedma Hall, Neve Ilan

For more information... 

Shiurim with Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein

Lunch and Learn
at the office of Terry Novetsky
Kaye Scholer, 250 W 55th St, NYC
Wed Oct 28th @12:45
"Abraham's Journey -
The Transition from Avram to Avraham"

HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein was a Scholar in Residence @ Lincoln Square Synagogue on Shabbat Parashat Vayera (October 30th-31st).  He spoke there multiple times throughout Shabbat.  A full schedule is available here.  
We hope you had an opportunity to attend. 

On Thursday night, October 29th, at 5:45 PM, there was a (pizza) “Dinner-and-Learn” with Rav Mosheh at Yeshiva University, Glueck room 416.  All Gush alumni were invited. 

Shiurim with Rav Amnon Bazak
Shabbat Parashat Vayera

in Cleveland, Ohio

We hope Alumni and friends in the area that Shabbat made use of the opportunity to reconnect and enjoy a wonderful shiur!

A full schedule is attached. 

 Shiur with Rav Doniel Schreiber
Shabbat Parashat Lekh Lekha
at the Young Israel of Woodmere

  The Bais Medrash of Bergenfield (371 South Prospect Ave in Bergenfield, New Jersey) was privileged to host a Shiur by Rabbi Schreiber at Seuda Shelishit Shabbat Parashat Noach.

He spoke on "Thirty Years of Halachic Guidance from Rav Lichtenstein zt"l: A Talmid's Perspective".

Hope you enjoyed the shiur!

 

 2 NEW SEFORIM FROM THE HAR ETZION BEIT MIDRASH!  

When God is Near: Bringing together Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l’s wisdom, sensitivity, humanity, and uncompromising search for truth, this volume guides readers on the path to sincere prayer and true repentance. Click here to read Table of Contents and Sample Chapter. Read a review by Har Etzion alumnus Rav Ari Kahn.   

The Weekly Mitzva enables readers to bring Rav Binyamin Tabory’s special Torah to their own Shabbat table discussions. Click here to read Table of Contents and Sample Chapter.
                                               
                     For more information see Koren's website

 

 

Register for a new semester of great classes on the VBM 

Courses in Tanakh, Halakha, Talmud, Philosophy and Holidays.
Click here for registration details.

 

 Ketiva veChatima Tova to you and your family

  

from the Har Etzion Family here in Gush Etzion!

Click here for a taste of Selichot

 

Board Chairman Rav Shlomo Brin	Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Yaakov Medan	Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Baruch Gigi	Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein	Rosh Midrasha Rabbanit Esti Rozenberg
Duration 8:25 (H)	Duration 05:57 (H)	Duration 5:54 (H)	Duration 14:58 (E)	Duration 10:29 (E)

Click on the pictures to hear divrei beracha.

These words of Torah are dedicated in memory of
our beloved parents, grandparents and great grandparents
Abraham Gontownik z"l
whose 16th Yahrzeit will be observed on the 29th day of Kislev and
Zina Gontownik z"l
whose 9th Yahrzeit will be observed on the 28th day of Elul.
The Gontownik Family

May we merit a good year.

 

 2 NEW SEFORIM FROM THE HAR ETZION BEIT MIDRASH!  

When God is Near: Bringing together Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l’s wisdom, sensitivity, humanity, and uncompromising search for truth, this volume guides readers on the path to sincere prayer and true repentance. Click here to read Table of Contents and Sample Chapter.    

The Weekly Mitzva enables readers to bring Rav Binyamin Tabory’s special Torah to their own Shabbat table discussions. Click here to read Table of Contents and Sample Chapter.
                                               
                   For more information on how to order, click on the pictures above.

 Welcome Shana Alef 2015!
Looking forward to a wonderful year!

  

 Scholar in Residence

Thank you
Rabbi Daniel Wolf
for an instructive and inspiring Shabbat, including lectures on
The Life and Thought of
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
as well as other topics.

"It was so wonderful how very well Rav Wolf captured the essence of Rav Lichtenstein zt"l and the lessons we can learn about how to live our lives to serve Hashem in the best possible way..."

The event took place at Congregation Ohr Torah, Highland Park, NJ Shabbat Parashat Ki Tetze August 28-29th, 2015. Click here for more details.

 Migdal Oz Erev Shira veHitorerut 

 

 

Please join us

for an evening of

Song and Inspiration

with guest speaker

Mrs. Shayna Goldberg.

