On Torah, Service, and Philanthropy – עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים

הצג גרסה בעברית

Advisory Board

Rabbanit Miriam Amital
Rabbi Avigdor Arieli
Rabbi Dan Beeri
Professor David Berger
Rabbi Yosef Carmel
Professor Mordechai Cohen
Rabbi Yehuda Copperman ז"ל
Professor Simcha Emanuel
Professor Avraham Grossman ז"ל
Professor Yonatan Grossman
Professor Zev Harvey
Professor Carmi Horowitz
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Dr. Bryna Levy
Rabbi Meir Lichtenstein
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
Professor Yeshayahu Maori ז"ל
Rabbi Jay Marcus
Rabbi Yaacov Medan
Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon
Rabbi Michael Rosensweig
Mr. Kurt Rothschild ז"ל
Rabbi Meir Schlessinger
Professor Bernard Septimus
Rabbi Eliezer Shenvald
Dr. Malkah Shenvald
Professor Uriel Simon
Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveitchik
Professor Haym Soloveitchik
Professor Richard Steiner
Rabbi Aryeh Stern
Rabbi Daniel Tropper
Rabbi Avraham Abba Weingort
Rabbi Jeremiah Wohlberg
Rabbi Nissan Zisken

אתרי תורה – Chairpersons

Michael Hochstein
Jonathan Koschitzky

Board of American Friends of the Torah Leadership Institute

Daniel Schwartz, President
Debra Applebaum, Secretary
Jacob Kupietzky, Treasurer

Founders

ALHATORAH.ORG was founded by Rabbi Hillel & Neima Novetsky and their children, Yonatan, Aviva, Ariella, and Yehuda. Hillel is a musmakh 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.
The site's original design and interface was the work of Yonatan Novetsky.
The content of the website is the product of an ongoing, worldwide, collaborative effort of Rabbis, scholars, educators, and laypeople.
To learn more about participating in this project, please contact us.

Guardians

In Memory of Miriam & Bernard Hochstein ז"ל
The Koschitzky & Gitler Families

Partners

Daniel & Deborah Schwartz
Warren ob"m & Jane Weiss & The Applebaum Foundation
Anonymous

Benefactors

In loving memory of "Oma" Els and "Opa" Charles H. Bendheim ז"ל
Michael & Judy Kaiser
Jacob & Edy Kupietzky
Drs. Allan & Chaikie Novetsky
Rabbi Hillel & Neima Novetsky

Patrons

Debra Applebaum
Dr. Abraham & Channy Greenberg
Moshe & Arlene Kupietzky
David & Ruth Schreiber

Supporters

In Memory of Joseph and Shulamit Avivi ז"ל
Eli & Eva Genauer
Terry & Gail Novetsky
Rabbi Jonathan & Ayelet Rabinowitz
Raphi & Yonit Schorr
Ronald & Adele Tauber

Contributors

Rabbi Jared & Sarit Anstandig
Seth & Ruth Berkowitz
Barry Best
Dr. Alan & Dina Birnbaum
Andrew Borodach & Rachel Wolf
Rabbi Gad Dishi
David & Karen Lehmann Eisner
Harold & Dora Engelstein Foundation
Dr. Beni & Nadine Gesundheit
Eugen & Jean Gluck z"l
Rabbi Yehuda & Shoshana Halpert
Rabbi Robert & Virginia Bayer Hirt
Becky & Avi Katz
Shlomo Katz
Martin & Irene Kofman
Miriam Krupka
Steve Kay Kupietzky
Rashi & Dr. Adina Kuhr
Lawrence & Caryn Malitzky
Rabbi Ari & Mindy Marcus
Drs. Ari & Shoshana Mermelstein
Dr. Howard & Stacey Nathanson
Nochum & Shira Parnes
Arthur & Dorothy Ritholtz
Rabbi Pinchas & Marie Beth Rosenthal
Rabbi Gidon Rothstein & Elizabeth Holland
Jack & Martine Schenker
Gideon & Shara Schor
Shaykin Family Foundation
Malki & Dr. Mayer Sinensky
Rabbi Larry & Nehama Teitelman
David & Ina Tropper
Dr. Walter & Adele Wasser
Meir Weingarten z"l
Jay & Debra Zachter

Contributions in Kind

Meitar Law Firm (special thanks to attorneys David Glatt, David Mirchin, and Anthony Herman)
Mosad HaRav Kook (special thanks to Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Movshovitz)

For information on how to contribute, please click here.

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

On Torah, Service, and Philanthropy – עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים

Advisory Board

אתרי תורה – Chairpersons

Board of American Friends of the Torah Leadership Institute

Letters of Endorsement

Founders

Guardians

Partners

Benefactors

Patrons

Sponsors

Supporters

Contributors

Contributions in Kind

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

Prof. Deena Rabinovich,Chair, Rebecca Ivry Department of Jewish Studies and Director, Legacy Heritage Jewish Educators Project, Stern College for Women

Rabbanit Dena Rock, Gemara Ramit and Matmidot Scholars Coordinator, Midreshet Lindenbaum

Rabbi David Saltzman, Principal, Maimonides Elementary School

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

Dr. Yael Ziegler, Rosh Batei Midrash and Academic Director of Matan Senior Lecturer in Tanakh at Herzog College

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

Prof. Deena Rabinovich,
Chair, Rebecca Ivry Department of Jewish Studies and Director, Legacy Heritage Jewish Educators Project, Stern College for Women

Rabbi David Saltzman,
Principal, Maimonides Elementary School

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

Dr. Yael Ziegler, Rosh Batei Midrash and Academic Director of Matan
Senior Lecturer in Tanakh at Herzog College