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Women and Mitzvot

דרכיה דרכי נועם וכל נתיבותיה שלום

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace

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We hope you’ll spend Shavuot night learning with

We hope you’ll spend Shavuot night learning with us. Print the reader at the link in our bio.
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For the final installment of our pre-Shavuot Torah

For the final installment of our pre-Shavuot Torah Or series, here's what Hannah Vorchheimer, Deracheha's Spring Intern, has to say about the power of a good chavruta:
"While this year was challenging for a multitude of reasons, something that was personally very difficult was leaving my Shana Baaretz in the middle. However, I was able to continue learning with my chavrutot over the last year on zoom.. Through the emphasis placed on chavruta learning in Migdal Oz, I had come to deeply appreciate the time spent with chavrutot. This past year, this appreciation for learning with my chavrutot brought immense light to my days in quarantine. When the days all seemed to blur together, the consistency and accountability of learning with a chavruta was incredible, which enabled the continuation of the deep relationships forged over Torah, and the ability to think deeply about the topics we were learning. Ultimately learning and delving into Torah with a chavruta allowed me to continue the world of the Beit Midrash, and bring a little piece of the light of the Beit Midrash into my own home."
@hannah.vorchh
@migdaloz_ska

It's the moment you've all been waiting for – Tach

It's the moment you've all been waiting for - Tachshitei Kallah is back and better than ever! What's Tachshitei Kallah, you ask? It's Deracheha's Tikkun Leil Shavuot reader, packed full of halachic articles, source sheets for guided learning, plus some inspirational content too! Check out the table of contents, then head to the link in our bio to download and print! #torah #torahstudy #shavuot

Are you a night person, a morning person, or maybe

Are you a night person, a morning person, or maybe both? Shifra loves learning Torah when the world is quiet around her, and that's how Torah lit up her year!
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Today's Torah Or moment comes from Chaya Juni, who

Today's Torah Or moment comes from Chaya Juni, who shares the challenges she encountered while learning Torah this year, but also why those difficulties were ultimately worth it.
"I just spent 7 months learning Torah in a school which I entered alone and unfamiliar with the world I was joining. It was often lonely and there were hard moments throughout (Covid didn’t help) and I often wondered if I should cut my time short, but I knew that I couldn’t leave the amazing learning behind. The midrasha offered Tanach and machshava courses at a high level, but the most exciting part was formally learning Gemara for the first time. It’s been a long time since I’ve started something entirely new and it was exhilarating. I felt like I was embarking on a marvelous adventure, and wonderful surprises were waiting around a corner for me to discover. Of course, the initial spell wore off, but as I got to know the Gemara better, I developed a deeper bond to it, thinking of the 1000s of Jews who have pored over those words, asked the same questions, and felt the same passion over the centuries.
The feeling solidified most when we took a trip to Tzipori, a city in Northern Israel where many Tannaim, including Rabi Yehuda Ha-Nasi, lived. As we sat in Tzippori’s market and learned Torah about the ancient city and its inhabitants, I became sentimental, imagining those people, maybe sitting in a circle just as we were, learning from their teacher as we now learned with ours. I felt connected to the Jewish People and tradition in a way that I rarely have. I knew that I was receiving something so valuable that it was worth the cost of the obstacles I faced.
At one point a concerned relative reached out after noticing that my WhatsApp description was the Talmudic dictum, אין התורה נקנית אלא ביסורים – Torah is only acquired through tribulations. I changed it, not wanting to alarm anyone else, but to me, the line was not a dramatic expression of my “suffering” but rather an encouraging acknowledgement that I knew I might face challenges, but that they were something I was prepared to face in exchange for something I love so deeply."
@midreshetlindenbaum
#torah #shavuot #shavuot2021

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