Parshat Vayetze: Prayer in the Darkness Rabbanit Sally Mayer is the Rosh Midrasha of Midreshet Lindenbaum‘s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program Moshe’s father-in-law, Yitro, travels to the desert to meet Moshe and celebrates with him over the great salvation of the Jewish people. The next morning, Yitro finds Moshe sitting in front of a …
Defense Ministry chief lauds female religious IDF soldiers “We’re all here for the people and State of Israel,” says Defense Ministry chief at Ohr Torah Stone’s Midreshet Lindenbaum in Karmiel Yonatan Gottlieb, 17/11/21 In a visit this week to the campus of Ohr Torah Stone’s Midreshet Lindenbaum in Karmiel, Amir Eshel, Director General of Israel’s …
Parshat Vayetze: Prayer in the Darkness Rabbanit Sally Mayer is the Rosh Midrasha of Midreshet Lindenbaum‘s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program In our Parsha, Yaakov leaves home, running for his life from his brother Esav. He stops on the way to sleep and dreams of the ladder with the angels. The Gemara in Brachot …
Parshat Toldot: Start Digging Rabbanit Sally Mayer is the Rosh Midrasha of Midreshet Lindenbaum‘s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program This week’s parsha describes the life of Yitzchak, and begins with a strange pasuk, “This is the story of Yitzchak, the son of Avraham: Avraham begot Yitzchak.” The second half of the pasuk should have …
Parshat Naso: Why Do We Go To Extremes? Rabbanit Sally Mayer is the Rosh Midrasha of Midreshet Lindenbaum‘s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program Parshat Naso describes the option to become a nazir, prohibiting oneself from drinking wine (and even eating grapes!), cutting one’s hair and participating in the funeral even of the closest relatives. …
Completing her Journey An Australian student returns to Midreshet Lindenbaum after the Covid pandemic cut her year-in-Israel experience short Ruby Alford of Melbourne had every reason to anticipate an incredible year-in-Israel experience when she arrived at Midreshet Lindenbaum’s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program in January 2020. But like the plans of so many others, …
Why Did God Create Us? Rabbanit Sally Mayer is the Rosh Midrasha of Midreshet Lindenbaum‘s Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program Why did God create us? From time to time, this question arises, especially around the the Yamim Nora’im (The High Holy Days), as we remember the creation of the world and take stock of …
