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<article class="mainContent" id="mainContent"> <nav> <div class="well sidebar-nav"> <ul class="nav nav-list toc" id="toc"> <li class="nav-header">Who We Are <li data-level="3" class="tocItem">על התורה ועל העבודה<ol> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Advisory Board</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">אתרי תורה Chairpersons</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Letters of Endorsement</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Founders</li> </ol> <li class="divider"> <li data-level="3" class="tocItem">ועל העבודה ועל גמילות חסדים<ol> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Guardians</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Partners</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Benefactors</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Patrons</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Sponsors</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Supporters</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">Contributors</li> <li data-level="4" class="tocItem">In-Kind</li> </ol> </ul> </div> </nav> <span class="toc-handle">Topic Menu</span> <div class="twocol"> <h1 style="color:#832525; font-size: 1.6em"><span id="On_Torah,_Service,_and_Philanthropy_–_עַל_הַתּוֹרָה_וְעַל_הָעֲבוֹדָה_וְעַל_גְּמִילוּת_חֲסָדִים"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="On_Torah.2C_Service.2C_and_Philanthropy_.E2.80.93_.D7.A2.D6.B7.D7.9C_.D7.94.D6.B7.D7.AA.D6.BC.D7.95.D6.B9.D7.A8.D6.B8.D7.94_.D7.95.D6.B0.D7.A2.D6.B7.D7.9C_.D7.94.D6.B8.D7.A2.D6.B2.D7.91.D7.95.D6.B9.D7.93.D6.B8.D7.94_.D7.95.D6.B0.D7.A2.D6.B7.D7.9C_.D7.92.D6.B0.D6.BC.D7.9E.D6.B4.D7.99.D7.9C.D7.95.D6.BC.D7.AA_.D7.97.D6.B2.D7.A1.D6.B8.D7.93.D6.B4.D7.99.D7.9D">On Torah, Service, and Philanthropy – עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים</span></h1> הצג גרסה בעברית <section id=AlHaAvodah> <h3 id="AdvisoryBoard"><span class="mw-headline" id="Advisory_Board">Advisory Board</span></h3> <ul class="twoColumn"> <li><span class="link" title="">Rabbanit Miriam Amital</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Master Educator and Founder of the Barkai Educational System">Rabbi Dan Beeri</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Dean, Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University, Chair of Yeshiva College's Jewish Studies Department">Professor David Berger</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Founder and Rabbinical Dean, Eretz Hemdah Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, Av Beit Din, Eretz Hemdah – Gazit">Rabbi Yosef Carmel</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Associate Dean and Professor of Bible, Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University">Professor Mordechai Cohen</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Founder and President of Michlalah Jerusalem College, author and editor of numerous works of Biblical Exegesis">Rabbi Yehuda Copperman ז"ל</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Professor of Talmud, Hebrew University">Professor Simcha Emanuel</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Israel Prize Laureate, noted author, Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University">Professor Avraham Grossman</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Professor of Tanakh, Bar Ilan University">Professor Yonatan Grossman</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University">Professor Zev Harvey</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="President of Academic College of Education at Givat Washington, formerly Rector of Machon Lander">Professor Carmi Horowitz</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Prominent Jewish educator, the pioneering force behind Torah education on the Web">Rabbi Menachem Leibtag</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Founder and Dean of the Joan and Shael Bellows Joint Graduate Program in Bible and Biblical Interpretation at Matan">Dr. Bryna Levy</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Rabbi of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun and Principal of the Ramaz School">Rabbi Haskel Lookstein</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Professor Emeritus of Tanakh, Haifa University">Professor Yeshayahu Maori</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Founder and Dean of Reishit Yerushalayim / Genesis, Rabbi Emeritus of the Young Israel of Staten Island">Rabbi Jay Marcus</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Rosh Yeshivat 'Har Etzion' and noted author of several books on Tanakh">Rabbi Yaacov Medan</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Distinguished communal leader and pillar of countless Jewish organizations">Mr. Kurt Rothschild</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Distinguished Rabbi and educator, founder and longtime Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivat Sha'alvim">Rabbi Meir Schlessinger</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivat Hesder Meir Harel, Modiin">Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Head of Midreshet Modiin, Tanakh Department at Mikhlelet Talpiyot and Machon Mofet">Dr. Malkah Shenvald</span></li> <li>Professor Uriel Simon</li> <li><span class="link" title="Professor of Jewish History and Literature, renowned scholar and author">Professor Haym Soloveitchik</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Professor of Semitics, Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University">Professor Richard Steiner</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Founder and President of Gesher, Chairperson of Keren Kehilot">Rabbi Daniel Tropper</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Ohav Shalom">Rabbi Jeremiah Wohlberg</span></li> <li><span class="link" title="Educator, software designer, and developer of TextStudio">Rabbi Nissan Zisken</span></li> </ul>

