Special Events

November 2008 Update:
1.Torat Reva Events in the US-Teaneck, NJ & Riverdale, NY
2. Recruitment Begins for Midreshet Devora
3. Scholar in Residence at Anshe Shalom B'nai Israel Congregation in Chicago, IL
4. Sponsorship Opportunities
 

1. Torat Reva Events in the US-Teaneck, NJ & Riverdale, NY

A. Saturday Night November 8th at 8:30pm-Teaneck Book Launch
 
Torat Reva Yerushalayim
Invites you to a
BOOK LAUNCH-
PARSHA POINTS:
TORAH FROM THE LAND OF ISRAEL
 
By: Sharona Margolin Halickman
 
Saturday Night November 8, 8:30 pm
 
RSVP & for location
201-836-1355
Sharona will speak about the book and sign copies
 
All proceeds will support Torat Reva Yerushalayim’s projects which include providing Torah study groups for the neglected populations of Jerusalem
 
 
B. Sunday, November 9th at 7:00 pm-Riverdale Shiur
 
Join Sharona Margolin for a shiur in Riverdale!
 
The Akeidah (Binding of Isaac) through Midrash, Art and Poetry
 
For location and more info 917-803-5470 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
There is no charge. Donations are welcome to support Torat Reva Yerushalayim's Torah study programs for the elderly and special needs populations of Jerusalem.

2. Recruitment begins for Midreshet Devora School Year 2009-10

Midreshet Devora
Modern Orthodox Post High School Midrasha in Jerusalem
 
Sharona will be visiting many schools to recruit 12th grade girls for the Inaugural Year of Midreshet Devora! Sharona will be making stops in the Tri-State area and beyond, including New York, Long Island, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia and Hartford over the next 2 weeks
 
If you or anyone that you know would like more information please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   or call me at 718-288-3335.
 
Check out our website www.midreshetdevora.org
 
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3. Scholar in Residence at Anshe Shalom B'nai Israel Congregation in Chicago, IL

Sharona will be the Scholar in Residence at Rabbi Asher Lopatin’s synagogue in Chicago the Shabbat of November 14-15.
 
Sharona will be speaking on a array of topics including:
“Israel:An Eternal Safehaven for Jews around the World?”
“Jerusalem-The Eye of the Universe”
“The Akeidah through Midrash, Art, and Poetry”
 
For more information please contact Rachel Kohl Feingold, Education and Ritual Director: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
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4. Sponsorship Opportunities 

Torat Reva Yerushalayim has many sponsorship opportunities for both regular Torat Reva programming and classes and for Midreshet Devora as we prepare to open our doors in September 2009.
 
Take advance of the opportunity to dedicate a portion of the Midreshet Devora program including the Tanach Tiyulim, The Jerusalem Experience or lecture series
 
Please check out our websites for a full list of sponsorship opportunities.
 
http://toratreva.org/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=7

http://www.midreshetdevora.org/dedications.htm
 

Torat Reva Yerushalayim and the OU Israel Center Presented A Book Launch
"Parsha Points: Torah from the Land of Israel"
by
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Founder and Director, Torat Reva Yerushalayim
 
"Sharona's ideas about Israel leave us feeling a great sense of pride about Medinat Yisrael...Parsha Points remi\ nds us of what is right, good and just about Zionism and the State of Israel..." -Rabbi Barry Gelman
 
Special Guest Speaker
Peninnah Schram
Associate Professor of Speech and Drama, Yeshiva University, Storyteller and Author
"A Dialogue with Darkness: Looking Toward Light"
Thursday, January 10, 8:00 pm
OU Israel Center
22 Keren Hayesod
 
Autographed copies of "Parsha Points: Torah from the Land of Israel" will be available with a donation to Torat Reva Yerushalayim
 

Torat Reva Yerushalayim founder and director, Sharona Margolin Halickman, visited the tri-state area in August 2007 to speak about her new book "Parsha Points: Torah from the Land of Israel". The book covers each parsha and holiday, emphasizing the link between the weekly Torah portion and the State of Israel. View Trip Details

Books are available with a donation to Torat Reva Yerushalayim. Click here for details

Click here for a Dvar Torah in Hebrew written for the Kolech newsletter by Sharona Halickman on Women's Prayer
 

Funds Raised From Simply Tsfat Concert Donated to Help Residents of the North
 
On August 17, 2006, Torat Reva Yerushalayim sponsored a “Simply Tsfat” concert in Solidarity with the residents of Northern Israel. Proceeds from the concert were set aside to help residents of the North who suffered during the war in Lebanon.
 
On November 26, 2006, Sharona and Josh Halickman traveled to Haifa to see where the funds could best be distributed.
 
The Effie Institute seemed like the perfect place to contribute the funds raised. The institute (www.efi.org.il) is named in memory of Capt. Effie Chovers, who fell in the Lebanese war in June 1982.
 
The Effie institute helps children who are suffering from impaired learning ability.
 
According to Noga Lachter, Director of the Institute, most of the children who attend classes at the Effie institute were displaced from their homes during the war this past summer. Most of the parents were unable to go to work due to the situation and suffered great financial losses.
 
Many of the families are having trouble paying for the already subsidized education that the Effie institute provides. Thanks to the funds raised, students can get back to their regular routines and receive the individually tailored education that they desperately need.
 
Thanks again to the sponsors of the concert as well as to all those who attended!

Simply Tsfat Concert-In Solidarity with the Residents of Northern Israel Thursday Aug 17, 8pm
 
Simply Tsfat Concert Flyer
 
About Simply Tsfat

Pre-Purim evening of Learning on Monday, March 6 featured Rebecca Wolpe on the topic of: Megillat Esther and the Misnomer of the Tzena U'Rena, 10 a.m. Sponsored by Torat Reva Yerushalayim.

The first lecture was conducted by Devorah Chasky entitled: Cinderella, Macys and the Sages, A Theological Exploration of Clothing in Biblical and Aggadic Literature.

The second lecture was conducted by Sharona Margolin Halickman entitled: Are Women Obligated in the Mitzvot of Drinking The Four Cups of Wine and Reclining at the Passover Seder?

At Shir Chadash 64 Emek Refaim. No charge. Info: 052-534-6260.

Devorah Chasky attended Midreshet Lindenbaum, Stern College and New York University. Devorah lives in Jerusalem and is a teacher at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

Thank you to Reba Kizner for hosting the Pre-Purim evening of learning featuring Rebecca Wolpe

Tisha B'Av Yom Iyun was held on August 14, 2005 at Kehillat Yedidya featuring Rivka Haut and Sharona Margolin Halickman. The event was sponsored by Rabbi Aaron Frank and Laura Shaw Frank and Bobbe Gaims-Spiegel in memory of her mother, Ruth and in honor of Beth Furst's Aliya.

Torat Reva Shiurim were hosted in July 2005 in the United States. Thank you to the following hosts: Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Barry and Rebecca Rosenstein, Joan and Arnie Stark, Debbie and Robert Hollander, Elaine and Eddie Meister, Gary and Gila Elbaum, Edythe and Jerry Margolin.

In the News

Torat Reva Yerushalayim was recently featured on Arutz Sheva- Israel National News Aliya Show. Click here to listen to the show.

Torat Reva recently had a letter to the editor about Chavura style study groups published in the Jerusalem Post Friday Magazine

Torat Reva's Tisha B'Av Yom Iyun with Rivka Haut was featured in an article called "Checkbook stock-taking" by Barbara Sofer in the Jeusalem Post's Up Front Magazine On September 16, 2005.