Motzaei Shabbat
September 5th

@Ma'ayanot Yeshiva HS, Teaneck, NJ

 

Remembering Harav Aharon zt"l - by Rav Avraham Stav

On my first Tisha Ba’av at Yeshivat Har Etzion, I couldn’t understand who had brought their child to the reading of Eicha and left him in the Beit Midrash despite the fact that he would cry out every few minutes.

It took me some time to understand that the cries were coming from Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, ztz”l, and from that point on the tremulous reading of Eicha by Rav Medan, combined with the heart-wrenching cries of Rav Lichtenstein, became a deep spiritual experience that I never missed. 

After midday, Rav Lichtenstein, even at age 80, would give a deep analytic Shiur for two pure hours, comparable in its beauty only to the night of Yom Kippur.

Many were confused, and asked: “But it’s prohibited to learn Torah on Tisha Ba’av!” And they gave all sorts of answers, reasons, and justifications. But for anyone who heard Rav Lichtenstein’s cries at morning Kinnos, this question never was really troubling.
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Divrei Torah and Hespedim, Pictures, Audio and Videos

For a list of memorial events...

Harav Aharon zt"l on Chodesh Elul

Divrei Torah and Hespedim, Pictures, Audio and Videos

For a list of memorial events...

 A Short Series Exploring
Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l's Thought

with Eli Weber

at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ
8:45 pm in the Old Main Shul

Monday, July 27th ,
Thursday July 30th and
Monday August 3rd

For details click here.

 

  Tuesday July 14th, 27 Tammuz 5775

5th Yahrzeit of Moreinu veRabbeinu Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l

Click here for program details.

Click here for a collection of resources about Harav Amital

Yehi zikhro barukh.

  

 Click on the picture above.

 Click on picture for more details.

To view the event.    To listen to the event.

The Etzion Foundation hosted
a Shloshim Program

in memory of 

Moreinu veRabbeinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l

Monday June 1st 2015

with Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein

Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein

Rabbi Dr. Michael Rosensweig

Rav Shlomo Brin

at the Jewish Center, West 86th St, NY

TO VIEW THE EVENT

To Listen to the Event                      

 

Click on the picture above

TIKUN LEIL SHAVUOT IN MEMORY OF MOREINU
HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN ZT"L

We are all mourning the passing of Moreinu veRabbeinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, who taught us the ways of Torah and the ways of life. Rav Lichtenstein was taken from us during the days of Sefirat HaOmer, the period during which we prepare ourselves for receiving the Torah. More than ever before, this year we feel the urgent need to fortify ourselves with his teachings and his legacy, in a united fashion.

 

We appeal to you to take part in a global Tikkun Leil Shavuot that we have initiated in memory of Moreinu Harav Lichtenstein zt”l. In the framework of this initiative, each participant will dedicate divrei Torah, whether a talk, a class, or a private Torah study session, in memory of Rav Lichtenstein, and thereby spread the teachings of Torah and Yir’at Shamayim to which Rav Lichtenstein dedicated himself his entire life.

 

FOR DETAILS                   CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

  

 

The Etzion Foundation invites you to a Shloshim Program

in memory of 

Moreinu veRabbeinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l

Monday June 1st 2015

Mincha 7:00 Program 7:15

with Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein

Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein

Rabbi Dr. Michael Rosensweig

Rav Shlomo Brin

at the Jewish Center, West 86th St, NY

Please RSVP by clicking HERE

 

Tanakh

The Person, the Garment, and the House

by Rav Amnon Bazak

Leprosy on clothing – concerning which there is no mention of any process of atonement – is indeed fundamentally different from leprous sores on human flesh or on houses. 

Read More

Machshava

The Impurity of a Birthing Mother

by Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l

If all impurity is related to death, then how is this state related to a woman who is in the process of creating new life?

Read More

Divrei Torah and Hespedim

Pictures from the Levaya

Videos of Harav Lichtenstein's Life and Work

The levaya took place on Tuesday 2 Iyar 5775 April 21st at 10am at the yeshiva.

 

 

An Evening of Hespedim and Remembrances in English
On the Eve of the Last Night of Shiva - at Yeshiva - to listen

An evening of Hespedim and Remembrances in Hebrew
April 26th at Yeshiva / Givat Shmuel
For details click here

We are proud to announce that the VBM, after months of preparation, has launched its new website. 

So proud of our talmidim dancing with Am Yisrael while visiting Poland.

You can recognize some of The Gush talmidim
by the unique design on the back of their hoodies.
The design was created by talmid Matthew Silkin.
More photos from the trip to Poland.

והיא שעמדה לאבותינו ולנו

Congratulations to our Etzion Dinner Honorees!

