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This week’s parasha, Mishpatim, is quite the departure from the preceding parshiot. While last week, we had the perfect balance between narrative and law, this week, the Torah has hit pause on the narrative of our story and has done a deep dive into the laws and obligations for the Israeli…
This week’s parasha, Yitro, always sneaks up on me. We’ve now had a few weeks where we’re following the Israelites through their exodus from Egypt. We have witnessed momentous occasions such as Moses being called to lead, the ten plagues, and the crossing of the sea, complete with its …
This week’s blog is an “interview” with one of our newest (and youngest!) teachers at Ezra Academy. Sam King joined us this year as a math teacher and as our in-house substitute teacher. For those of you who don’t know him yet, you are in for a treat.
Can you think of a teacher …
In his inspiring book, Lessons in Leadership which I read each week (and which I've quoted before!) Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks about Moses’s ability to think ahead and how he planned for the considerable time that it would take for the Israelites to transition into freedom and a new way o…
I consider myself privileged to be a Head of School who also gets to do some teaching. I’m very lucky to currently spend a few periods a week with our oldest students, our 7th and 8th graders. One of the subjects that we learn together is parashat ha-shavuah, or the study of the weekly Tor…
