These and Those

Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

Tag Archives: Mazal Tov!

[Alumni Guest Post] Celebrating 10,000

Posted on May 9, 2012 by The Director of Digital Media

Carrie Bornstein (Year Program ’05-’06) serves as the Acting Executive Director of Mayyim Hayyim, and she recently blogged about celebrating the Mikveh’s 10,000th immersion! Mazal Tov to Mayyim Hayyim! Keep up the great work! You can read Carrie’s blog post below, or at the Mayyim Hayyim blog!

Siyyum by Rabbi Daniel Landes

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Eryn

Rabbi Steinsaltz’s great siyyum teaches a wonderful lesson.  Siyyum means completion. We are often accustomed to think of learning as some endless process which leads to more learning.  But siyyum means that we are to learn something so well that we are able to say – we have “completed” it.  This is the notion of Kinyan Torah – acquiring Continue Reading »