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<h3 id="In-Kind"><span id="מוסדות"></span><span class="mw-headline" id=".D7.9E.D7.95.D7.A1.D7.93.D7.95.D7.AA">מוסדות</span></h3> <ul> <li>משרד עורכי דין מיתר (תודה מיוחדת לעורכי הדין דוד גלאט, דוד מירצ'ין, ואנתוני הרמן)</li> <li>מוסד הרב קוק (תודה מיוחדת לרב יוסף אליהו מובשוביץ)</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:center">למידע כיצד לתרום נא לחצו כאן.</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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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

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

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