My First Impression of Or Chaim
By Coby Cohen When I walked into Or Chaim on the first day, I was a little nervous and overwhelmed. It was finally hitting me that I’m actually starting high school. It was a little weird to be in a different school, after I’ve been at Netivot for my entire
My First Impressions of Or Chaim
by Jonah Diamond When I first walked through the doors of Yeshivat Or Chaim this year, I was nervous, excited, overwhelmed and happy all at once. It was a feeling only experienced by those who have changed something big in their lives. For the past ten years of my life, I
My first impressions of Or Chaim
by Yonah Tenenbaum Standing outside, on the first day, I was feeling very anxious. I didn’t feel like I belonged; I felt small, insignificant; an outsider in an alien, strange new world, where rules are twisted, and views are distorted. I was practically waiting for someone to call me out,
Vuja De: Rejecting the Default
by Rabbi Effie Kleinberg I have a question for you: Which internet browser are you using right now to read this reflection? Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, or Google Chrome? If you are using Explorer or Safari, you will want to keep reading this; if you are using Chrome or Firefox,
Good Ideas
by Mrs. Sara Munk On March 2, 1962, Wilt Chamberlain played the greatest individual game of basketball in NBA history. Standing 7″1, 275 pounds, his powerful grace on the court was unstoppable. He scored 100 points on that day, a record that will almost definitely never be broken. He made
Educating To What?
by Mr. Hillel Rapp Sal Khan, the founder and primary educator of Khan Academy, in a recent TED Talk posed the following question: Consider a builder who lay the foundation for house. If the surveyor came to assess its quality and noted that it was only 70% complete, would it
Ben Sorer Umoreh: Life Is Simply Not Fair
by Rabbi Seth Grauer One of the more difficult passages to understand in the entire Torah is that of the Ben Sorer Umoreh – the wayward and rebellious son. The Torah instructs parents that if they have a son who at an early age exhibits certain very specific character traits
Reading
by Mrs. Nicky Kagan “Why should I read? What for?” – Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 My Grade 9 class recently came across this line from Fahrenheit 451, and it really made me think about books and reading. Why do we, especially teachers, continue to stress the importance of reading, only
Do we have to learn today?
by Mr. Michael Teversham It’s a question that is becoming increasingly commonplace in the classroom. Like learning is some sort of punishment. That one can only take so much – if I gain another iota of newfound knowledge, I’m going to explode! The reflex response might be to chastise. “Do
Parents and children – what we can and cannot control
by Rabbi Yair Spitz Several years ago, a couple contacted me about their son who was becoming disenchanted with Torah U’Mitzvot and was gradually “shedding” observance. They described in detail how they had provided a loving and nurturing atmosphere for their children, how they tried to be good role models
