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Elevate your Aseret Yemei Teshuva leading to Yom Kippur by listening to Rav Yair Halevi's thoughts Yom Kippur message from 5776. Gmar chatima tova!

Reimagining Jewish High School: Mr. Hillel Rapp  A recent opinion piece written by our Director of Education, Mr. Hillel Rapp has been sparking conversation throughout the Jewish educational world.  He sat down with Mr. Jonathan Parker, Vice Principal at Or Chaim, to discuss the article, "Three Ideas for Reimagining High School and its Importance for Jewish Education", which was originally published on the Lehrhaus website. Link: www.thelehrhaus.com/commentary/three-ideas-for-reimagining-high-school-and-its-importance-for-jewish-education A response piece: www.ejewishphilanthropy.com/a-better-path-forward-in-jewish-day-school-education-hillel-rapps-model

Enjoy four 30-second divrei Torah from Hillel Brumer, Gavriel Ironi, Coby Cohen and Rav Eitan Aviner!

Enjoy four 30-second divrei Torah from: Hillel Brumer (Grade 9), Yosef Grauer (Grade 10),  Shalom Feuer (Grade 11) and Noah Loeb (Grade 12)!

Enjoy four 30-second divrei Torah from: Noah Berger (Grade 9), Ari Rothman (Grade 10), Shalom Feuer (Grade 11) and Shlomo Korobkin (Grade 12)!

Four 30-second divrei Torah from Hillel Brumer (Grade 9), Yair Sayegh (Grade 10), Shalom Feuer (Grade 11) and Coby Cohen (Grade 12)!

This week's DTs come from: Yonah Klein (Grade 9), Yosef Grauer (Grade 10), Shalom Feuer (Grade 11) and Noah Loeb (Grade 12).

This week's DTs come from: Noah Berger (Grade 9), Aron Rothman (Grade 10), Amram Essebag (Grade 11) and Chaim Sitnik (Grade 12). Video: youtu.be/7kT4ffoPi74

Enjoy this Torah thought for parshat Naso from Rav Yair and Tanya HaLevi from 2018. Video: youtu.be/-AYfl8h6fHo

Or Chaim students were challenged to record 30-second divrei Torah as part of this year's YOC grade vs. grade vs. staff Maccabiah. The students are currently on pace to have three 30-second divrei Torah for every parsha in the Torah by Shavuot. Enjoy these recordings for Bamidbar, delivered by Avishai Tebeka, Hillel Brumer, Mr. Parker, and Yoni Herman. Watch the video on our YouTube channel at bit.ly/BASyoutube (case-sensitive)

Enjoy these Torah thoughts from Rav Effie Kleinberg ('05), past faculty and administrator at Or Chaim. Recorded in 2016.

Why does the Torah juxtapose ואהבת לרעך כמוך and זה כלל גדול בתורה?  Originally recorded in 2015