Second symposium explores modern viewpoints
Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
December 23, 2011
In a packed Beit Midrash, three prominent area rabbis shared their views Dec. 2 on a variety of topics, disagreeing on whether women should carry the Torah scrolls and how many days of yom tov to keep while in Israel, but agreeing on Shabbat observance and whether to visit a church. Each also shared... Read more »
Song, spirit and a whiff of chulent
Sigal Spitzer, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011
As the aroma of chulent fills the Shalhevet hallways each Friday afternoon, around 20 students and staff gather to eat, talk, sing zemirot and pound the table in this year’s louder-than-ever version of pre-Shabbat ruach, or spirit. In the conference room nearest the foyer, the raucous group lunch... Read more »
YU’s Richard Joel says to pursue Judaism after high school
Rebecca Mandel, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011
Chuckles spread among the 11th and 12th grade students in the Beit Midrash Thursday as Richard Joel, the President of Yeshiva University, imitated former President George Bush’s Texas accent, recalling his excitement on a trip he had made to the White House. At an Oval Office meeting with the then-president... Read more »
New Sephardic minyan lets students feel at home
Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief
December 22, 2011
Their voices rolling with a North African lilt, students in the two-month old Sephardic minyan sing to a different melody than Shalhevet’s two Ashkenazic minyans. For the first time since about 2001, Shalhevet’s Sephardic students have a minyan they can call their own. Although there is increased... Read more »
Are gifts meant for Chanukah?
Adam Kellner, Staff Writer
December 22, 2011
To give or not to give? This question has been around for generations and has haunted me every time December rolls around. Should we give and receive presents on Hanukkah? Isn’t it just a response to Christmas and its tradition of exchanging gifts? Won’t presents just take away from the essence of... Read more »
Three rabbis, many opinions at second Modern Orthodox Symposium
Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
December 2, 2011
In a packed Beit Midrash, three prominent rabbis in the community answered questions Wednesday afternoon on a variety of topics such as women carrying the Torah, how many days of Yom Tov to keep, and their vision for the Los Angeles Jewish community of the future. Rabbi Elazar Muskin of Young Israel... Read more »
About 50 students attend meeting of school’s first Sephardic minyan
Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
November 7, 2011
For the first time in Shalhevet history, a minyan following Sephardic practice met Thursday, Nov., 3, using the lunch room across from the cafeteria. Divided by a mechitza taken from the Beit Midrash, 26 boys and 24 girls prayed facing the Media Center wall, and the Torah was lained using Sephardic... Read more »
Sour candies, sweet Torah: Optional extra Gemara class draws freshmen
Sigal Spitzer, Staff Writer
November 5, 2011
It’s Thursday, Sept. 22, and Reb’ Noam Weissman, two seniors and eight freshman are shteiging away – that is, learning with an eye toward spiritual growth – in the Beit Midrash, deep in study of Masechet Tanit. Meeting Period 9 every Monday and Thursday, 10 Shalhevet students are participating... Read more »
Shalhevet stands alone among Orthodox high schools in letting girls carry Torah, survey finds
Rachel Lester, Managing Editor
November 3, 2011
At least in mixed minyans, nine other Modern Orthodox high schools hand the Torah scrolls to either nobody or just the boys It’s no secret that the topic of women carrying the Torah has been in heated discussion since the beginning of the school year. But Shalhevet students might be the only ones... Read more »
Tradition may rule, but law says girls can carry the Torah
Rachel Lester, Managing Editor
November 3, 2011
‘All those who are impure, even niddot, arepermitted to hold a Torah scroll and to read from it, for the words of Torah are not susceptible totum’ah (impurity). This is provided that his hands are not filthy or dirty with mud; they should wash their hands and then touch it.’ —Rambam, Hilchhot... Read more »
Loading ...