Mindy Kolatch and Diane Kolatch '04 MO
Donny '02 and Arielle Rosenberg
Rabbi Dr. Aaron '92 and Tzipora Ross
The '93, '94 and '95 Machzorim

Click here for pictures of this outstanding event!

 

 

HAR ETZION COMES TO ATLANTA!

Rav Daniel Wolf lectured at the New Toco Shul on Shabbat Shemini, April 17-19

The community enjoyed Rav Wolf's divrei Torah three times over the course of Shabbat:

 Shabbat Morning Drasha at 11:00am:
The Eternal Curse of Eli the Kohen Gadol

 Shabbat Afternoon Shiur at 6:30pm:
Can Hazal Be Right Even When They Are Wrong?
Scientific Error and Psak Halacha

 Sunday Rosh Chodesh Brunch at 9:30am: Modern Applications of Ribbit,  The Prohibition on Loans With Interest

An exceptional opportunity - Thank you Rav Wolf!

Congratulations and Yishar Koach to Our Alumni

48 Rabbis were recently elected to official Rabbinic Positions throughout the country; of them 7 are our alumni, and one other is the husband of a Migdal Oz alumna - giving Har Etzion affiliates the largest chunk of the pie! Our congratulations to them all!

Yom HaZikaron 2015

We join the larger Gush Etzion community in remembering Gilad, Naftali and Ayal, HY"d among all those who have given their lives al kedushat Hashem. Yehi zichram baruch.

To read about our talmidim HY"d who have fallen in defense of their country...

 

Shabbat Parshat Vayikra with Harav Baruch Gigi! 

 

NEWEST VOLUME OF THE BE'ER MIRYAM CHAGIM SERIES

PURIM

 
See Table of Contents

To order on line

To call in your order,
dial 1212-732-GUSH [4874]
Or email the yeshiva office.

Purim sameach!!

Gush Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Dr. Yonatan Grossman! 

 

"Megillat Esther Chapter 1: Can We Truly Understand the Narrative?"

at the offices of Daniel Schwartz ('85)

 York Capital Management, 767 5th Avenue, NYC

Tuesday February 24th,  12:30 PM 

Rabbi Dr. Yonatan Grossman (Hesder, Machzor 21), a Yeshivat Har Etzion alumnus, is one of Israel's brightest young Bible scholars. Through careful literary analysis of the biblical narrative, Dr. Grossman is able to derive modern, meaningful insights from words embedded in the Torah. His approach is on the one hand intellectually rigorous and on the other hand spiritually uplifting. Dr. Grossman, earned his M.A. in Jewish Philosophy from Hebrew University (1997) and his PhD in Bible from Bar-Ilan University (2006). He is a senior lecturer at the Department of Bible, Bar-Ilan University and at the Department of Bible, Herzog College. Dr. Grossman is currently writing a new commentary of the Chumash ('The Noam Series'). In addition to the new publication 'Abraham - A Story of a Journey' (Yediot Sfarim), Dr. Grossman is also the author of 'Esther -The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading' (Eisenbruans). You can find many of his shiurim on our Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash website.

Shavua Tov from Har Etzion in Tzefat - Shabbat Parashat Mishpatim 

 

 

MTA 2015 has arrived!!
Welcoming our newest Talmidim from South Africa and Australia!

Click here for more photos...

 

Congratulations and Yishar Koach to Our Alumni

48 Rabbis were recently elected to official Rabbinic Positions throughout the country; of them 7 are our alumni, and one other is the husband of a Migdal Oz alumna - giving Har Etzion affiliates the largest chunk of the pie! Our congratulations to them all!

Rav Yair Kahn Coming to the University Near You!

 

Jan. 25 - 20:00 Columbia

Jan. 26 - Rutgers in the evening

Jan. 27 - 18:00 - Harvard  22:00 - Brandeis

Jan. 28 - 18:00 - Yale

Jan. 29 - 18:30 - Queens    20:00-22:00 - NYU      23:00 - YU

Feb. 2 - 12:00 - 14:00 - Maryland    Penn - in the evening

Feb. 3- 17:00 - Princeton

AND FOR THE TORONTONIANS: LOOK OUT FOR RAV YAIR ON SHABBAT JAN 31st
PARSHAT BESHALACH, GIVING SHIUR AT OR CHAIM AND AT SHAAREI SHOMAYIM!!

