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Drisha Institute is a forum for developing and empowering the next generation of Jewish scholars and educators. Founded in 1979 by Rabbi David Silber as the world’s first center for women’s advanced study of classical Jewish texts, Dri...
Daniel Reifman
Rabbi Daniel Reifman
Daniel Reifman is the Rosh Kollel of the Drisha Summer Kollel and has taught Talmud and halakhah at Drisha for close to 20 years. He holds a PhD in hermeneutics from Bar Ilan University and received his ...
Daphna Nizan
Daphna Ansel-Nizan
Daphna Ansel-Nizan made aliyah from Toronto after studying for a year in Midreshet Lindenbaum. Following her national service, she completed her B.A. from Bar Ilan University in Tanach, Talmud, and Jewish...
David Silber
Rabbi David Silber
David Silber is the founder and dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York and Israel. Rabbi Silber received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He is a recipient ...
Devora Steinmetz
Dr. Devora Steinmetz
Dr. Devora Steinmetz serves on the faculty of Drisha Institute in the United States and Israel and on the leadership team of Drisha’s new yeshiva in Israel. She is the founder of Beit Rabban, a Jewish day...
Hanna Godinger
Rabbanit Hanna Godinger (Dreyfuss)
Rabbanit Hanna has learned at Migdal Oz, Matan, and Beit Morasha. She holds a BA in Philosophy and Psychology and an MA in Talmud. She served as Rabbanit Beit Sefer at Pelech High School, a...
Leah Sarna
Rabbanit Leah Sarna
Rabbanit Leah Sarna is the Associate Director of Education and Director of High School Programs at Drisha. She previously served as Director of Religious Engagement at Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation i...
Michael Fraade
Michael Fraade
Michael Fraade is Drisha’s Assistant Program Director and a rabbinical student at Hebrew College. He has studied Torah at the Hadar Institute and has worked as the Jewish Outdoor, Food, and Environmental Ed...
Miriam Gedwiser
Miriam Gedwiser
Miriam Gedwiser is a faculty member at Drisha and teaches Talmud and Tanakh at the Ramaz Upper School. She has a B.A. in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine from the University...
Nathaniel Berman
Dr. Nathaniel Berman
Nathaniel Berman is the Rahel Varnhagen Professor in Brown University’s Religious Studies Department. He is the author of “Divine and Demonic in the Poetic Mythology of the Zohar: the ‘Other Side’ of Kabb...
Samuel Lebens
Rabbi Dr. Samuel Lebens
Rabbi Dr. Samuel Lebens is a research fellow in the philosophy department at the University of Haifa, and a dynamic Jewish educator. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Birkbeck College (University o...
Sarah Zager
Sarah Zager
Sarah Zager is a doctoral candidate in Religious Studies and Philosophy at Yale University, where her research focuses on the influence of Judaism and Christianity on moral philosophy. Originally from Albuquerque,...
Shana Strauch Schick
Dr. Shana Strauch Schick
Shana Strauch Schick is a fellow of the Center for Israel Studies at Yeshiva University and teaches Talmud and Halakha in Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalim and Matan in Israel and in the Drisha Summer...
Shlomo Zuckier
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier is Director of Education and a member of the Drisha faculty. A Research Fellow in Philosophy of Religion at Notre Dame, he received his PhD in Ancient...
Tzophia Stepansky
Tzophia Stepansky
Tzophia Stepansky is the director of the Drisha Middle School Summer Program and has previously taught on the Dr. Beth Samuels High School Program. After spending two years in Israel, in Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim and the...
Yael Shimoni
Rabbanit Yael Shimoni
Rabbanit Shimoni has learned at Migdal Oz, Matan, and the Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute for Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Lindenbaum. She holds a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design a...
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Aseret Yemei Teshuva
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The aseret yemei teshuva are the 10 days of repentance between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. This time of repentance, introspection, and reconnection with God invites us to think about how we can continue...
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Beit Midrash Program
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About the Artists
2006 -2014
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Professional women in the arts developed skills to interpret classical Jewish texts and integrate Jewish thought and philosophy into their various artistic expressions. They studied full or part time in the Yesodot,...
Community Beit Midrash
2018 - 2019
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Tzeniut (2016)
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“do justice and love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8)
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Drishat Shalom Fellowship
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Students in college, graduate or rabbinical school and young professionals, who seek to join a cohort of dedicated peers to engage in deep, meaningful Torah learning, are invited to apply for the Drishat Shalom Fellowship.
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UWS Celebrates Israel
2018 - 2019
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Sam Lebens is is a philosopher at the university of Haifa and adjunct faculty at Drisha. His first book is about Bertrand Russell and the philosophy of language. His second book, The Principles...
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Great Chassidic Schools and Masters
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Mishnah Bava Metzia
Bava Metzia Chapter 4
בבא מציעא פרק ד'
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
Halakhic 'Taking Possession' vs. Aggadic 'Statement'- Which Has the Upper Hand?
I. Introduction
Chapter 4 o...
