BT Alumni Academy: Recent Episodes
Judaic Studies Faculty of Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School
A series of short but powerful thoughts on a range of Jewish topics by the faculty of Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School for BT alumni.
As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Rabbi Benyamin Moss offers practical suggestions for making long-lasting, sustainable changes in your life.
Rabbi Stein considers the Chinese bamboo tree — you plant the tree and nothing happens for one year. Or the second year. Or third. Finally in the fifth year something finally happens. You thought you were wasting time, but that's not the case. How does this relate to our lives and our relationships?
Morah Sarah Lanner takes an ancient Hebrew letters and a Hebrew word and makes them relevant to our lives today. In this premier episode, Morah Lanner examines the letter א (alef), the word ארי (lion). What does the Shulchan Aruch 1:1 (the Code of Jewish Law) mean when it says, "יתגבר כארי לעמוד בבוקר לעבודת בוראו" — "One should strengthen himself like a lion to get up in the morning to serve his Creator?"