Welcome to our South African and Australian alumni who are back in Yeshiva in the Veshavu Banim Program 2015

 Here they are visiting the brand new Shmitta Visitors Center
in the Jerusalem Botanical Garden, with Rav Pini Cohen

Wishing a Tzetchem LeShalom to our MTA (South African and Australian) talmidim who recently left the Yeshiva

 

Rav Pini Cohen mentioned to MTA that he would like to publish a revised, updated and expanded version of his sefer on Kashrut. As a parting gift, MTA talmidim donated the money to fund this project! Alu VeHatzlichu, MTA 2014!

HAR ETZION RABBANIM IN THE USA

 Rav Moshe Taragin in Woodmere
Dec 26-27 Parshat Vayigash

For more information

WE HAD A SPECIAL 2 DAY PROGRAM OF STUDY

Chanuka 5775, Wednesday and Thursday

Al Gerei HaTzedek veAleinu:
Conversion in our Times 

Sponsored by
The Riva Koschitzky z"l Torah Enrichment Program

For the full program, click here.

To hear the shiurim (hebrew), click here.

Recent Shiurim in USA 

with Rosh Hayeshiva 
Harav Baruch Gigi and Rabbi Rhein
IN THE USA! 

Community Shiur in Southfield, Michigan, Monday December 8th at the Young Israel. Click here for details. 

Chanuka shiur in Silver Spring, MD
Tuesday December 9th at the Mayberg Family Conf Space
Click here for details.

Pizza and Learn with Rav Gigi and Rav Rhein
at the Univ of MD, Email for details.

Catch them at the Berkowitz Lounge of the Penn Hillel!
Wednesday afternoon 2:15-3:15. Email for details.

Lunch and Learn
at the new offices of Meir Nordlicht '86, Manhattan, NY
Thursday December 11th
Click here for details

 

 

The British Friends of Yeshivat Har Etzion enjoys
an outstanding shabbat (Parshat Vayetze) 
with Rav Mordechai and Harav Mosheh

1 university campus, 2 batei medrash, 6 shuls, 9 minyanim, 18 separate events, at least 700 unique participations and well over 1000 participations in total!

And thank you Rav Mordechai
for accepting this well-deserved honor.

HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein addressing the Cambridge University Jewish Society (Nov 2014) 

The Rosh Yeshiva spoke on the topic of: "Compromise, Cooperation and Conflict - 
The Role of Religion and Interfaith Relationships in the Middle East Conflict"

 

Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Yaacov Medan visiting Gush Isuf Kravi soldiers.

The Combat Intelligence Collection Corps is the newest of the IDF GOC Army Headquarters' five corps. They are tasked with collecting combat intelligence and maintaining observation networks. 

Army visits need to be coordinated through IDF command. When the commanding officer received a request for a visit from HaRav Medan, he asked that the Rosh Yeshiva speak with the entire battalion!

 

Yehi Zichram Baruch.

In light of the terrorist attack this past week in a synagogue which killed 4, including Rabbi Moshe Twersky HY"D, grandson of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Rav Amnon Bazak pointed out the utterly tragic yet painfully relevant passage in Rabbi Soloveitchik's "Kol Dodi Dofek - Listen, My Beloved Knocks" (1956). In this passage, Rabbi Soloveitchik is explaining the 6 "knocks" (blessings) granted to us by God through the State of Israel. The fifth "knock" includes the following passage:
"The fifth knock of the Beloved is perhaps the most important. For the first time in the annals of exile, Divine Providence has amazed our enemies with the astounding discovery that Jewish blood is not cheap!... God did not seek honor and recognition. He wanted Pharoah, Moses' contemporary, to know that he must pay a high price for his edict that "Every male child born shall be cast into the river" (Exodus 1:22), His present desire is that the blood of Jewish children who were slain as they ** recited the eighteen benedictions of the daily [Amidah] prayer ** shall also be avenged. When God smote the Egyptians, He sought to demonstrate that there will always be accountability for the spilling of Jewish blood."

The British Friends of Yeshivat Har Etzion presents
An Evening of Recognition for Rav Mordechai Friedman

in the presence of
Rosh Hayeshiva HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein

Motzaei Shabbat 29th November 2014 at 7.30pm
with Guest Speaker - Rabbi Chaim Kanterovitz
(Rabbi of Borehamwood US and Gush Alumnus 1993)

For more details

 

 For details, click on the picture above.
Looking forward to seeing you!

Dinner and Learn
with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

In the honor and merit of Ilan Rasooly z"l, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag spoke on "Be Fruitful & Multiply - A 'commandment' or a 'blessing'?" The lecture took place on Sunday, November 9 at the Harvard Hillel. 