Mishnah Brachot
Brachot
Chapter 1
ברכות
פרק א'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
A. Is Our Chapter Well-Ordered?
From the very first words of Berakhot Chapter 1...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 2
Brachot Chapter 2
ברכות פרק ב'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
As opposed to chapter 1 of tractate Berakhot, whose unifying theme la...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 3
Brachot Chapter 3
ברכות פרק ג'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
A. Connections with Chapter 2
In contrast to the first two chapters of trac...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 4
Brachot Chapter 4
ברכות פרק ד'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
I. Disorder and Order In The Redaction Of The Mishnah
Chapter 4 open...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 5
Brachot Chapter 5
ברכות פרק ה'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
I. The conceptual and literary Contours of the chapter – a preliminary...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 6
Brachot Chapter 6
ברכות פרק ו'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
I. The literary shaping of the chapter
Our chapter opens a unit that de...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 7
Brachot Chapter 7
ברכות פרק ז'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
I. The Structure of the Chapter
The five mishnayot in our chapter can easi...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 8
Brachot Chapter 8
ברכות פרק ח'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
I. The Structure of The Chapter
The beginning of our chapter bears the followin...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapter 9
Brachot Chapter 9
ברכות פרק ט'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
A. Structure of the body of the chapter – Mishnah 1 – Mishnah 5a
A ...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapters 1 & 3
Brachot Comparing Chapter 1 and 3
ברכות השוואה בין פרק א' לפרק ג'
Commentary פרוש בעברית
Commentary
I. Connections Between Chapters 1-3: Shared Motifs
After having completed our analysis of...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapters 1 and 3
Brachot
Comparing Chapter 1 and 3
ברכות
השוואה בין פרק א' לפרק ג'
Commentary פרוש בעברית
Commentary
I. Connections Between Chapters 1-3: Shared Motifs
After having completed our analysis of the fi...
Mishnah Brachot, Chapters 4 & 5
Brachot Comparing Chapter 4 and 5
ברכות השוואה בין פרק ד' לפרק ה'
Commentary פרוש בעברית
Commentary
I. The Connections Between Chapter 4 and Chapter 5
The Tefillah unit in tractate...
Mishnah Hullin
Hullin Chapter 5-12
חולין פרקים ה'-י"ב
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
In this lecture I will discuss a particularly prominent and interesting example of a literary tool fre...
Mishnah Maasrot
Maasrot Chapter 1
מעשרות פרק א'
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
A.
Regarding this chapter I'd like to focus on an interesting phenomenon in Mishnah redaction – inner-mishnaic i...
Mishnah Ohalot
Ohalot Chapter 7
אוהלות פרק ז'
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
m. 1
A solid monument (nefesh )
m. 6
One may not set aside a living being &nbs...
Mishnah Pesachim
Pesachim
פסחים
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
Structure and Order in Mishna Pesahim
A.
At first glance, it seems clear that Pesahim should be included amongst those tractate...
Mishnah Pesachim, Chapter 10
Pesachim Chapter 10
פסחים פרק י'
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
Preparation Questions- Pesahim Chapter 10
Study the mishnayot of the chapter, in order to understand them on a...
Mishnah Project
Commentary and Study Guides by Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish
In Memory of Rifka Rosenwein a"h
Commentary Brachot 1 Brachot 2 Brachot 3 Comparing Brachot 1 and 3 Brachot 4 Brachot 5 Comparing Brachot 4 and 5 Brachot...
Mishnah Project: Further Readings
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Mishnah Rosh Hashana, Chapter 3
Rosh Hashana
Chapter 3
ראש השנה
פרק ג'
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
m. Rosh Hashana 3:8
“And so it was, when Moshe raised his hand, Israel prevailed…” (Exod. 17:11) Do Moshe’s hands make or break war? Rather, ...
Mishnah Rosh HaShana, Chapters 1 & 2
Rosh Hashana
Chapter 1 - Chapter 2
The Search for Holy Time
ראש השנה
פרקים א'-ב'
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
A. The Mishna’s Calendar in Contrast to the Calendar of Second Temple Sects
One of the most ...
Mishnah Sanhedrin, Chapter 3
Sanhedrin Chapter 3
סנהדרין פרק ג'
Commentary נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
m. 1
…When (bizeman) he brings evidence about them that they are relatives (qerobim) or invalid
m....
Mishnah Sukkah, Chapter 2
Sukkah Chapter 2
סוכה פרק ב'
Original Mishnah Text Commentary פרוש בעברית נוסח המשנה המקורי
Commentary
The Sukkah and the Parable of the Slave: The Riddle of its Solution
A. A C...
Mishnah Yoma
Introduction to Yoma
יומא
Commentary פרוש בעברית
Commentary
1. The difficulty in the language of m. Yoma 1:1: The word “mi-beyto ” (“from his house”)
We learn i...
Podcasts of "Themes of Rosh Hashana as Reflected in Our Liturgy"
Through an examination of the Rosh Hashana prayer service, we will uncover major themes of the holiday.
Taught by David Silber, Fall 2015.
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Prayer: What Are We Doing?
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The Quest to Reestablish the Bible’s Sacred Space
This 12-part series, recorded by Rabbi David Silber, was sponsored in memory of Ellen Goodstein Koplow and Joan Silverstein Meyers.
The Bible opens with the Creation story (or is it stories?) and the exile of the first man and woman from the sacred ...
Tzeniut: Can We Talk About It?
"כִּי אִם עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת עִם אֱ-לֹהֶיךָ "
"do justice and love kindness and to walk humbly with your God." (Micah 6:8)
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Weekly Shiur on Daf Yomi
Rabbanit Hanna Dreyfuss
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“With All Your Everything”: Paths in Avodat Hashem
Among the most central themes of Judaism, Avodat Hashem , or worship, offers a variety of pathways to serving God, from the synagogue to the home and everything in between. We worship God when we p...
Yesodot Skill Building Program
1997 -2014
Yesodot Skill Building Program
Women participating in this program gained and built their skills in Biblical Hebrew and Jewish text study in a nurturing and supportive atmosphere.
Classes were taught in biblical Hebrew, parshanut (biblical...