<h3 id="Chairpersons"><span id="אתרי_תורה_–_Chairpersons"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".D7.90.D7.AA.D7.A8.D7.99_.D7.AA.D7.95.D7.A8.D7.94_.E2.80.93_Chairpersons"><span lang="he">אתרי תורה</span> – Chairpersons</span></h3> <ul> <li>Michael Hochstein</li> <li>Jonathan Koschitzky</li> </ul>

<h3 id="LettersofEndorsement"><span class="mw-headline" id="Letters_of_Endorsement">Letters of Endorsement</span></h3> <ul class="twoColumn"> <li>Rabbi Shimon Altshul</li> <li>Mrs. Yael Goldfischer</li> <li>Rabbi Jay Goldmintz</li> <li>Rabbi Ronnie Hasson</li> <li>Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin</li> <li>Rabbi Binyamin Krauss</li>

       <li>Mrs. Miriam Krupka</li>

<li>Rabbi Abraham Lieberman</li> <li>Rabbi Leonard Matanky</li> <li>Rabbi David Saltzman</li> <li>Professor Uriel Simon</li> </ul>

<h3 id="Founders"><span class="mw-headline" id="Founders">Founders</span></h3> <ul> <li><b>ALHATORAH.ORG</b> was founded by Rabbi Hillel & Neima Novetsky and their children, Yonatan, Aviva, Ariella, and Yehuda. Hillel is a <i>musmakh</i> of RIETS (YU) and earned an MA in Jewish History from Bernard Revel Graduate School and a PhD in Bible from Haifa University. Neima earned an MA in Bible from Bernard Revel Graduate School (YU) and teaches in Torah institutions in Israel.</li> <li>The site's original design and interface was the work of Yonatan Novetsky.</li>

       <li>The content of the website is the product of an ongoing, worldwide, collaborative effort of Rabbis, scholars, educators, and laypeople.</li>

<li>To learn more about participating in this project, please contact us.</li> </ul> <br/>

</section> <section id=AlGemilutChasadim> <h3 id="Guardians"><span class="mw-headline" id="Guardians">Guardians</span></h3> <ul> <li>In Memory of Miriam & Bernard Hochstein ז"ל</li> <li>The Koschitzky & Gitler Families</li> </ul>

<h3 id="Partners"><span class="mw-headline" id="Partners">Partners</span></h3> <ul> <li>Warren & Jane Weiss & The Applebaum Foundation</li> </ul>

<h3 id="Benefactors"><span class="mw-headline" id="Benefactors">Benefactors</span></h3> <ul> <li>Daniel & Deborah Schwartz</li> </ul>

<h3 id="Patrons"><span class="mw-headline" id="Patrons">Patrons</span></h3> <ul> <li>In honor of "Oma" Els Bendheim עמו"ש and in loving memory of "Opa" Charles H. Bendheim ז"ל</li> <li>Dr. Abraham & Channy Greenberg</li> <li>Michael & Judy Kaiser</li> <li>Jacob & Edy Kupietzky</li> <li>Drs. Allan & Chaikie Novetsky</li> <li>Rabbi Hillel & Neima Novetsky</li> <li>David & Ruth Schreiber</li> </ul>