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, an internationally acclaimed bible scholar and pioneer of Jewish Education on the Internet, is well known in the Jewish community for his essays on the weekly Bible portion. His vibrant thematic-analytical approach blends the methods of modern academic scholarship with traditional Jewish approaches to the Biblical text. 

CTL Fellowships Winter Break in The Gush!

Every year, we are pleased to welcome back a significant number of alumni who choose to spend their winter break in Yeshiva.  Last year, we piloted a program specifically catering for visiting alumni who are currently in College, with fellowships provided by CTL (The Yeshivat Har Etzion Center for Torah Leadership) and are excited to inform you that the program and fellowships will once again be on offer this year.

For more information, click here today. The deadline is fast approaching!

Looking forward to seeing you, 

Rabbi Eli Weber, Director of Overseas Program
Danny Mirvis, Director of CTL

THE GREATEST TORAH IS THAT
WHICH IS CONNECTED TO REALITY

- Rav Jonathan Ziring, a member of the Kollel Gavoah

When studying Talmud, it’s easy to be desensitized to the real-life implications of even the most sensitive issues — rape, for example.

So, as we at Yeshivat Har Etzion study the third chapter of the Talmudic tractate Ketubot, a chapter devoted to the crimes of rape and seduction, it’s easy to forget (especially when using the Hebrew terms) that “ones u-mefateh” are not just legal categories, but traumatic events that affect real people.

To combat that, my yeshiva arranged two presentations to ensure that I and the other students fully grasp what’s at stake in discussions of rape and sexual assault. 

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ANNOUNCING A NEW HAR ETZION INITIATIVE:

Gush Remote!

Yeshivat Har Etzion is proud to announce Gush Remote, a new long-distance chavruta service, in which you can learn in chutz la’aretz with a Gush Kollel fellow via Skype, PolyCom, or Google Chat.

This will be a great way to continue or refresh your relationship to the yeshiva while tapping into the tremendous resource that is the Yeshivat Har Etzion Kollel.

This is an opportunity to have a high-level chavruta to tackle some iyun or bekiut learning, or to learn an obscure masekhet that you always wanted to learn but couldn’t find an appropriate chavruta. You can also learn an area of Tanakh, halakha, or machshava that you want to delve into with a chavruta.  

This is your chance to have a consistent chavruta before work, during your lunch break, or on weekends.

Chavrutot can be in English or Hebrew.  There is also the availability for women in chutz la’aretz to learn with the women in the Migdal Oz advanced Talmud study program.

Contact Yonatan Shai Freedman at YFreedman@etzion.org.il to arrange the logistics of your chavruta and to find you an appropriate chavruta for your schedule and what you want to learn. 

COMING HOME
Welcome to Har Etzion Elul 5774

Our thanks to the Maccabeats for the inspiration and music!

 

 

Board Chairman Rav Shlomo Brin	Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Yaakov Medan	Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Baruch Gigi	Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein	Rosh Midrasha Rabbanit Esti Rozenberg
Duration 12:59	Duration 05:57	Duration 12:45	Duration 16:14	Duration 04:52

Click on the pictures to hear divrei beracha.

These words of Torah are dedicated in memory of
our beloved parents, grandparents and great grandparents
Abraham Gontownik z"l
whose 15th Yahrzeit will be observed on the 29th day of Kislev and
Zina Gontownik z"l
whose 8th Yahrzeit will be observed on the 28th day of Elul.
The Gontownik Family

May we merit a good year.

 

We are happy to make available to you
a sample of shiurim given in English
in this past summer's Herzog CollegeTanakh Study Days.

These shiurim have been dedicated
in memory of Mr. Abe M. Shamah z"l,
a man who lived by the principle of Torah im Derekh Eretz,
a successful businessman who always made time to learn Torah, 
by Steven and Naomi Esses and family.

We need your continued prayers for a refuah sheleima for the soldiers and civilians hurt in Operation Protective Edge. May Hakadosh Baruch Hu have mercy upon His people and uopn His land.

CONNECTING TO TANAKH: 
INTELLECTUALLY AND SPIRITUALLY

Thousands once again attended the annual Herzog College's Tanakh Study Days held at the yeshiva in the summer. The conference spanned across five full days and included dozens of lectures, given simultaneously from morning to late afternoon by a wide variety of academics and rabbis, including a choice of 10 lectures in English.

Arutz Sheva interviewed Rosh HaYeshiva HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein and alumnus Rav Yuval Cherlo, to hear their thoughts on the Conference, in light of the situation [to read more...]