![]() Prayer COMMUNITY :: PRAYER :: TORAH STUDY :: SCHOLARSHIP :: HOLIDAY CELEBRATION LEARNING HEBREW & DICTIONARIES :: FOR CHILDREN & TEENAGERS ISRAEL & WORLD NEWS :: POLITICAL AWARENESS :: JEWISH SOCIAL ACTION SEPARATING TRUTH FROM MYTH ABOUT ISRAEL :: ISRAEL TRAVEL The Virtual Beit Midrash / vbm-torah.org Yeshivat Har Etzion is proud to sponsor the The Virtual Beit Midrash, providing yeshiva style lessons in Torah and Judaism to students of all ages outside the Yeshiva walls. Using internet and email, The Virtual Beit Midrash is a true window into the Beit Midrash. Courses are sent out weekly to subscribers, who are able to communicate with course instructors or coordinators. Some of the lessons may be read in the site itself. The Tanach Study Center / tanach.org For those that want to brush up on their Tanach skills, this excellent site, The Tanach Study Center, is designed to provide the student with a structured learning program for self-study of Tanach. The site contains: shiurim, archives and student resouce material. It is especially helpful that the archives are organized in 3 ways: by parsha, topics, and holidays. Jewish Interactive Studies / jewishstudies.org The Jewish Interactive Studies site is an adult Jewish educational program aimed at increasing Jewish knowledge and awareness. It offers free courses in Biblical and classical Jewish thought including personal correspondence with each student. Transliterated Siddur / siddur.webjew.org The Transliterated Siddur site is for those who have trouble reading Hebrew or are not familiar with all of the various prayers and blessings. The translations, transliterations and explanations serve to help guide one through the services. Jewish Bereavement Project / jewishbereavement.com The Jewish Bereavement Project has done a great job in giving simple and direct information to those who are bereaved. SimpleToRemember / simpletoremember.com SimpleToRemember.com is a well designed site which brings together dozens of articles as well as audio and video clips, all meant to help us appreciate and understand the importance of Judaism and our role as Jews in this world. Akhlah: The Jewish Children's Learning Network / akhlah.com Akhlah: The Jewish Children's Learning Network site is an excellent site geared to children. Through this site kids learn about tradition, blessings, shofar, and Rosh Hashana vocabulary. Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary / jtsa.edu/library Exhibit at the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary is a virtual exhibit: it describes the library’s modest beginnings in 1903 to its impressive collection of 370,000 volumes in the general collection, and its special collection that boasts eleven thousand Hebrew manuscripts, thirty thousand fragments from the Cairo Genizah and twenty thousand rare printed books. Beged Ivri / israelvisit.co.il/beged-ivri/ Established in 1983, Beged Ivri, is the Levitical ministry used for research and restoration of ancient Israelite customs in preparation for rebuilding the Holy Third Temple in Jerusalem. You will find at this site interesting information and links relating to the restoration of native Israelite culture and Judaica. Aish HaTorah / aish.com Aish HaTorah's website has a very good presentation of Tisha B'Av, claiming that lack of unity and baseless hatred caused the destruction of the Second Temple. The website deals with the Three weeks and Tisha B'Av - the period of national mourning. Jewish unity is touched upon with the famous Kamtza bar Kamtza story. © 2007-2009 RabbiWeissberg.com | All Rights Reserved |