<h3 id="Sponsors"><span class="mw-headline" id="Sponsors">Sponsors</span></h3> <ul> <li>Debra Applebaum</li> <li>Dr. Joseph & Marilyn Danto</li> <li>Fred & Suzan Ehrman</li> <li>Jeff & Carolyn Kupietzky</li>

       <li>Rabbi Jonah & Fran Kupietzky</li>

<li>Moshe & Arlene Kupietzky</li>

       <li>Phillip & Deborah Ullmann</li>

</ul>

<h3 id="Supporters"><span class="mw-headline" id="Supporters">Supporters</span></h3> <ul> <li>David & Joyce Friedman</li>

       <li>Terry & Gail Novetsky</li>

<li>Raphi & Yonit Schorr</li> <li>Ronald & Adele Tauber</li> </ul>

<h3 id="Contributors"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contributors">Contributors</span></h3> <ul> <li>Seth & Ruth Berkowitz</li> <li>Barry Best</li> <li>Andrew Borodach & Rachel Wolf</li> <li>David & Karen Lehmann Eisner</li> <li>Harold & Dora Engelstein Foundation</li>

       <li>Eli & Eva Genauer</li>

<li>Eugen & Jean Gluck</li> <li>Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt</li> <li>Martin & Irene Kofman</li> <li>Miriam Krupka</li> <li>Steve Kay Kupietzky</li> <li>Rashi & Dr. Adina Kuhr</li> <li>Drs. Ari & Shoshana Mermelstein</li> <li>Dr. Howard & Stacey Nathanson</li> <li>Rabbi Jonathan & Ayelet Rabinowitz</li> <li>Arthur & Dorothy Ritholtz</li> <li>Kurt & Edith Rothschild</li> <li>Jack & Martine Schenker</li> <li>Gideon & Shara Schor</li> <li>Shaykin Family Foundation</li>

       <li>Rabbi Larry & Nehama Teitelman</li>
       <li>David & Ina Tropper</li>

<li>Dr. Walter & Adele Wasser</li> <li>Meir Weingarten</li> <li>Jay & Debra Zachter</li> </ul>

<h3 id="In-Kind"><span class="mw-headline" id="Contributions_in_Kind">Contributions in Kind</span></h3> <ul> <li>Meitar Law Firm (special thanks to attorneys David Glatt, David Mirchin, and Anthony Herman)</li> <li>Mosad HaRav Kook (special thanks to Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Movshovitz)</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:center">For information on how to contribute, please click here.</p> </section> </div> </article>

Rabbi Jay Goldmintz
Ma`ayanot Yeshiva High School

December 27, 2017 / 9 Tevet 5778

Dear AlHaTorah.org,

Some of us have been waiting years for technology to catch up to teaching. By this I mean that databases are certainly a valuable tool, but Tanakh teaching is all about interacting with the text itself, exploring it, analyzing it and doing the same with its commentaries. AlHaTorah is one of the few online resources I have encountered to aspire to do that in a meaningful and educational way.

The ever-growing list of resources on the AlHaTorah websites, from the concordance and dictionary to the analytical tools to the expanding work on commentaries, are all invaluable aids for teachers to use for their own preparation as well as enabling students to become more independent learners. Some of the information, such as the description of the commentaries and their methodologies are simply not available elsewhere in a form that is easily accessible to high school students. The concordance is a book that students have heard about but seldom been able to use on their own, and certainly few of us have ever had a class set that all students could look at simultaneously. The parshah topics that are explored and carefully summarized are masterful collections that students can learn on their own if necessary, making just the right combination of a helpful crutch combined with an impetus to learn the texts in their original. The Mikraot Gedolot text preserves some of the authentic and aesthetic feel of the printed page together with the flexibility of contemporary hypertext, allowing students to feel at home in both worlds. Using art as a form of parshanut has always been an interest of mine, and I think it is not only a valuable teaching tool in its own right but can also speak to the particular learning style of a specific group of students whose needs have not always been addressed coherently.

I can tell you that today alone in my classes at Ma`ayanot, I experienced the following: a student asked me the meaning of a difficult word in a pasuk we were learning, and rather than give her the answer I directed her to the dictionary where on her own she discovered the root, the possible meanings and was able to decipher the nuances of the verse herself. Another student loved her first real encounter with art as parshanut that we did in class, and I was able to direct her to the treasure trove on the site for her to explore on her own. In another case, I was able to find and present a particular commentary that is not easily found elsewhere in books or in other databases. I cannot say that these are all daily occurrences, but neither can I say that I would have had as rich a day without access to the website.

In short, this venture has wonderful potential for helping give a contemporary feel to learning Torah for a generation of teachers and students who are as fluent and fluid with technology as they are with texts. The educational community and the community of learners look forward to your continuing contribution to Tanakh study – להגדיל תורה ולהאדירה.

With best wishes,

Rabbi Jay Goldmintz Ed.D

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+	<li><a title="Chair of Chumash Department, The Frisch School" href=#letter-Goldfischer data-toggle=my-modal>Mrs. Yael Goldfischer</a></li>
 	<li><a title="Tanakh Department, Ma`ayanot Yeshiva High School, Teaneck, NJ, Adjunct Professor at Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education" href=#letter-Goldmintz data-toggle=my-modal>Rabbi Jay Goldmintz</a></li>
 	<li><a title="Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Maggid Shiur at Ohel David and Shelomo" href=#letter-Hasson data-toggle=my-modal>Rabbi Ronnie Hasson</a></li>
 	<li><a title="Principal, North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School, Great Neck, NY" href=#letter-Kobrin data-toggle=my-modal>Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin</a></li>
 	<li><a title="Principal, SAR Academy, Riverdale NY" href=#letter-Krauss data-toggle=my-modal>Rabbi Binyamin Krauss</a></li>
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+<p>We have been using ALHATORAH for the past few years in several of our Chumash classes.  This year with the transition to online learning, most of our teachers and students have been using ALHATORAH in their daily Chumash lessons.</p>
+<p>ALHATORAH is easy to use and contains power tools for sophisticated and active Torah learning.  My students are able to find and study from a multitude of parshanim. Their independent work as a result has been enhanced, as now they can access commentaries that were not easily available online in the past.  Students are able to use tools such as the concordance, BDB, Tanakh Lab to find parallel texts and similar phrasing within different biblical texts.</p>
+<p>My students know that I love learning with ALHATORAH and I'm so thrilled that they are becoming lifelong learners and gaining skills because of this phenomenal online learning website.</p>
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Rabbi Shimon Altshul, Director of the Jesselson Institute for Advanced Torah Studies at Bar Ilan University

Professor Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize Laureate (2005), Center for the Study of Rationality at Hebrew University

Mrs. Yael Goldfischer, Chumash Department Chair, The Frisch School

Rabbi Jay Goldmintz Ma`ayanot Yeshiva High School

Dr. Henry Hasson

Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin, Principal, North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School

Rabbi Binyamin Krauss, Principal, SAR Academy

Ms. Miriam Krupka, Tanakh Department Chair, Ramaz Upper School

Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, Head of School, YULA Girls High School

Rabbi Leonard Matanky, Ph.D., Dean, Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Chicago IL Rabbi, Congregation K.I.N.S of West Rogers Park

Rabbi David Saltzman, Principal, Maimonides Elementary School

Professor Uriel Simon, Tanakh scholar and author, Chairperson Emeritus of Bar Ilan University Bible Department

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Professor Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize Laureate (2005),
Center for the Study of Rationality at Hebrew University

Mrs. Yael Goldfischer,
Chumash Department Chair, The Frisch School

Rabbi Jay Goldmintz
Ma`ayanot Yeshiva High School

Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin, Principal,
North Shore Hebrew Academy Middle School

Rabbi Leonard Matanky, Ph.D.,
Dean, Ida Crown Jewish Academy, Chicago IL
Rabbi, Congregation K.I.N.S of West Rogers Park

Rabbi David Saltzman,
Principal, Maimonides Elementary School

Professor Uriel Simon, Tanakh scholar and author,
Chairperson Emeritus of Bar Ilan University Bible Department